The inquiry-based lesson plan featured below addresses the supporting question "What happened when soldiers returned home?" and helps students understand what happened after WWI came to an end:
To learn about the homecoming soldiers received in North Carolina when they returned from the war, click on the button above.
"Shell shock," what we now know as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), was a term coined in WWI to describe the reaction many soldiers had to combat stress and trauma. Click on the button below to learn more about "shell shock" and its symptoms.
Click on the photo above and the link below to learn about the race riots of 1919, also known as "Red Summer."
During this time, the state militia was called in to quell the violence on Chicago's south side (pictured above).
Carl Sandburg's The Chicago Race Riots (1919)
Click on the following link to read about post-war society and the newly formed NAACP: https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart7.html.
Click on the button below to read about African American Civil Rights in North Carolina.
During this time, the state militia was called in to quell the violence on Chicago's south side (pictured above).
Carl Sandburg's The Chicago Race Riots (1919)
Click on the following link to read about post-war society and the newly formed NAACP: https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart7.html.
Click on the button below to read about African American Civil Rights in North Carolina.