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Name: / Date: December 10, 2012
Course/Subject: 5th Social Studies / Team: 5th Grade BME
Topic: Unit 6 / School District: Glynn County
Concept: World War I / Concept: Roaring 20’s/Jazz Age / Concept: The Great Depression
Lesson Essential Questions:
Why Did America choose to remain neutral for so long?
America was practicing a policy of ______. America chose to keep to themselves, and remain out of foreign affairs.
How did German attacks on US shipping change America’s policy of neutrality?
A German U-Boat (submarine) attacked the British ship, the ______. American citizens were killed in this attack. Americans felt that they had no choice, but to fight back.
What were the US contributions to WWI?
Americans fought on the side of the ______. On the home front, ______were established on the amount of goods people could consume. Women took on the roles of men to make sure that production of necessary items took place. The US was a big player in the war, despite avoiding involvement for a long period of time.
What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles (1919)?
Some European leaders blamed Germany for the fighting in western Europe. They used the treaty to punish Germany. The treaty forced Germany to give up its overseas colonies, give land to France, and pay money to Allied nations. The Treaty also created the League of Nations. / Lesson Essential Questions:
Why were women given the right to vote?
Women were given the right to vote by the ______. The right to vote is also known as ______.
What was the impact of baseball on America (Babe Ruth)?
______was America’s favorite past-time. Americans gathered around the radio to listen to the game. Americans enjoyed this and other fun activities during the “Roaring Twenties”
Why is the period from 1918-1929 called the “Jazz Age”?
Jazz music was a hit during this time. Jazz began in the ______thanks to African Americans such as ______. Jazz music led to new types of dancing, such as the “flapper” dancers. It was the music of fun and a carefree lifestyle. The radio helped make jazz popular throughout the country.
How did the Jazz Age change America?
Women began to work outside the home. People changed their ideas about how life should be. The Arts (literature, music, film, art, etc.) flourished during this time. Women got the right to vote. African Americans contributed more to the culture. The Jazz Age was a time of happiness and fun!
How did ideas from Harlem, NY spread to other parts of the United States?
Writers such as Langston Hughes wrote and published works about African American life in Harlem. This time period, known as the Harlem Renaissance was a period of rebirth for the culture of African Americans.
How did individuals influence American culture?
Individuals made great advancements in the area of technology. Technology made Americans’ lives easier, thus leading to more free time.
How did individuals change transportation?
Henry Ford made the assembly line popular, thus mass production of the automobile began. Gas stations, auto repair shops, tire shops, and motels popped up across the country. Aviators such as Charles Lindberg, Amelia Earhart, and Bessie Coleman were pioneers in the field of air travel. While plane travel was not widespread until the 1950s, airplanes were used at this time for mail and mass production of airplanes took place. The locomotive replaced the horse in terms of shipping and transportation. / Lesson Essential Questions:
What is the stock market?The place in which stocks (shares of a company) are bought and sold.
How did the Stock Market Crash of 1929 affect Americans’ economic choices?
Many Americans were jobless, homeless, and broke. The stock market crash had soured Americans on the idea of banks, investing, and trusting such institutions. It would be a long time before Americans would put faith in the stock exchange and banks again.
How did life change for Americans during the depression?
The ______rate skyrocketed. Many people ______their homes, farms, businesses, etc. Hungry, homeless, and fearing that they would never recover from their losses; many Americans were forced to wait in line at ______just for a bite to eat. The “Roaring Twenties” were no more. Things had taken a turn for the worse.
Why did farmers living in the Dust Bowl move to other regions?
Extreme ______added to the already difficult farming conditions in the great plains. ______could be deadly. People could not pay the ______owed on their farms because they could not grow crops. Many faced ______. They had no choice, but to move.
How did Herbert Hoover and FDR handle the problems facing Americans during the depression?
How did groups like the CCC, WPA, and TVA help to improve the country while putting unemployed Americans back to work?
Vocabulary:
Lusitania-the British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1917. 1200 innocent people died. 128 of those people were Americans. The sinking of the Lusitania was the first step toward the US joining the war.
Treaty of Versailles- after the armistice (an agreement to stop fighting), the nations at war met to sign this treaty that officially ended the war, and placed harsh penalties on Germany.
Nationalism- an extreme form of patriotism in which one feels their nation is superior to others.
Imperialism- foreign policy in which one nation ______their rule over foreign lands. (nations that take over other nations to build an empire).
Militarism-a policy of aggressive military preparedness (building up ______to show strength).
Trenchwarfare- a form of war where each side dug ______, and fought from within those ditches. (Ditches and trenches are the same thing).
Isolationism- a national policy of ______out of political issues between other countries / Vocabulary:
______Age- refers to popular culture in the 1920’s
Louis Armstrong- ______trumpeter and singer
Harlem Renaissance- a period of prosperity for the ______and culture of African Americans in the neighborhood of Harlem (located in New York). This movement spread to other areas.
______- one of the best known Harlem Renaissance writers.
______- famous baseball player, that set a record for hitting 60 homeruns in a season
Henry Ford- owner of the Ford company, that specialized in making automobiles by using the assembly line
Charles Lindbergh-first to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
______a method of production in which each worker specializes in a ______task in order to improve efficiency and save money.
Boom- a ______growth in the economy
Suffrage- right to ______
Aviator- a ______(airplanes) / Vocabulary:
Debt- money owed
Unemployment- without a job
Stock Market- the place where stocks (or shares of a company) are bought and sold
Crash of 1929-In October of 1929, stocks began to lose their value. Over a period of just two days, the market fell 23%.
Herbert Hoover- President at the beginning of the Depression, felt the economy would just fix itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt- (FDR) President that brought the US out of the Depression, Created the New Deal, Known for his “______”
Dust Bowl- The Great Plains region was given this nickname when the area underwent an extreme drought
Soup Kitchens- A place to receive free food during the Depression
New Deal- FDR’s plan to bring the US out of the Great Depression
Civilian Conservation Corps- New Deal program that hired unemployed men b/w the ages of 18-25. The men lived in camps, and worked in forests and parks. They earned $30/month.
Works Progress Administration-______program that hired unemployed individuals to build buildings, bridges and roads. The most notable bridge build was the ______in San Francisco, California.
Tennessee Valley Authority- New Deal program established to supply electricity to the ______River basin and nearby areas. The TVA also aided in the overseeing of flood control. The TVA still ______today.
Duke Ellington- the leader of a new sound in jazz called “______.”
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