Biography on sacco and vanzetti lesson ideas

This lesson looks at several key issues surrounding the trail of Sacco and Vanzetti and includes a wide range of contemporary and modern sources to help the learner make up their own min.

The aims, objectives and differentiated outcomes are:

Theme: The Dark side of the Boom
Know: Who were Sacco and Vanzetti and what were they accused of?
Understand: How fair was their trail?
Understand: Why were some Americans afraid of the new immigrants?
Evaluate: How tolerant was the USA in the 1920s?
Skills: Cause, Consequence, Source Evaluation & judgement

What Am I Looking For this lesson?
Identify / Describe – Who were Sacco & Vanzetti?
Explain – How fair was their trial and investigation ?
Analyse – begin to form a judgement on how tolerant was US society in the 1920s?

There are 6 activities built into the lesson including a snowballing starter, an Oxford and Cambridge source question with a pupil mark scheme, a persuasive s