Today in class we returned to the 1920's. We started by reviewing what we knew about the era from our work with the Great Gatsby. We brainstormed what we remembered about the time, setting, and overall context of the novel. We then took a look at the list of events at the start of the article, 1927. As we read the events, we tried to determine which symbolized the "glory" of America and which symbolized its "warts". We then tried to categorize and make some generalizations about the types of events that went into each category. In order to review additional information about the 1920's, we rewatched scenes from The Century: Boom to Bust.
Following the break, we returned to the 1927 article where each student was assigned one of the sections of the article. After reading and annotating our assigned sections, students chose groups made up of people who read the different sections and created posters depicting their version of the 1920's American.
Homework for the week is to continue to work on the Foreign Policy Letter.
