Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Wednesday, March 20: Traditionalists vs. Modernists (Cont'd)

Student ObjectiveAnalyze causes and effects of events and social issues such as eugenics . . . Prohibitionanalyze the impact of significant individuals such as Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan . . .

1. Use today's class period to finish yesterday's assignment: Traditionalists vs. Modernists.  Submit it here when you finish.  It is due at the end of today's class period!

2.  Remember we will be testing tomorrow (Thursday, March 21) over the 1920s: Chapters 26-29.  Below is a list of concepts you should be familiar with:

  • Red Scare and its effects (radicalism, immigration, Palmer Raids)
  • Sacco and Vanzetti
  • Teapot Dome Scandal
  • foreign policy of the 20s (Isolationism)
  • reasons for economic prosperity
  • Pop Culture/ new technologies
  • changing role of women (workplace, government, socially)
  • Jazz Age
  • Harlem Renaissance
  • farm crisis
  • traditionalists vs. modernists
  • Prohibition
  • Scopes Trial
  • People to Know: Warren G. Harding, Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, John Scopes 
***You should also be VERY familiar with ALL vocabulary terms from the unit!  Also, putting in a conscious effort to study Ch. 26 and 27 Notes would be extremely beneficial for you!

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