Social Studies HS Guide

STRAND 5: Economic Boom, Bust, and the Role of the Government 1920-1940

STANDARD 5.1

PACING

RESOURCES

●​ “Whatdunnit?” Great Depression Mystery (various activities and readings) ●​ Khan Academy- Great Depression

●​ See US History II Year at a Glance ●​ Work together as a

PLC to determine individual standard pacing.

STANDARDS Students will investigate how individual and institutional decisions made during the 1920s led to the boom of the 1920s and then the Great Depression. CONCEPTS (Nouns) SKILLS (Verbs) LANGUAGE SUPPORTS ●​ Decisions ●​ Investigate

●​ Explain ●​ Best Practices for MLs in Secondary Content Area Classes

●​ 1920s ●​ Boom ●​ Great Depression

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

●​ Identify and explain the boom of the 1920s. ●​ Identify and explain the Great Depression. ●​ Investigate how individual and institutional decisions made during the 1920s led to the boom of the 1920s. Examples may include: ○​ Consumer spending and credit ○​ Stock market investment ○​ Entrepreneurial innovation ○​ Federal reserve policies - low interest rates ○​ Government policies - Fordney-McCumber Tariff of 1922 ○​ Technological advances and mass production ●​ Investigate how individual and institutional decisions made during the 1920s led to the Great Depression. Examples may include: ○​ Speculative investment ○​ Overproduction and unsustainable consumption