Welcome to 11th Grade History!
California State Standards
11.5 Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s
Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.3
Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9
Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.7
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
California State Standards
11.5 Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s
- Discuss the policies of Presidents Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and HerbertHoover.
- Analyze the international and domestic events, interests, and philosophies thatprompted attacks on civil liberties, including the Palmer Raids, Marcus Garvey’s"back-to-Africa" movement, the Ku Klux Klan, and immigration quotas and theresponses of organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the NationalAssociation for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Anti-DefamationLeague to those attacks.
- Examine the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution and theVolstead Act (Prohibition).
- Analyze the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and the changing role of womenin society.
- Describe the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, music, and art, withspecial attention to the work of writers (e.g., Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes).
- Trace the growth and effects of radio and movies and their role in the worldwidediffusion of popular culture.
Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.3
Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9
Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.7
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Essential Historical Questions
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Unit Assessments
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End of Unit Test
Wikipedia Page- this will be made in groups incrementally throughout the unit. Each student within the group will be assigned a subtopic to write on that will be included in the group’s overall topic.
Cause and Effect Chart-Students will construct their own historical narrative linking the economic developments of the 1920’s and the causes of the Great Depression.
Compare/Contrast-Students will create a two page compare/contrast essay linking one economic, social, political, or cultural issue from the 1920’s to a current one.
One page analysis of one political cartoon of their choosing from the 1920’s