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The Roaring Twenties (Roaring 20’s) Full Unit Bundle of Resources

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Combining standards-aligned and engaging student-centered lessons, students will time travel through the Roaring Twenties and learn about major events like Prohibition, new voting rights for women, the Scopes Trial, the Immigration Act of 1924, and the Harlem Renaissance. As a summative assessment, they will discuss all of the cultural changes that came about with the Roaring Twenties.

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Roaring Twenties Interactive Experience "Time Travel" to the 1920s

This lesson is fantastic, fun, and informative for students. Students learn about the history of the 1920s through a Google Slides Simulation. They pick their 1920s clothing, make friends with "Betty" and then "time travel" through the major events of the 1920s as a character living in New York City.

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The Harlem Renaissance 1920s Artwork and Culture the Great Migration

With this activity, students utilize a Google Slides, hyperlinked document to analyze the art and culture of the Harlem Renaissance. They choose the artwork that resonates the most with them and then complete critical thinking questions that encourage them to think about art, music, and poetry. This activity also includes a graphic organizer linked with a Newsela article or two Youtube videos about the Harlem Renaissance

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The Prohibition Era, 18th Amendment, Organized Crime, Primary Source Analysis

This lesson explores one of my students' favorite topics - Prohibition. Students will complete questions related to a historical background reading, take a true/false quiz about some of the stranger facts relating to the Prohibition Era and then practice analyzing some primary source images.

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The Scopes Monkey Trial Classroom Skit - Reader's Theater The Roaring Twenties

This little skit provides teachers with a creative way to teach a topic that can be difficult for students to understand. The Scopes Monkey Trial was one of the major events of the 1920s, and the major debate at the center of the trial has carried on through history.

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America in COLOR 1920s Cover

America in COLOR Viewing Guide the 1920s the Roaring Twenties Smithsonian

This viewing guide provides a great overview to the America in COLOR series from the Smithsonian Channel relating to the 1920s. Teachers can use this video as an introduction to the unit of study.

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Roaring Twenties Word Wall

Roaring Twenties 1920s Word Wall Vocabulary Puzzle

This resource helps students build and retain key vocabulary terms. It includes 26 word wall terms related to Roaring Twenties, vocabulary review strategies, and a review puzzle to support students' learning.

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The Roaring Twenties (1920s) Summative Assessment Cultural Artifact Project

With this summative assessment, students will be asked to reflect on the era of the 1920s as a time period of cultural change. They will identify five “artifacts” that reflected major cultural changes of the 1920s and then they will discuss the way in which those artifacts reflected cultural change through a Google Slides presentation or on paper.

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The Immigration Act of 1924 Primary Source Analysis

Explore the Immigration Act of 1924 in this comprehensive classroom lesson that delves into its historical background and biased motivations. This full-class session invites students to analyze the anti-immigrant stance of the act through a document sort, gaining insight into diverse points of view regarding the act.

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Roaring Twenties Interactive Experience "Time Travel" to the 1920s

This lesson is fantastic, fun, and informative for students. Students learn about the history of the 1920s through a Google Slides Simulation. They pick their 1920s clothing, make friends with "Betty" and then "time travel" through the major events of the 1920s as a character living in New York City.

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The Harlem Renaissance Cover of Resource

The Harlem Renaissance 1920s Artwork and Culture the Great Migration

With this activity, students utilize a Google Slides, hyperlinked document to analyze the art and culture of the Harlem Renaissance. They choose the artwork that resonates the most with them and then complete critical thinking questions that encourage them to think about art, music, and poetry. This activity also includes a graphic organizer linked with a Newsela article or two Youtube videos about the Harlem Renaissance

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The Prohibition Era Lesson Cover

The Prohibition Era, 18th Amendment, Organized Crime, Primary Source Analysis

This lesson explores one of my students' favorite topics - Prohibition. Students will complete questions related to a historical background reading, take a true/false quiz about some of the stranger facts relating to the Prohibition Era and then practice analyzing some primary source images.

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Scopes Monkey Trial Skit Cover

The Scopes Monkey Trial Classroom Skit - Reader's Theater The Roaring Twenties

This little skit provides teachers with a creative way to teach a topic that can be difficult for students to understand. The Scopes Monkey Trial was one of the major events of the 1920s, and the major debate at the center of the trial has carried on through history.

1
America in COLOR 1920s Cover

America in COLOR Viewing Guide the 1920s the Roaring Twenties Smithsonian

This viewing guide provides a great overview to the America in COLOR series from the Smithsonian Channel relating to the 1920s. Teachers can use this video as an introduction to the unit of study.

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Roaring Twenties Word Wall

Roaring Twenties 1920s Word Wall Vocabulary Puzzle

This resource helps students build and retain key vocabulary terms. It includes 26 word wall terms related to Roaring Twenties, vocabulary review strategies, and a review puzzle to support students' learning.

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The Roaring Twenties (1920s) Summative Assessment Cultural Artifact Project

With this summative assessment, students will be asked to reflect on the era of the 1920s as a time period of cultural change. They will identify five “artifacts” that reflected major cultural changes of the 1920s and then they will discuss the way in which those artifacts reflected cultural change through a Google Slides presentation or on paper.

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The Immigration Act of 1924 Cover Image

The Immigration Act of 1924 Primary Source Analysis

Explore the Immigration Act of 1924 in this comprehensive classroom lesson that delves into its historical background and biased motivations. This full-class session invites students to analyze the anti-immigrant stance of the act through a document sort, gaining insight into diverse points of view regarding the act.

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This unit plan contains standards-aligned and engaging student-centered lessons relating to the Roaring Twenties. Students will time travel through the 1920s and learn about major events from the 1920s like Prohibition, new voting rights for women, and the Harlem Renaissance along with some of the more surprising events of the 1920s – like pole sitting or battles over straw hats. As a summative assessment, they will discuss all of the cultural changes that came about with the Roaring Twenties.

Within each product:

  • Classroom handouts for each lesson and the Unit assessment (PDF, PowerPoint, and Google Slides link)
  • A Google Slides version of the lesson can be assigned in Google Classroom (Google Slides link).

This bundle also included a pacing guide to help you plan out the full unit!

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