Gifted and Talented AIM Learning Outcomes Framework Grade: Sixth Nine Weeks: 2nd Subject: 1920s Big Ideas: (Topics/Concepts): Cultural and Technological Impacts on Society Enduring Understanding (What we want students to come to understand about the big ideas. ) To analyze the social climate in the U.S. in the 1920s To develop understanding of how Prohibition, Harlem Renaissance, and technological advances affected society in the United States in the 1920s To develop understanding of how technological advances of the 1920s impact our society today Essential Questions (Open ended to guide student inquiry and focus on uncovering big ideas. ) How did advertising and consumer culture influence the daily life of people in the 1920s? How did the Harlem Renaissance nurture and change society with its creativity? What was the impact of Prohibition on the American political system? What were the technological changes of the 1920s and the implications of those changes on society? How did advertising change consumer culture and values of this era? Students will know Students will be able to What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit? Six Facets of Understanding: Explanation, Interpretation, Application, Perspective, Empathy, Self-Knowledge Bloom s: Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, Creating
Learning Outcomes: Identify themes expressed in works of art and literature of the Harlem Renaissance period. Create artistic representations of the themes of the Harlem Renaissance. Analyze jazz music based on its historical context and develop a hypothesis about the effect or role of jazz in the 1920s. Understand and analyze the impact of Prohibition on society. Emphasize the influence of different points of view on issues of the era. Analyze implications of assembly line and other technological advances on American society. Make inferences about cultural values of the 1920s based on print ads. Identify assumptions made by advertisers about consumers. William & Mary Gifted Concept Goals Goal 1: To develop understanding of the concept of cause and effect relationships Goal 2: To develop reasoning skills with application to social studies. Goal 3: To develop interpersonal and social group process skills. Goal 4: To develop skills in historical analysis and primary source interpretation. Goal 5: To develop understanding of key events of the 1920s in America and the social, economic, and political context of the period.
Priority TEK Support: 5. 13 A Explain how supply and demand affects consumers in the United States 5.14 C Analyze how developments in transportation and communication have influenced economic activities in the United States. 5. 14 E Analyze the effects of immigration, migration, and limited resources on the economic development and growth of the United States 5.21 D Summarize selected amendments to the U. S. Constitution such as those that extended voting right of U. S. citizens 5.5 A Analyze various issues and events of the 20th century such as urbanization, industrialization, increased use of oil and gas, world wars, and the Great Depression 5.5 B Identify the accomplishments of notable individuals such as Franklin D. Roosevelt who have made contributions to society in the areas of civil rights, women s rights, military actions, and politics 6.17 A Explain aspects that link or separate cultures and societies 6.18 C Describe ways in which societal issues influence creative expressions 6.2 B Describe the influence of individual and group achievement on selected historical or contemporary societies 6.21 A Differentiate between locate and use primary and secondary sources to acquire information about selected cultures 6.21 B Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause and effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions 6.21 C Organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals including graphs, and charts, 6.21 D Identify different points of view about an issue or topic 6.21 F Use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs 6.4 C Explain ways in which human migration influences the character of places and regions 6.7 C Describe ways in which technology influences human capacity to modify the physical environment
What Content Plan for Learning: Lesson/Activity/Subject How Process/Strategies Do Performance/Evaluation SOCIAL STUDIES/LANGUAGE ARTS Theme: 1920s in America: Cultural and Technological Changes. Essential Question: How did prohibition and technological advances affect society in the United States in the 1920s? Goals: To analyze the impact of Prohibition on the American political system. To identify technological changes of the 1920s and implications of those changes on society. Roaring Twenties Project Discussion/Overview of People and Issues from the 1920s pg. 47 Create mini-museum about a famous person from this time period. pg. 43 Project Runaway Designers create clothing for men or women using their knowledge of 1920s styles Harlem Renaissance pgs. 145-151 Introduce the Harlem Renaissance. W&M pgs. 145-148 Research artists (William H. Johnson), musicians (Duke Ellington) and writers (Langston Hughes, F. Scott Fitzgerald) from this time period. Listen to a jazz music recording. Students will write or draw their reactions to the music. Then give out the song lyrics and play it again. Ask if their reactions to the music changed. The Jazz Age pgs. 153-164 Introduce a study of Jazz by reading in the History of US Ch. 11 pgs.55-62 Create a Harlem Renaissance Guitar/Night to remember book/application of knowledge through a creation activity HR event planning- Planners choose a venue, entertainment, food, and theme to create a night in true Harlem Renaissance style debuting artists W&M pgs.153-155 Complete Analyzing Primary Sources chart pg.157
Prohibition pgs. 168-181 Introduce Prohibition by reading in the History of US Ch. 4 pgs.24-28 Analyze the Statistics of Prohibition pg.175 W&M Complete Causes and Effects of Prohibition Chart pg. 173 W&M Illegal Activities in the 1920 s pgs. 179-183 Discuss the Causes, Intended Effects and Unintended Consequences of Prohibition Lead discussion about the unintended effects of Prohibition in the 1920s, specifically, illegal alcohol sales and the mafia. W&M pgs.179-181 Create Prohibition flipbook Writer s Response: How is the current war on drugs or actions against tobacco/smoking similar or different from the Prohibition movement? Read and discuss Cars, Luckies, Junk and Other Consumables W&M pgs. 193-194 Read about Henry Ford and the Assembly Line. Model for students the Dagwood Model for persuasive writing. Take the position of someone in the 1920s and write a persuasive essay supporting or arguing against the continuation of Prohibition. Use the Dagwood Model format. Complete Gangsters, Crime and Prohibition Newspaper (see L: Drive) 1920 s Aviation InterAct Lindberg Simulation Identify the ways that changes in technological advances had effects on society by completing the Analysis Chart pg.195 Students will complete an activity using the Assembly Line format. (See pg. 186)
Ford Assembly Line Lesson on L Drive. Advertising and Consumer Culture p. 197-209 Introduce Advertising the 1920s by showing Advertising PowerPoint on the G/T Share Drive. Give out 6 ads from the 1920s pgs. 204-209. Give out 6 ads from the 1920s Working in groups, students will analyze the ads. Math Algebra for all (blue level) Patterns and Functions pgs. 20-38. Hands on Equations Capital Clique Stock Market Game