Birth of a Nation, the NAACP, and the Balancing of Rights
In this lesson students learn how Birth of a Nation reflected and influenced racial attitudes, and they analyze and evaluate the efforts of the NAACP to prohibit showing of the film

NAACP's Anti-Lynching Campaigns: The Quest for Social Justice in the Interwar Years
Curriculum Unit Overview: During the years 1909 to 1939, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People sought passage of anti-lynching legislation. Although this proposed legislation failed to become law, much can be learned by examining the NAACP's anti-lynching campaign about how Americans in the interwar period understood the federal system, interpreted the Constitution, and responded to calls for social justice.

Twenties Magazine Project - Cross curricular lesson plan with literature, art and history. Students are to create a magazine covering aspects of culture, politics, arts, music, lifestyles and the like from the 1920's. This lesson has a rubric and an assignment sheet.

The Harlem Renaissance - Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s. Focuses on the Harlem Renaissance.

Pacificism vs. Patriotism in the 20s - This lesson plan will allow students to understand the philosophy of The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) toward war and disarmament; to explore the atmosphere of the "Red Scare" and its impact on peace organizations; to examine the DAR's opposition to pacifism and disarmament

The Music of the Roaring Twenties - Download music clips from the 1920s. Artists include Al Jolson, Sid Gary, Eddie Cantor, Fannie Brice.