Unit 5: Depression and Wars, 1920-1953
Duration of Days: 18
1. The costs and benefits of the new consumer society in the 1920s.
2. The increased importance placed on civil liberties in the 1920s.
3. The cause of the Great Depression and gov't response by 1932.
4. FDR's response to the Great Depression in the first 100 days.
5. Major differences and outcomes of first and second New Deals including its shortcomings.
6. The causes of American entry into WWII.
7. U.S. mobilization for WWII.
8. American influence on the post war world
9. The events and ideological conflicts that led to the Cold War.
10. The Cold War's influence on American Freedom and civil lberties.
Read 4 chapters in their texts
Class discussion of assigned reading
40 pages of notes
4 quizzes on key terms
4 AP based multiple choice exams
2 Document Based Essay Question
4 Lessons interpreting primary source documents
4 Quizzes
4 Exams
2 DBQs