US History · Week 18 · World Power and the 1920s

Radio, Movies, and Mass Culture

Students compare the arrival of radio and movies with today's media and build a plan for managing how media shapes their mood.

Self-management

Self-management means regulating your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can meet your goals. More self-management activities

What you get

A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.

Standards

• 11.5.6: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 11: United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century (standard 11.5, item 6)
• CA HSS Analysis Skill: CST1 Compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and the activities learned. (Chronological and Spatial Thinking)
• C3 Framework (national): D2.His.7.9-12 Explain how the perspectives of people in the present shape interpretations of the past.
• Literacy in history: RH.11-12.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis, such as charts and maps, with information in a text.

Fits these textbook chapters

• History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 28: Popular Culture in the Roaring Twenties
• History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 29: The Clash Between Traditionalism and Modernism
• History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 41: Peace, Prosperity, and Progress

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More self-management activities for US History

• Faith and Reform Self-managementStudents study how religious revivals energized abolition and other reform movements and identify the sense of purpose that keeps them working toward a goal.
• The Home Front in the Great War Self-managementStudents examine wartime propaganda, limits on speech, and the Great Migration and practice managing stress when pressure to conform runs high.
• Winning the Vote Self-managementStudents trace the long campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment and set a personal goal that will require steady effort over time.
• The Crash and the Human Toll Self-managementStudents examine the causes of the Great Depression and how families coped and identify healthy ways to handle stress about money and the future.

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