This lesson contains:

• A starter to discuss what students know about America and what comes to mind when they think about it. It’s a good intro to the topic as a whole as somethings they know about will come up in the course.
• A discussion about the American Dream and what they think it means, or offers. Students study a short excerpt from the Declaration of Independence. This is followed by two videos from YouTube which give different interpretations. Students then summarise, in their own words, what this is.
• An informative video full of footage from the 1920’s showing the boom years. Students note-take on a mind map of features of the booming 1920’s.
• An activity to study information on a handout about people’s experiences in the USA in the 1920’s and use it to complete a worksheet showing on one hand, on the other, those that lived, or didn’t live, the American Dream.
• A plenary for a judgement on the enquiry question.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 1 x Word File
• 1 x Publisher File