Indiana Social Studies IS.1.18
The Standard
Assess the social and cultural impacts of the Red Scare, Prohibition, Religious Fundamentalism, the KKK, New Morality, and the New Woman in the post-WWI era as it pertains to Indiana.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies · Prosperity, Depression, and World War II
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how the Red Scare, Prohibition, religious fundamentalism, and the Klan shaped life in 1920s Indiana. They also examine new ideas about dating and leisure and women's changing roles. They judge who gained choices or power and who faced pressure or exclusion.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can use an Indiana example to explain an effect, such as Klan intimidation of Black or Catholic Hoosiers. They can explain why a change offered freedom to some people but worried others.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse the Red Scare after World War I with the Cold War scare of the 1950s. They may assume Prohibition ended drinking or that all young women lived like flappers. They may overlook the Klan's political power and assume debates over evolution happened only in the South.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Choose Prohibition and one other issue from today's Indiana scenario cards. For each, name one effect, who felt it, and a detail from the card that supports your answer.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Hand pairs six teacher-written Indiana scenario cards, one per issue; have them mark who gained influence and who faced limits.
Ask students to write: How could Prohibition and changing ideas about dating lead Indiana neighbors to disagree about acceptable behavior?
Read two claims aloud: 'Prohibition ended drinking' and 'All women embraced flapper fashion'; teams correct each using their scenario cards.
Compare a 1920s Indiana newspaper job ad for women with a current Indiana job posting; students list who seems welcome to apply.
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Related Standards
- USH.4.2
Assess the causes of the resurgence of social movements, reform movements, and vigilante groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, the Red Scare, and Prohibition.
- IS.1.16
Identify and analyze the social, cultural, and economic impacts of WWI on Indiana as well as Indiana's contributions to the war effort.
- IS.1.17
Identify the social, political, economic, and cultural movements of the 1920s and analyze how these movements reflected and shaped Indiana society.
- IS.1.15
Assess the impact of the Women’s Suffrage Movement on the residents of Indiana.
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