WWII, episode 2: After WWI

This episode jumps right into the the end of World War I and the Paris Peace Conference & the Versailles Treaty. We take a quick survey through the technological and cultural advances and trends in the 1920s and 1930s. This episode also covers the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. At this point, we discuss the "Okies" who became migrants from one part of the nation (Oklahoma Panhandle and the surrounding region) to another part of the nation (California). While referencing the Grapes of Wrath, we see that even white Americans are treated poorly when they are migrants. This should cause us to have empathy for those who are immigrants. This caused the class to delve into a discussion of immigration in the U.S. today. This discussion was impassioned, and we did not all agree. But I feel like all students remained respectful toward each other.