The Roaring Twenties – Review and Assessment Historical Thinking Skills

Description

This purchase includes two different versions of an assessment for the 6 lessons in a Roaring Twenties unit and a review worksheet for the entire unit.  Those lessons are:

• Roaring Twenties Simulation
• The Scopes Monkey Trial
• The Harlem Renaissance
• America in COLOR 1920s
• The Prohibition Era
• The Immigration Act of 1924

This test is tailored to match critical thinking and historical thinking skills.  I do standards-based grading, and I allow students to redo tests. Therefore, one of the tests is given as the original, and the second test is given as a “redo.”

These assessments do require the students to have some knowledge of historical skills. The skills are then referred to and reviewed on the review sheet. I’ve tried my best to meet the new standards required by NYS Standards for Social Studies.

I include a 5-point rubric with each of the lesson assessments. If you would like to grade these questions in a different way, you can simply remove the rubric and add in your own points or rubric instead.

There is an answer key provided for the review sheet and both versions of the exam.

This zip file includes a PDF version, a PowerPoint version, and a link to a Google Slides version for both the Review and the assessment. Both the PowerPoint and the Google Slides versions are fully EDITABLE.

This resource specifically addresses the following NYS standards:

8.4e – After World War I, the United States entered a period of economic prosperity and cultural change. This period is known as the Roaring Twenties. During this time, new opportunities for women were gained, and African Americans engaged in various efforts to distinguish themselves and celebrate their culture.

8.4e.1 – Students will investigate the efforts of women suffragists and explain the historical significance of the 19th amendment.

8.4e.2 – Students will examine the reasons for and effects of prohibition on American society

8.4e.3 – Students will examine examples of World War I and postwar race relations, such as the East St. Louis riots, the Silent March, and the Tulsa riots.

8.4e.4 – Students will explore the changes in American culture after World War I, including an examination of the Harlem Renaissance and other changes in New York City.

8.5a – Risky investing, protectionism, and overproduction led to the collapse of the stock market, a wave of bank failures, and a long and severe downturn in the economy called the Great Depression.

8.5a.1 – Students will examine how the economic practices of the 1920s contributed to the coming of the Great Depression.

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