US History · Week 14 · World Power and the 1920s
The Home Front in the Great War
Students examine wartime propaganda, limits on speech, and the Great Migration and practice managing stress when pressure to conform runs high.
- Students will
- Students analyze wartime propaganda, limits on speech, and the Great Migration to explain political, economic, and social effects of World War I on the home front.
- SEL skill
- Choose a calming strategy to stay steady when pressure to conform builds
- What it looks like
- Students practice managing stress when pressure to conform is strong.
- Content focus
- The home front in the Great War
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management is the ability to handle your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can reach your goals, even under pressure. More self-management activities
What you get
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Standards
- 11.4.5: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 11: United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century (standard 11.4, item 5)
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HI1 Show the connections between particular historical events and larger social, economic, and political trends. (Historical Interpretation)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.His.14.9-12 Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects of events in the past.
- Literacy in history: RH.11-12.3 Analyze a series of events and determine whether earlier events caused later ones.
Fits these textbook chapters
- American History: Reconstruction to the Present, Module 7: World War I
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 10: The Civil War
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 22: From Neutrality to War
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 23: The Course and Conduct of World War I
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 24: The Home Front
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 25: The Treaty of Versailles: To Ratify or Reject?
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 26: Understanding Postwar Tensions
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 35: The Impact of World War II on Americans
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More self-management activities for US History
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- Radio, Movies, and Mass Culture Self-managementStudents compare the arrival of radio and movies with today's media and build a plan for managing how media shapes their mood.
- 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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