Scopes Trial & 1920s Cultural Conflicts | VIDEO & ACTIVITY

All these resources go with this engaging History for Humans video on the Scopes Trial and the cultural conflicts of the 1920s! 

The video and interactive note sheets cover the amazing story and Shakespearean drama that was the Scopes Trial. Students learn how and why the trial represented so many of the cultural conflicts of the Roaring Twenties- which are also unpacked and explained in the episode. Since students learn best through story- the lessons should be lasting as students see how fundamentalism and modernism, city and country, jazz and Genesis came to ahead during the decade. The story-lecture covers the roaring twenties, consumer culture, entertainment- movies and radio, red scare, rise of the KKK, and nativism to help students make sense and understand the context of the Scopes Trial that pitted those controversies against each other. 

After the interactive notesheets there is a quick quiz to ensure understanding and then an engaging extension lesson. Students read about two case studies- the Palmer Raids/Red Scare and the Scopes Trial and look for connections to today's America. Questions are scaffolded to support diverse learners and help students think critically and see the relevance of history. 

This is the first of 3 episodes on the 1920s- Capone and Prohibition and Margret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement, episodes two and three.

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Thanks,

Dan