Day 5: Social and Political Change During

the 1920s - Unrest

Essential Question: How did culture in the United States change after WWI? What defined
the Roaring 20s? How were the cultural developments, economy, and politics of the 1920s
responses to WWI and previous decades? What will the impact of these responses be going
forward?
Objective: Be able to describe the socio-economic / political scene in 1920s and
demonstrate higher order understanding of America at this time through primary
and secondary source analysis, group collaboration, and class discussion.
Warm Up: Nativism and The Red Scare
http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/E4C5CC43-4019-4FFA-BFB6-
83EAF01454EB
Activity (If Needed): Reading The Red Scare
Partners Class discussion
Activity: Reading Boston Police Riots
New Partners Class discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STqbfjCYmnw
Activity: Reading (With Time/If Needed) Prohibition
New Partners Class discussion
Closer: Predictions
HW: Tulsa Race Riots Reading / Questions / Video
http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2014/01/police-emptying-kegs.jpg
 Warm Up:
After watching the video on the Red Scare
why do you think this occurred during this
time period? Is mass hysteria like this still
relevant to our lives today?

http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/ass
etGuid/E4C5CC43-4019-4FFA-BFB6-83EAF01454EB