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Ernest Hemingway and the Lost Generation

Duration
90 min
Grade
9–12
Published
Nov 15, 2020
Black and white portrait of a bearded man wearing a white shirt, looking directly at the camera.
Use this Lesson to have students analyze the effect of WWI on western culture and how this was dealt with by authors such as Ernest Hemingway.

Objectives:

  • Students will identify the impact of World War I on the United States.
  • Students will describe how the literature of Ernest Hemingway represented an attempt to wrestle with the social and cultural effects of World War I.

Materials

Lesson Components

ActivitySocial and Cultural Effects of World War I Student Packet

Four primary sources including a causalities table and excerpts from Ernest Hemingway's writing that explore the social and cultural effects of World War I.

Lesson plan

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More Information

Students should work in pairs at times in this lesson. They will collaborate in decoding the various documents and coming to a conclusion from them.

Standards

Advanced Placement

  • Topic 7.8 · 1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies
  • Theme · American and Regional Culture
  • Learning Objective · Unit 7I
  • Historical Development · 7.2.I.D
  • Reasoning Skill · Sourcing and Situation
  • Reasoning Skill · Source Claims and Evidence
  • Reasoning Skill · Contextualization
  • Reasoning Skill · Making Connections
  • Reasoning Skill · Argumentation
  • Reasoning Process · Causation

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