Lesson 4: Roaring Twenties
How were the cause and effects of innovations in communication and technology similar to and different from previous historical periods?
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"The New Era"
Were the 1920s a “return to normalcy,” as Warren G. Harding had advocated?
Is it reasonable to describe the 1920s as a time of “culture war?”
How did changes in consumption shape American culture?
Why was the Second Ku Klux Klan prove so popular in the United States?
What is the significance of the Harlem Renaissance?
Harlem Renaissance
This poem was written by Langston Hughes, one of our great American poets.
What lesson do you think the mother wants her son to learn?
What was happening in 1926 (or prior) that may have inspired Hughes to write this poem?
Poem - Harlem Renaissance.pdfWhat were the causes and effects of the Harlem Renaissance?
Beyond Harlem
African American inventors have often been left out of the conversation about technology that changes our lives. Watch the video about Garrett Morgan to learn about what he did for our society.
Source Analysis
Read the sermon and the column and answer the questions on a google doc in the shared drive folder titled "Twentieth-Century Cultures Clash."
Twentieth Century Cultures Clash.pdfLesson 4 b Topics
Immigration quotas and other restrictions
Wartime production and movement to cities
The Great Migration
Mexican immigration - despite contradictory U.S. policies
How Mexican Immigration to the US Has Evolved.pdf
Skills Packet
"Interpretation: 1920s"
"Causation: Consumerism"
"Interpretation: Fundamentalism vs. Modernism 1920s"
"Interpretation: Conflict Between Science and Theology"
"Causation: 1920s Culture Wars"