Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Author/Mini Bio/Bio

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

6, 11

Overview

This video is a short biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, an influential 20th-century author best known for works such as The Great Gatsby and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He is one of the most famous writers of the "Lost Generation," people who came of age during or shortly after the first World War and became disillusioned by the senseless death and destruction.

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 6

    SS10.6.4

    Identify cultural and economic developments in the United States from 1900 through the 1930s.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.6.4

    Vocabulary

    • Harlem Renaissance
    • Jazz Age
    • suffragettes
    • suffragists
    • flappers
    • personal credit
    • stock market crash
    • Immigration Act of 1924

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The cultural and economic developments of the early 1900s.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Characterize the impact of notable people and events that shape our world.
    • Compare multiple points of view to explain economic policies.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Major cultural and economic changes took place in the US during the early 1900's.
    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 11 - United States History II

    SS10.US2.5

    Evaluate the impact of social changes and the influence of key figures in the United States from World War I through the 1920s, including Prohibition, the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Scopes Trial, limits on immigration, Ku Klux Klan activities, the Red Scare, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Jazz Age, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, W. C. Handy, and Zelda Fitzgerald. (Alabama) (A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.d., A.1.f., A.1.i., A.1.j., A.1.k.)

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.US2.5

    Vocabulary

    • prohibition
    • Nineteenth Amendment
    • Scopes trial
    • Ku Klux Klan
    • Red Scare
    • Harlem Renaissance
    • mass culture

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The causes, effects, and impact of social and political events in the United States from World War I through the 1920, including Prohibition, passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the *Scopes Trial, limits on immigration, Ku Klux Klan activities, the Red Scare, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, and the Jazz Age.
    • The impact of influential individuals on social, political, and economic realities in the United States from World War I through the 1920, including Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, W. C. Handy, and Zelda Fitzgerald.
    • The impact of media on social and political realities in the United States from World War I through the 1920.
    • The impact of major works of American artists and writers from World War I through the 1920, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes and H.L. Mencken.
    • The importance of technological innovations through the 1920s and the impact these had on social, economic, political, and individual realities in the United States.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Explain social, economic, political, and cultural changes in the United States during specific historical periods and related to specific historical events.
    • Describe the influence of specific individuals and groups on the United States during specific historical periods into modern times.
    • Analyze the impact of technical innovations and changing media on American social and political realities.
    • Determine central ideas of primary and secondary sources.
    • Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There were significant impacts of the social changes and the influence of prominent figures in the United States from WWI through the 1920s.
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    Biography
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