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Class, Capitalism and Consumerism 

• Populism

• Industrialism: big money, technology

• 1920s and 1950s economic boom, advertising and culture of buying

• Causes of the Great Depression

• Modern recession and housing crisis

Unit 4 Socioeconomic Class in America Focus Question

  1. End of unit essay will be a Gatsby close reading

Wednesday 11/20

Objective: Students will list the causes of the market revolution

Task: 

1) 3.4 Market Revolution/Lowell Lecture

2) Journal #1: Vocab Set #1

3) Journal #2: What’s Classy?

4) Hand Out Gatsby 

Ch 3 Section 4 - Unknown Artist
00:00 / 00:00

Thursday 11/21

Objective: Students will describe the causes of the Populism movement 

Task: 1) Journal #3: Narrative POV~ Gatsby Ch 1

2) Populism - Lecture

Ch 6 Section 3 - Unknown Artist
00:00 / 00:00

Friday 11/22

Objective: Students will determine how we should view 19th century Industrialists

Task: 1) Industrialists Economy Crash Course

2) Strikes of the 1890's 

3) Gatsby Ch 1: Talk about the actual details of the text— characters, class, settings

Monday 11/25

Objective: Students will describe the origins of union in the United States

Task: 1) Time to discuss Ch 2 (practice close reading)

2) Unions Jigsaw+Video 

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Ch 7 Section 2 - Unknown Artist
00:00 / 00:00

Tuesday 11/26

Objective: Students will examine the Great Gatsby 

Task: 1) Intro Jazz Club Project and Final Gatsby Close Reading

2) Journal #4: Gatsby Ch 3

Wednesday 11/27

Objective: Students will explain how the Social Gospel Movement tried to address urban problems

Task: 1) Podcast Due 

2) Hull House+Triangle Shirt Waist

3) Thanksgiving Potluck

Thanksgiving 11/28-11/29

Monday 12/02 

Objective: Students will explain why Union membership went down in the 1920's

Task: 1) Flapper Jane 

2) Assign Jazz Roles 

3) Gatsby Ch 3

Ch 12 Section 1 - Unknown Artist
00:00 / 00:00

Tuesday 12/03

Objective: Students will explain why Union membership went down in the 1920s

Task: 1) Vocab Set #1 Quiz

2) Gatsby Ch 4

3) Finish Flapper Jane 

4) Strikes of the 1920’s

5) share Jazz Club Roles 

Ch 13 Section 2 - Unknown Artist
00:00 / 00:00

Wednesday 12/04

Objective: Students will define flapper and consumer spending 

Task: 1) Gatsby Ch 5 

2) Project Work Time 

Ch 13 Section 4 - Unknown Artist
00:00 / 00:00

Thursday 12/05

Objective: Students will describe the Harlem Renaissance by completing the Gallery Walk activity 

Task: 1) Gatsby ch 6 

2) Harlem Renaissance PPT, Jigsaw Docs+Graphic Organizer 

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Ch 19 Section 2 - Unknown Artist
00:00 / 00:00

Friday 12/06

Warm-Up: What was the Harlem Renaissance? 

Objective: Students will describe the major "booms" of the 1950s 

Task: 1) Gatsby ch 8

2) 20's Consumerism-Boom of the 1950s 

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Monday 12/09

Objective: Students will compare the prosperity of the 1920's and 1950's 

Task: 1) Gatsby Ch 8 

2) 1920s vs 1950s Rap Battle 

Tuesday 12/10

Objective: Students will perform as mad lyrical geniuses 

Task: 1) Gatsby Ch 9 

2) 1920's vs 1950's Rap Battle 

Wednesday 12/11

Objective: Students will analyze consumer trends in the US

Task: 1) Final Close Read Work Time 

2) Jazz Club Work Time

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Thursday12/12

Task: 1) Final Review 

2) Final Close Read Work Time 

Friday 12/13

Warm-Up: 

Objective: Students will study for the test 

Task: 1) Final Review  

2) Final Close Read Work Time 

3) Jazz Club Work Time 

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