Key Concepts: Students should be able to
a. Evaluate U.S. international involvement during the 1920s and 30s
b. Evaluate the nature of civil rights, inclusiveness and tolerance during the WWI period. Focus on elements such as patriotism, restrictions on speech, xenophobia, and immigration restrictions balanced against the need for inexpensive labor
c. Describe and analyze key facets of the 1920s, including the struggle between the traditional and modern, management and labor, Nativism, racism, and idealism vs. disillusionment
d. Describe the nature of the Harlem Renaissance and list key figures involved
e. Cite examples of cultural change, materialism, mass media and recreation in the 20s
f. Explain how economic changes, positive and negative, led to demographic changes such as the African American “Great Migration” and the mass-relocations during the Great Depression and the World Wars
g. Discuss the main causes of the Great Depression and analyze the depression-fighting strategies of FDR in the First and Second New Deal
h. Explain how the New Deal changed ideas relating to the role of government in America and assess how the depression and the New Deal affected various groups in American society
i. Explain the left- and right-wing criticisms of the New Deal and how they influenced the direction of FDR’s strategies. Include legal challenges in your assessment.
j. Illustrate the reasons why many ethnic groups, African Americans, and the working class gravitated toward the Democratic Party
k. Describe how entry into WWII ended the Depression and fundamentally altered the economy as the home front mobilized troops and citizens for the war effort
l. Describe how wartime experiences, such as the internment of Japanese Americans, challenges to civil liberties, debates over race and segregation, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb raised questions about American values.
m. Cite significant people, events, and actions that led to Allied victory over the Axi
n. Evaluate the role of the U.S. in the peace process, including the wartime conferences and the plans made in advance for the post-war world
II. Text Reading
a. Chapter 20: From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932
b. Chapter 21: The New Deal, 1932-1940
c. Chapter 22: Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945
a. Evaluate U.S. international involvement during the 1920s and 30s
b. Evaluate the nature of civil rights, inclusiveness and tolerance during the WWI period. Focus on elements such as patriotism, restrictions on speech, xenophobia, and immigration restrictions balanced against the need for inexpensive labor
c. Describe and analyze key facets of the 1920s, including the struggle between the traditional and modern, management and labor, Nativism, racism, and idealism vs. disillusionment
d. Describe the nature of the Harlem Renaissance and list key figures involved
e. Cite examples of cultural change, materialism, mass media and recreation in the 20s
f. Explain how economic changes, positive and negative, led to demographic changes such as the African American “Great Migration” and the mass-relocations during the Great Depression and the World Wars
g. Discuss the main causes of the Great Depression and analyze the depression-fighting strategies of FDR in the First and Second New Deal
h. Explain how the New Deal changed ideas relating to the role of government in America and assess how the depression and the New Deal affected various groups in American society
i. Explain the left- and right-wing criticisms of the New Deal and how they influenced the direction of FDR’s strategies. Include legal challenges in your assessment.
j. Illustrate the reasons why many ethnic groups, African Americans, and the working class gravitated toward the Democratic Party
k. Describe how entry into WWII ended the Depression and fundamentally altered the economy as the home front mobilized troops and citizens for the war effort
l. Describe how wartime experiences, such as the internment of Japanese Americans, challenges to civil liberties, debates over race and segregation, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb raised questions about American values.
m. Cite significant people, events, and actions that led to Allied victory over the Axi
n. Evaluate the role of the U.S. in the peace process, including the wartime conferences and the plans made in advance for the post-war world
II. Text Reading
a. Chapter 20: From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932
b. Chapter 21: The New Deal, 1932-1940
c. Chapter 22: Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945
Unit Notes
| unit_8_notes_packet.pdf |
| 1_-_1920s_social.pptx |
| 1_-_1920s_social.pdf |
| 2_-_the_20s__-_harding_and_coolidge.ppt |
| 2_-_the_20s__-_harding_and_coolidge.pdf |
| 3-the_coming_of_the_crash.ppt |
| 4-hoover_and_the_crash.ppt |
| 5_-_hoover_responds_to_the_great_depression.pptx |
| 6-new_deal.ppt |
| 7-new_deal_under_fire.ppt |
| 8_-_descent_into_war.ppt |
| 8_-_descent_into_war.pdf |
| 9_-_the_world_at_war_-_hitler_strikes_at_europe_edit.pptx |
| 9_-_the_world_at_war_-_hitler_strikes_at_europe.pdf |
| 10_-_the_u.s._enters_the_war.pptx |
| 10_-_the_u.s._enters_the_war.pdf |
| 11_-_turning_points_of_the_war.ppt |
| 11_-_turning_points_of_the_war.pdf |
Review Materials
| unit_8_study_guide_20s_gd_ww2.pdf |
| 8_unit_8_1920s_and_30s_depression_review.ppt |
| 8_unit_8_depression_wwii_and_early_cold_war.ppt |
Assignments
| 1920s_discussion.pdf |
| chapter_23_questions.pdf |
| chapter_24_questions.pdf |
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