Lesson 1: Roaring 20s
Duration of Days: 5
Lesson Objective
SWBAT to identify and explain the impact of the post World War One economic boom on American society and evaluate the decisions that eventually led to the Great Depression
How has the American economy evolved since industrialization?
Roaring Twenties
Boom
installment buying
Stock market crash
Prohibition
Culture Wars
Flappers
INQ 9–12.1, INQ 9–12.4, INQ 9–12.5, INQ 9–12.8, INQ 9–12.9, INQ 9–12.15, HIST 9–12.2, HIST 9–12.3, HIST 9–12.4
This lesson acts as an introduction into the complexity of the American Economy. It allows the educator to demonstrate the impact of economic factors on all aspects of American life and allows students to learn basic vocabulary concerning complex economic principles.
The most basic level of understanding for this topic involves acquisition of economic vocabulary relating to economic principles. Students can provide examples of how these were applied in the 1920s and they can also make claims about how these principles played out in the actual development of the economy.