1. The students explore the
issue that divided Americans in 1925, the debate of evolution versus
creationism raised by the Scopes Trial. The students will
analyze the audience and purpose of at least one resource on the case.
2. The students will research, list, and illustrate
the “firsts” that occurred in the 1920s; e.g., the first Trans-Atlantic
flight.
3. The students will answer the
following questions:
A. What were the economic,
political, and social changes of the 1920s?
B. How was prohibition an outgrowth
of the earlier temperance movement?
C. How were the 1920s an age of
intolerance toward immigrants and African-Americans?
E. In an essay, defend the
statement: Not all Americans enjoyed the fruits of economic prosperity
during the 1920s.
4. Research the writings of such
African- American writers as Claude McKay and Langston Hughes.
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Standard 1
The study of New York
State and United States history requires an analysis of the development of
American culture, its diversity and multicultural context, and the ways
people are unified by many values, practices, and traditions.
Standard 5
The students will uses a
variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the
necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the U.S.
and other nations; the U.S. Constitution; the basic civic values of American
constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of
citizenship, including avenues of participation.
