The Roaring 20's

I hope you all have had a great start to your week; I know I sure have! Over the past 2 weeks, our 5th graders have been learning about the 1920's. Our standard states that the students should be able to identify five famous people (Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and Babe Ruth), and they should be able to tell each person's contribution and how it changed the culture of America. These  one measly standard covers all of this and the Harlem Renaissance. And who can resist the urge to teach about silent movies, flappers, and so on?! Not I!

Although this isn't my first year teaching 5th grade Social Studies, I still find myself looking for new materials to use to teach the lessons. As I was looking for something to overview the materials this year for the 1920's, I found myself wishing for a QR code activity. So....I decided to whip something up! My kids had so much fun completing the activity and watching the videos!

Our Social Studies time is split into two sessions due to our lunchtime; I practically had kids begging me to get back to the classroom so that they could work on their activity! Which teacher doesn't want their students to beg them to do something?!

          

Once the activity was completed, I decided that I'd pair this activity up with a few others that I already had to go along with the 1920's era and post it on my TpT store. If you're interested, click here to find a direct link to it.

 

These activities proved to help students master the standard because the majority of them passed the test with flying colors!!
Thanks for stopping by!

Elaine, Teaching Lane