Welcome back to our final lesson plan on the Roaring Twenties! Throughout this semester, Erin and I have focused on learning all about the Roaring Twenties and the ways in which we could teach this significant decade from American history to a fifth-grade class. While we initially looked into teaching “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it being one of the great classics from this time, we felt that it was too advanced of a reading for this age group. Therefore we decided to take another approach to the 1920s, using the literature “What Were the Roaring Twenties?” by Michele Mortlock. This children’s chapter book holds lots of great content on the 1920s while incorporating fun illustrations, working as a great guideline for our lesson plan. Within our lesson we first present our students with a PowerPoint presentation that incorporates Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, those being Visual/Spatial Intelligence and Musical Intelligence. To conclude the lesson, students will be instructed to research then create a poster with a partner that highlights one important event from the 1920s. As a class we will then put the events into chronological order, making a timeline of events from the 1920s! This project will incorporate Gardner’s Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence, the students needing to use a hands on approach to learning the material through creating their posters. We hope you enjoy our lesson!
Grace’s blog posts: https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/americanlitforeducation.school.blog/248
https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/americanlitforeducation.school.blog/546
https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/americanlitforeducation.school.blog/730
https://americanlitforeducation.school.blog/2019/12/13/final-blog-post-7/
Erin’s Blog Posts: https://americanlitforeducation.school.blog/2019/09/08/what-i-would-like-to-teach/
https://americanlitforeducation.school.blog/2019/10/13/2nd-blog-post-the-roaring-20s/
https://americanlitforeducation.school.blog/2019/11/17/3rd-blog-post/
https://americanlitforeducation.school.blog/2019/12/01/final-blog-post/
American Literature for Elementary Education 