Subject: American History (1887-present)
Grade: 11th
Florida State Standard: SS:912.A.5.6 Analyze the effects of the changing social, political, and economic conditions of the Roaring Twenties.
Lesson 5: The 1920’s Woman
Objectives:
1) The student will analyze information about their chosen 1920’s woman and will present a PowerPoint exhibiting visual appeal, creativity/originality, effort, organization, convention,
ideas and content, and cooperation.
Materials/Resources
Computer, digital projector, cds, copies of powerpoint rubric.
Activities: Power Point Presentation
Students will be divided into pairs to work on their Power Point presentation. Srudents will have already have chosen a woman to present from the list attached at the end of this lesson. Students will have already spent some time in the computer lab for development of their PowerPoint. At a prior time they will have received a review of how to do a powerpoint, example of what the finished product should look like and me modeling an appropriate presentation. Students who prefer to do the entire Power Point presentation on their own may do so. A gifted/high achiever may like to teach Powerpoint presentation “how to” to the class using the laptop and digital projector. Students who do not have a computer at home may come before or after school to work on it.
Assessment: Power Point Rubric will count as big grade for the unit.
Women of the Twenties List:
Georgia O’Keefe Marie Provost
Edna Vincent Millay Lucy Burns
Zora Neale Hurston Harry Burn * No, this is not a mistake!!
Bessie Smith Nellie Tayloe Ross
Mae West Greta Garbo
“Sister” Aimee Semple McPherson Alice Paul
Margaret Sanger Josephine Baker
Evangiline Adams Zelda Zayre
Louise Brooks Coco Chanel
Clara Bowe Gloria Swanson
Joan Crawford
PowerPoint Rubric
Points Possible=100
Points Received= _______
Visual Appeal: (10) ______
Neatness, color, typed,
good choice of transitions,
background, impressive
first impression
Creativity / Originality: (5) ______
Concepts creatively presented,
done with a new or unique twist
Effort: (5) ______
Obvious effort went into project;
not an overnight,
"Gotta-get-it-done look"
Organization: (15) ______
Easy to read and understand
project, each part of project
has clear purpose, good flow of ideas
Convention: (10) ______
Spelling & grammar correct
Ideas and Content: (35) ______
Followed instructions for project,
thorough knowledge displayed
in project, would be able to
verbally explain topic to others
Cooperation: (20) ______
We worked well as a team.
We each did our jobs.
We all contributed equally.
We solved our problems.
Total Points: /100
