Lesson on Friday, February 10, 2017

Aim: To what extent did social conditions in the United States change during the 1920s? For women? For African American? For ethnic minorities?

Bell Ringer: Collect “Sacco & Vanzetti Political Cartoon/Editorial”

Objectives:

1. Students will explain the causes of the public reaction (Sacco and Vanzetti, labor, racial unrest) associated with the Red Scare

2. Students examine the freedom movements that advocated civil rights for African Americans, Latinos, Asians, and women.

Agenda:

1. Bell Ringer (15 min)

2. File papers / hold all History Labs to compare and contrast.

3. Complete "1920s Culture" History Lab as a class. Have students fill out their own Lab sheet as the teacher completes it on the screen.

HOME LEARNING: 

1. Brainpop: Great Depression Causes / Complete the “Graded Quiz” and email it to: misteroliveros@gmail.com

Brainpop username: Yonkers14

Brainpop password: Yonkers

2. Complete your "Great Migration 1920s" History Lab. Below are the sources:

Source 1 – “To the North” Political Cartoon

Source 2 – Jacob Lawrence painting

Source 3 – Photographic image of black family arriving in Chicago from the South

Source 4 – Photographic image showing after-effects of Chicago race riots of 1919.

In class, we evaluated our own History Labs (all of them). Write down the questions below, leave space between the questions, and come to class ready to evaluate your own history labs which are put away in the cabinet in social studies class. 

HISTORY LAB SELF-EVALUATION QUESTIONS:

1.  As you reread your labs, what strikes you as the strengths of your writing?

2. What revisions would you make to strengthen your labs?

3. Which lab do you find the most challenging? Why?

4. What kinds of feedback on your writing have you received from instructors?