While reactivating prior knowledge about the Roaring Twenties and Harlem Renaissance, we read about the backlash that rapid modernization during the era created, especially in rural areas. This was evidenced by the limits the government put on the number of immigrants who could come to the U.S. We discussed Fundamentalism, the religious movement which believed in a literal interpretation of the Bible (Creationism). We briefly discussed the verdict in the Scopes Monkey Trial, with which Ben was familiar - along with the name most associated with it - Clarence Darrow. We concluded reading about prohibition. Subject-specific vocabulary included the terms socialism, creationism, speakeasies, bootleggers, and expatriate. Ben was able to accurately explain the terms in his own words. He sympathized with the many intellectuals and creative people such as the writers, Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, who were disillusioned by consumerism and war and known as American expatriates of the "Lost Generation."