Roaring 20’s

Lesson Summary

This lesson examines how media influenced society in the 1920s. Students make presentations teaching the class about movements and events in the 1920s. Media in the 1920s allows for more people to be exposed to these movements. Students show contemporary reactions to these movements and events through modern media sources such as Instagram posts and stories. Students embed these into their presentations to show their classmates the reactions of different factions of society.

Each group picks their topic through an essential question for each movement or event in the 1920s. The teacher models one topic for students so they understand exactly what was asked of them. Students then receive research questions to guide obtaining information for the topic. Students are instructed to create a presentation on the topic for their classmates, using the information from research questions. The teacher advises students that their information should allow their peers to explain the movement or event and describe the significance of the movement or event to US history. Through their peers research and presentations, classmates are able to answer the essential question for the topic.

While groups are presenting, their classmates are completing a graphic organizer that asks for a description of the topic, significance of the event, and a response to the essential question.

TIPC Ratings

Research & Information Fluency

Rating:Approaching – Explanation: Teacher provides guided questions to lead students in the correct direction while researching. Students have the autonomy to select the necessary sources to acquire relevant information. Students are given research questions that guide what they should focus on for their research. They find their own research, cite sources, and consolidate that information into main ideas for their presentations.

Communication & Collaboration

Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Teacher designs the Instragram Story Challenge to help students roleplay perceptions of the 1920’s. Students are in self-selected groups, select their roles and set expectations based those roles. Students reflect on their own progress and participation using a Google form..

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Media became a very huge presence in the 1920’s making people more aware of current events and movements and thus creating a cultural identity. Students are challenged to reenact this cultural movement/shift through contemporary media (Instagram). Students are given a guiding question for 8 1920’s movements or events. Through the answering of these questions students note the reactions these movements created. Their project documents these events/movements and their impact through societies reactions of these events/movements. Although students are provided with guiding questions from the teacher, they still have to reach and come to their own conclusions regarding the movements of the time.

Creativity & Innovation

Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Teacher models strategic risk taking by challenging students to use social media for educational purposes. Teacher designs opportunities for them to synthesize research by allowing students to choose which presentation software to use. Students analyze the trends of the time-period to know what the impact and reactions were. Students also create their own reproductions of stories and reactions.