20th Century Events by Era Lesson Plans

Students research the people, places, and events of a particular decade of the 20th Century. They write a report about that decade, and create a booth of memorabilia, music, dress, pictures and other artifacts representing the time period. The booths are then displayed during a school event called "Celebration of the 20th Century."

Students investigate, through interviews, personal reflection and research, the impact on the past, present and future of 20th century historic events in the United States.

Students design their own time capsule containers that represent their visions of the 20th century and of the future millennium.

Students review the people, places, and events of a particular decade of the 20th Century. They write a report about that decade and create a booth of memorabilia, music, dress, pictures and other artifacts representing the time period.

Young scholars identify any patterns or differences that emerge in political, economic, environmental, and social history after comparing the events and historical processes between one period and another in the same civilization. They form small groups and complete four charts showing the political, social, economic, and environmental changes between the 19th and 20th centuries in chronological order.

Students consider the plight of immigrants. In this 19th and 20th century history lesson, students create digital stories using photographs and audio files from the Library of Congress that feature the experiences of immigrants to America during the time period.

Young scholars analyze the meaning and process of categorizing items, people and events as 'the best.' students then defend pieces of literature, images, and sounds that they feel most represent 'the best of the 20th century.'

Sixth graders study the social movements of the 20th century. In this social movements lesson plan, 6th graders discuss social unrest, review social and political movements of the 20th century, and discuss the main movements for unrest. Students divide into groups, select a movement, and research the movement, and create a PowerPoint for the information.

Students research, classify and explain the great achievements of the 20th Century by presenting the highlights of (a decade / two decades) while working in cooperative groups.

Students explore the history of immigration through photographs. For this visual arts and United States immigration history lesson, students view and discuss photographs depicting the culture and lifestyle of late 19th and early 20th century immigrants. Students take pictures of current examples of culture in their neighborhood, create a photograph timeline, and draw conclusions about  lifestyles based on the photographs.