Unit 4: What a Wonderful World

UNIT 4: WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!

INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIT

Today's focus activity is a short video about the Jazz Age also called the Roaring Twenties!

THE GOALS FOR THIS UNIT

Goal 1: By the unit test you should be able to define the following words:

isolationism
disarmament
tariff
consumerism
suffrage
prohibition
bootleg
repeal
migration

vaudeville
bigotry
anti-Semitism
Protestant
generalization
strike
hate crime
quota
racketeering

investor
bull market
stock
margin
laissez-faire
default
Gross National Product (GNP)
per capita

migrant
Hoovervilles
mortgage
foreclosure
infrastructure
policy
speculation
legislation
civilian

Goal 2: By the unit test you should be able to describe or explain the following things:

Describe America’s policy about foreign affairs after World War I.
Explain the causes and effects of America’s post W.W. I economic boom.
Describe the changes that occurred for women and young people in the 1920’s.
Explain why national Prohibition was repealed.
Describe the causes and effects of the Great Migration.
Explain why bigotry and prejudice was so prevalent in the 1920’s. Explain the causes of the stock market crash of 1929.
Describe life during the Great Depression.
Explain the criticisms of Herbert Hoover.
Describe FDR’s efforts to help America during the Great Depression.

Goal 3: By the unit test you should be able to evaluate the following things:

Why it is important to study the history of the U.S. during the 1920s and 1930s.
How the events, issues, and outcomes of the 1920s and 1930s effect us today.

LESSONS TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lesson 43: Unit 4 Lesson
Lesson 44: U.S. Isolationism
Lesson 45: The Post-War Economic BOOM!
Lesson 46: The New Woman
Lesson 47: Happy Days ... and Nights
Lesson 48: Prohibition
Lesson 49: Great Migration
Lesson 50: Bigotry and Prejudice
Lesson 51: Infamous Trials
Lesson 52: The Stock Market Crash
Lesson 53: The Great Depression
Lesson 54: The Dust Bowl
Lesson 55: President Hoover
Lesson 56: FDR
Lesson 57: The New Deal
Lesson 58: The 21st Century Economy
Lesson 59: Jazz
Lesson 60: Catastrophic Events of the Jazz Age
Lesson 61: Unit 4 Review
Unit 4 Assessment

THEIR MUSIC TELLS THE STORY - CLASS READING

Before, during, and just after the Civil War, African Americans in the South would sing hymns, work songs, and field hollers — music used to accompany spiritual, work and social functions. Eventually, a new type of music developed from these forms - called the Blues. The Blues was a music form with lyrics that focused on the pain of lost love and injustice. It also celebrated the victory of outlasting a broken heart and making it through hard times. Blues became the foundation of of a new music form that emerged just before the 1920s called - Jazz. Wynton Marsalis is a famous trumpet player who performs Jazz music today. He describes Jazz best with the following explanation:

"New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands,
folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime, echoes of traditional
African drumming, and all of the dance styles that went with this music could be
heard and seen throughout the city. When all of these kinds of music blended into
one, jazz was born."

Improvisation is a big part of jazz. Improvisation is creating, or making up, music as you go along. Jazz musicians play from printed music and they improvise solos. Many famous musicians emerged during this time. Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and Johnny Mercer were only a few of the Jazz Greats that lived during this time.

In this unit, we are going to study how Jazz Music tells the story of the 1920s and 1930s in American History!

INVESTIGATING JAZZ - RESEARCH & PORTFOLIO ENTRY

In your groups, follow the instructions below to complete today's portfolio activity.

Create today's portfolio page in your portfolio.
List this activity in your table of contents.
As a group, see if you can find the answers to the following questions using the icons below.
Answer these questions in PQA format in your portfolio.
You may use any of the links to gather your information but you must name the link you used to find the
information.
Your portfolio entry has been set up for you and is at the bottom of this webpage.
I suggest you divide and conquer. Each member should take an icon, read it in full, and answer the questions below that they can find under their icon. Then share with each other what you find.

1. What is Jazz?
2. Who invented Jazz?
3. Where did Jazz come from?
4. What were the major "Jazz Cities" in the 1920s and 1930s?
5. When did Jazz first come out?
6. Who listened to Jazz music in the 1920s and 1930s?
7. Why did people listen to Jazz music in the 1920s and 1930s?
8. How did Jazz play a part in American history in the 1920s?
9. What types of music came together to form Jazz music?
10. How did Jazz change over time?
11. How did Jazz spread all over America and the World?
12. Who were some popular Jazz musicians and what were they famous for?
13. What are some different types of Jazz and what makes each type different?
14. How did the development of Jazz music influence people's lives today?

American Jazz Culture in the 1920S

Jazz - A Big Part of African American History

A History of Traditional Jazz

A Kids History of Jazz

Jazz in America - Lessons

REFLECTING & EVALUATING SOURCES - PORTFOLIO ENTRY

Now, own your own, think about all that you learned about jazz music in the 1920s and 1930s today. Write a summary paragraph describing what you learned about Jazz music today. Remember how to set up a summary paragraph. You can use the Burrito Method graphic organizer on the important information wall or under the resources tab at the top of the page to help you. You can go straight to the Burrito Method Organizer Page by clicking HERE.

1. Outline your topic sentence using the “burrito” topic sentence method.
2. Make a “real” sentence.
3. Create a Fact Outline.
4. Write the summary using the Fact Outline.
5. Write a conclusion sentence that formally "ends" the summary.

PORTFOLIO ENTRY SET UP

Name Homeroom
Lesson 43: Unit 4 Lesson
Group Activity
1. Jazz is __________________________________________________________________________.
I found this on icon # _____________ under the _________________________ heading.

2. _______________________________ invented Jazz music.   I found this on icon #
_____________ under the _________________________ heading.

3. Jazz came from _________________________________. I found this on icon #
_____________ under the _________________________ heading.

4. Some of the major "Jazz Cities" in the 1920s and 1930s were
_________________________________________________. I found this on icon #
_____________ under the _________________________ heading.

5. Jazz first came out __________________________________________________________.
I found this on icon # _____________ under the _________________________ heading.

6. The people who listened to Jazz music in the 1920s and 1930s were _________
______________________________________________. I found this on icon #
_____________ under the _________________________ heading.

7. People listened to Jazz music in the 1920s and 1930s because _______________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
  I found this on icon # _____________ under the _________________________ heading.

8. Jazz music played a part in American history in the 1920s because ___________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
I found this on icon # _____________ under the _________________________ heading.

9. The types of music that came together to form Jazz music were _____________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
  I found this on icon # _____________ under the _________________________ heading.

10. Jazz changed over time beginning with _______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________.
I found this on icon # _____________ under the _________________________ heading.

11. Jazz spread all over America and the World starting when ____________________
________________________________________________________________________________.
I found this on icon # _____________ under the _________________________ heading.

12. Some popular Jazz musicians of the 1920s and 1930s were __________________,
_________________, and _________________. ___________________ was famous for
_______________________.   ___________________ was famous for __________________.
___________________ was famous for _______________________. I found this on icon
# ____________ under the ________________________ heading.

13. Some different types of Jazz are _________________________, ______________________,
and _________________________. The unique characteristic of _________________ Jazz
is _______________________________. The unique characteristic of _________________
Jazz is _______________________________. The unique characteristic of
_________________ Jazz is _______________________________. I found this on icon #
_____________ under the _________________________ heading. The unique
characteristic of _________________ Jazz is _______________________________.
I found this on icon # ____________ under the ________________________ heading.

14. Jazz music influence people's lives today in that
_______________________________________________________________________________.
I found this on icon # ____________ under the ________________________ heading.

Individual Activity
(Write your summary paragraph here.)