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Here are the teacher pack items for The Red Scare and Labor Tensions:
Overview In this experience, students read the lyrics to a song from 1919 and predict what the Red Scare was. Then they study the historical background of the Soviet Union (optional). Next they watch a video and learn about the Red Scare and identify three causes. They explain the connection between labor unrest and the Red Scare. Finally they analyze a historical source about the Red Scare and infer the political views of the person who created the source. Scene 2 provides optional background on the Soviet Union. If your students are already familiar with the history of the Soviet Union, you may skip this scene. Objectives
The Bolshevik Revolution, which brought the Communist Party to power in Russia, may have happened far across the ocean, but it would have a major impact on the United States throughout the twentieth century. In this lesson, you will learn about the early impact following the founding of the Soviet Union.
Objectives
Cover of the sheet music for the song “We’ll Never Change the Blue and White to Red” from 1919
Read the song lyrics:
“We’ll Never Change the Blue and White to Red”
Lyrics by M.L. Jennings, Composed by Leo Friedmann
And those who bore her colors bright,
Till ev’ry foe had fled.
Oh their fair names we’ll cast no blight,
Nor change the white to red.
Then let us stand by old Red, White and Blue!
To victory she’s always led.
Beneath her folds was writ a story true
Old Glory is the flag we love,
For her our blood was shed.
And sure as there’s a God above,
The blue will ne’er be red.
In this lesson you will learn about the Red Scare of the early twentieth century. Think about the lyrics, and predict what the Red Scare was.
Let students brainstorm. Later they can return and reread their answers to evaluate their predictions.
