Due Today: Ch. 22 (WWI), 23 (20s)
Recap Changes on the Home Front (you did this over break :-)
- Which is the MOST significant change on the home front during WWI?
- practice writing a THESIS that EXTENDS the question (5 min)
From Imperialism to Isolation
1) Briefly review Wilson's 14 points (5 min)
2) Read Henry Cabot Lodge's response and the NY Times Article (10 min)
3) Group Discussion (20 min)
Pause...Should the United States have joined the League of Nations? And How might history have played out differently had Congress adopted Wilson’s 14th point?
What role should the United States play as a member of the United Nations in the 21st century?
4) Dramatic Reading: American Foreign Policy around the turn of the century (10 min)
5) Read: I Have a Rendezvous with Death and discuss
What are the key reasons why United States foreign policy shifted from imperialism to Isolationism following WWI?
Exit Card: VALUES of the 1920's using your notes (10 min)
HW: Chapter 24 and notes