Classwork for Thursday 3/12/2009 and Friday 3/13/2009

Do Whatcha Know!
What are the characteristics of people who make a difference? Together, let’s try to come up with one for every letter of the alphabet.

Intro to New Material
Break up into pairs who will work together to learn about two people with differing points of view on important topics of the period.
Pairs are

-Emily Post/Margaret Sanger (feminism)
-W.E.B. DuBois/Marcus Garvey (black leadership)
-T.S. Eliot/Langston Hughes (literature)
-Henry Ford/Eugene V. Debs (business)
-William Jennings Bryan/Clarence Darrow (religion and science)
-J. Edgar Hoover/Sacco and Vanzetti (politics)
-Charles Lindbergh/Al Capone (“heroes”)

Use your textbook, the Internet, and other information to research your person, making sure to investigate important issues, personal background and ideals, and point of view. You’ll complete the following graphic organizer that answers the following questions about your person:

Personal Background (give info source)
Issues/Ideas (give info source)
Point of View (give info source)
Significance
How successful was this person in getting across her/his ideas and point of view?
What characteristics of people who make a difference does this person exhibit?

Guided Practice
After completing the research, you and your partner will work together (using the information in your chart) to
1. Create a Venn diagram comparing your people
2. Write short monologues that you’ll use in our Independent Practice.

Each of you will become one of the people studied, and the monologue you write expresses the point of view of that person and shares important information about issues during the 1920s.

Independent Practice
Time for Happy Hour! But, it’s a 1920s business happy hour, so leave the ‘Tron at home.

After the research portion of the lesson is complete, you’ll participate in a “VIP room mixer” where you become the person you researched. Instead of performing for the class, you’ll mingle with classmates as if attending a party. You’ll introduce “yourselves” to others in attendance, share important information, and discuss issues of the while staying “in character.”

As you mingle, use the Notes Matrix to take notes.

Learning Log
1. Who were the two most interesting people you learned about today?
2. What kind of impact did they have?
3. What characteristics of people who make a difference did they exhibit?