Warm-up• Identify one person/thing for each of the following

categories that impacted the U.S. over the last decade. Be sure to explain how.

• Business, sports, entertainment, music, society

CHALLENGES OF THE GREATEST GENERATIONUnit 4

Key Learning• Students will examine and analyze primary and secondary

sources in order to differentiate between historical fact and historical interpretation.

Unit Question• How do primary and secondary sources present different

accounts of the Great Depression and WWII?

Concept 1: Great Depression• EQ: How did the economic conditions of the 1920’s allow

for and encourage the social and cultural norms to change?

Importance of 2002-2012• Business

• Sports

• Entertainment

• Society

Paragraph• When future generations study the last decade (2002-

2012), what people/things will they study?

• Choose 3 things you chose, or we discussed that you think define our decade. Be sure to explain why. (at least 5 sentences)

The Roaring 20’s• Decade defined by rapid social change and economic

prosperity

• Politics returned to business as usual after WWI (laissez faire)

• Culture– Harlem Renaissance, Jazz, 20th Amendment, and Prohibition

1920’s Identifications• Make a T Chart:

• Identify the person, place, or thing – tell what it is in one sentence using your own words

• Tell how it impacted the 20’s

• Flappers, Prohibition, Jazz, Babe Ruth, 20th Amendment, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindberg, assembly line (model T), Scopes Trial, Harlem Renaissance, Al Capone