COURSE TEN: 1900-1950

America’s Century

The roots of who we are today: migration, industrialization, urbanization, conquest.

Appropriate Reading level: Grade 6+ ESL High Intermediate +
Expected Outcomes:

• Students will use the Talking Circle tradition to effectively communicate their ideas on a variety of topics with their fellow students. (See p. 27 Those Who Were Here Before)
• Students will keep journals to record their (a) responses to reading selections (b) answers to practice exercises (c) list of new words + synonyms and antonyms
• Students will learn the words to popular and patriotic songs from the early 20th century:
• East Side West Side, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Daisy, Cohan songs, Berlin songs
• Students will choose a Harlem Renaissance poet, Johnson, Cullen, Hughes, and interpret one of his poems through the eyes of a 21st century immigrant.
• Students will create dramatic scenes based on a painting of Hopper, Rockwell, Laurence, etc.
• Students will read about the two Roosevelt presidents and write an essay about the one you would have liked to met in person.
• Students will write an eyewitness account of one of the major events included in this course.
• Students will complete the last page of the course as a Vocabulary final.