Grades
High School
Quarter/Year/Length
3rd Quarter - 2023 - 8 Weeks
Author(s)
Dylan Wince and Cortney Antonson-Milanovich
School
Tempe High School
Traditional Units
World War I
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
World War II
Skills
Change and Continuity
Cause and Effect
Multiple Perspectives
High School
Quarter/Year/Length
3rd Quarter - 2023 - 8 Weeks
Author(s)
Dylan Wince and Cortney Antonson-Milanovich
School
Tempe High School
Traditional Units
World War I
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
World War II
Skills
Change and Continuity
Cause and Effect
Multiple Perspectives
Our American Story:
Why Care?
Driving Question(s)
How can you use art to tell the history of America from 1900 to 1950 while connecting it to your own story?
Supporting Questions
World War I - What major conflict have you experienced that has shaped you?
Jazz Age - Roaring Twenties: Contradictions - What successes have you experienced? Where do you find joy? How have you grown/changed from positive experiences
Great Depression - How do you identify and work through times when you are experiencing lows?
World War II - How have your allies, friends and family, helped you through hard times?
Post-WWII/Cold War - How does getting through a conflict create more issues? When is a conflict resolved, but not over?
Supporting Questions
World War I - What major conflict have you experienced that has shaped you?
Jazz Age - Roaring Twenties: Contradictions - What successes have you experienced? Where do you find joy? How have you grown/changed from positive experiences
Great Depression - How do you identify and work through times when you are experiencing lows?
World War II - How have your allies, friends and family, helped you through hard times?
Post-WWII/Cold War - How does getting through a conflict create more issues? When is a conflict resolved, but not over?
Project Description
For this project, you will be asked to engage in the lessons covering the first half of 20th Century American History. These are specifically, World War I, the Roaring Twenties, the Dirty Thirties/Great Depression, and World War II.
With the content that is learned throughout this quarter, you will be asked to think about your life and how your story has developed throughout the years to this point. You will be asked to make connections to how America’s story developed from 1900 - 1950 and how those lessons are still relevant today.
To show your learning and understanding, you will create art to tell your story using lessons from hiSTORY.
With the content that is learned throughout this quarter, you will be asked to think about your life and how your story has developed throughout the years to this point. You will be asked to make connections to how America’s story developed from 1900 - 1950 and how those lessons are still relevant today.
To show your learning and understanding, you will create art to tell your story using lessons from hiSTORY.
Public Product
- Each student will create their own story using the lessons from hiSTORY. You can choose from the following options and/or mix/match based on your story and the lesson you are trying to explain.
Showcase Event
TBD
Lets start thinking about this...
Banksy |
Zora Neale Hurston |
How Disney Propaganda Shaped Life on the Home Front During WWII |
Project Checkpoints
Checkpoint #1 - Friday, January 20th
Imperialism, Progressive Era and World War I Essential Lessons Completed
Art and Artist Statement #1 - rough drafts begun
Checkpoint #2 - Friday, February 3rd
1920s: The Roaring Twenties Essential Lesssons Completed
Art and Artist Statement #1 - rough drafts begun
Self-Evaluation #1
Checkpoint #3 - Friday, February 17th
1930s: The Great Depression Essential Lessons Completed
Art and Artist Statement #1 - rough drafts begun
Checkpiont #4 - Monday, February 27th
1930s-1945: World War II Essential Lessons Completed
Art and Artist Statement #1 - rough drafts begun
Self-Reflection #2
Project Deadline - Tuesday, March 7th
Art and Artists Statements created on your Weebly Website
Project Self-Reflection
Imperialism, Progressive Era and World War I Essential Lessons Completed
Art and Artist Statement #1 - rough drafts begun
Checkpoint #2 - Friday, February 3rd
1920s: The Roaring Twenties Essential Lesssons Completed
Art and Artist Statement #1 - rough drafts begun
Self-Evaluation #1
Checkpoint #3 - Friday, February 17th
1930s: The Great Depression Essential Lessons Completed
Art and Artist Statement #1 - rough drafts begun
Checkpiont #4 - Monday, February 27th
1930s-1945: World War II Essential Lessons Completed
Art and Artist Statement #1 - rough drafts begun
Self-Reflection #2
Project Deadline - Tuesday, March 7th
Art and Artists Statements created on your Weebly Website
Project Self-Reflection
3rd Quarter Readings and Units
Growing Our Vocabulary |
History Readings & Socratic Seminar |
1900s-1910s: Imperialism, Progressive Era & World War I |
1920s: The Roaring Twenties |
1930s: The Great Depression |
1930s-1945: World War II |