RWE History
Lesson 4: Identifying Patterns of Change
Instructor: Alessandra Lopez
Lesson 4: Identifying Patterns of Change
Context: The Roaring 20s
Continuity Over Time
Change Over Time
What changed from the 1920s to the 1930s?
The Roaring Twenties
Key Terms:
Economic prosperity: A flourishing, thriving economy. Positive economic health.
Consumer society: A society in which buying and selling goods and services is the most important social and economic activity.
Consumer good: Everyday products that people buy to use.
Cultural Symbols During the Twenties
Key Terms:
Flapper Woman: A young woman during the “roaring twenties” with bobbed hair, short skirts, drank, smoke and said what might be termed “unladylike.”
Luxury good: An item that is not necessary to live, but is deemed highly desirable within a culture or society.
The Great Migration: The movement of 6 million Americans out of rural Southern U.S. to the Northeast and Midwest between 1960-1970.
Continuity and Change Over Time
CONTINUITY OVER TIME
CHANGE OVER TIME
What has remained the same within a time period?
What has changed within a specific time period?
What can explain why some things remained the same?
What can explain why some things have changed?
How is continuity represented within a specific time period? (graphs, charts, political cartoons, text)
How is change represented within a specific time period? (graphs, charts, political cartoons, text)
Questions for Assessing Change and Continuity
Continuity and Change Over Time
PERIOD
1920s
1930s
Analyze the economic continuities
and changes in the U.S. from the 1920s to the 1930s.
Analyze the [topic] continuities and changes in [place] from [date] to [date].
DO:
Economic: Continuity and Change Over Time
CONTINUITY OVER TIME
CHANGE OVER TIME
TIMELINE
1920s
1930s
Cultural: Continuity and Change Over Time
CONTINUITY OVER TIME
CHANGE OVER TIME
TIMELINE
1920s
1930s
Social: Continuity and Change Over Time
CONTINUITY OVER TIME
CHANGE OVER TIME
1920s
1930s
TIMELINE
The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. America had become a world power and was no longer considered just another former British colony. American culture, such as books, movies, and Broadway theater, was now being exported to the rest of the world. World War I had left Europe on the decline and America on the rise. The decade of the 1920s helped to establish America’s position in respect to the rest of the world, through its industry, its inventions, and its creativity.
The 1920s
Key Vocabulary:
Era: a long and distinct period with a noteworthy or particular event.
Decade: a period of ten years.
Colony: a country or area under the full or partial control by another country.
Export: a commodity, article, or service sold abroad.
Industry: a branch of economic or commercial activity.
Barrett A. Silverstein, 1920s: A Decade of Change.
The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. America had become a world power and was no longer considered just another former British colony. American culture, such as books, movies, and Broadway theater, was now being exported to the rest of the world. World War I had left Europe on the decline and America on the rise. The decade of the 1920s helped to establish America’s position in respect to the rest of the world, through its industry, its inventions, and its creativity.
According to the author, What was the 1920s like?
The 1920s was a prosperous decade
for America.
Barrett A. Silverstein, 1920s: A Decade of Change.
The 1920s
The most memorable statistic of this period is the unemployment rate, which reached 25 percent in 1933. As stark as this figure is, it does not begin to capture the crisis encountered by tens of millions. Workers who managed to hold onto their jobs faced increased exploitation and reduction in wages and hours, which made it harder for them to help out jobless family and friends.6
Key Vocabulary:
Unemployment rate: the percentage of the labor force that is jobless.
Stark: complete; sheer; utter; absolute.
Crisis: a time of intense difficulty, trouble, danger.
Encountered: unexpectedly experience or be faced with.
Exploitation: the action of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
Danny Lucia, The Unemployed Movements of the 1930s.
The 1930s
The most memorable statistic of this period is the unemployment rate, which reached 25 percent in 1933. As stark as this figure is, it does not begin to capture the crisis encountered by tens of millions. Workers who managed to hold onto their jobs faced increased exploitation and reduction in wages and hours, which made it harder for them to help out jobless family and friends.
The 1930s
According to the author, What was the 1930s like?
The 1930s was a decade marked by sheer unemployment.
Danny Lucia, The Unemployed Movements of the 1930s.
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Discussion Question: What were the continuities and changes from the 1920s to the 1930s?
Review
The Roaring 20s
Continuity and Change Over Time (CCOT)
Evidence Showing CCOT
谢谢!
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