Overview

Author

Audience

Objectives

Materials

Procedures

Extension

Evaluation

Appendix

Everyday Life in the 1920s

Lesson Overview

This lesson serves as an introduction to primary source documents in preparation for research middle school students will do for National History Day.

Lesson Author

Name:	Lori Baker
School:	Williams Intermediate School, Davenport, Iowa

Lesson Audience

Grade Level	6-8	# of Class Periods	2
Class	Honor Language Arts	Length of Period	45 minutes

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Student will:

1. identify aspects of family life, transportation, fashion and communication of the 1920s

2. compare these aspects to our present day aspects,

3. analyze and answer questions related to primary source documents.

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General

Primary Source Analysis Sheet

Examples of Primary Documents

Online Resources (hyperlink)

1. http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/docs/index.php/lindbergh-history/charles-lindbergh

Handouts (Handouts embedded in Appendix): Primary Source Analysis Sheet

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Prior Learning (background information, vocabulary)

The student will need to know:

1. The differences between primary and secondary source documents
2. Where and how to find primary source documents
3. How to determine if a resource is reliable

Day 1:

1. Introduce students to primary resources by showing physical examples of photos and documents or share examples that can be found online.
2. Discuss differences between primary and secondary resources.
3. Assign students to complete the Document Analysis Sheet for two of the resources in this lesson.

Day 2:

1. Continue assignment to study two primary source documents from this less and complete Data Analysis Sheet.
2. Complete the same exercise with the lesson on the 1950s (need hyperlink to the 1950s lesson).

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Assign students to choose another decade of the 20^th century, find primary source documents and create poster, booklet, PowerPoint or Prezi presentation that includes aspects of family life, transportation, technology/communication, fads/fashions and major events with at least one document and an explanation of why it was important to that time period.

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Rubric

The rubric below may be used to…..

	Exceptional	Proficient	More Effort Needed
	10 pts	8 pts	3 pts
Inference	Bulls Eye	Good Hit	Off the Target
	10 pts	8 pts	3 pts
Detail	Great account of document. Used solid detail	Good account. Used some solid detail.	Ideas not developed; lacking sufficient detail to understand the thoughts behind the words
	10 pts	8 pts	3 pts
Questions	Great relation to inference.	Good relation to inference	Weak relation to inference
	10 pts	8 pts	3pts
Grammar/Mechanics	No errors. Use of complete sentences in answer.	A few errors. Use of complete sentences in answer.	A few errors. One fragment or incomplete sentence.

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Handouts

Primary Source Analysis (doc)

1. Two Iowa City boys with their bicycles, circa 1929. Courtesy of Iowa State Historical Society, Iowa City.

1. Charles Lindberg was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. On May 20, 1927 at 7:52 a.m., Lindbergh flew from Long Island, New York to Paris. He packed five sandwiches, water, maps and charts, and a few other things he thought he might need. He did not take a parachute or radio; instead he took extra gasoline. He had problems with fog, icing and drowsiness (he hadn't been able to sleep the night before taking off) during the historic trip.