Unit 6: The Rise of American Power

Essential Questions

Enduring Understandings (copy and paste from 11.6 (in bold)

Students understand that...

THE RISE OF AMERICAN POWER (1890 – 1920): Numerous factors contributed to the rise of the United States as a world power. Debates over the United States’ role in world affairs increased in response to overseas expansion and involvement in World War I. United States participation in the war had important effects on American society.

Create based on unit content 

• Why did the United States practice a foreign policy of Imperialism at the turn of the Century?  

• Why were some people for imperialism and others objected?

• How did this Imperialistic Foreign Policy impact the relationship between the U.S. and Asia and Latin America?

• What were the causes of WWI and what was the lasting impact? 

• How did World War effectUS social and political developments

Knowledge

Students know that...

(Copy and paste from 11.6a, 11.6b, 11.6c, etc)

11.6a In the late 1800s, various strategic and economic factors led to a greater focus on foreign affairs and debates over the United States’ role in the world.

11.6b While the United States attempted to follow its traditional policy of neutrality at the beginning of World War I, the nation eventually became involved in the war. President Woodrow Wilson led the nation into war with the hope of reforming the international order through his Fourteen Points.

11.6c World War I had important social, political, and economic effects on American society.

Key Terms

Spanish-American War

Treaty of Paris of 1898

Annexation of the Philippines. Panama Canal

Roosevelt Corollary Policy of neutrality

Fourteen Points Versailles Peace Conference

League of Nations. Great Migration

Schenck v. United States (1919). Postwar recession

Xenophobia

Red Scare (1919–1921)

Summative Tasks 2-4

(end of unit student learning evaluation. Multiple choice questions, DBQ, mini Q, CRQ, etc.)DBQ American Imperialism: What role did imperialism play in American foreign policy in the late 19th and early 20th century?

DBQ on The Great Migration: describe if the Great Migration helped to improve the conditions for African Americans in AmericaDBQ on American Expansion: Identify and discuss three ways in which the U.S. was transformed at the turn of the 20th century from an isolationist nation into an imperialist power.

US Imperialism Socratic Seminar “Has the US benefited countries it has controlled” and “Is the US still an imperial power, as judged based on the following criteria: expansion for military protection, economic gain, and advancement of civilization?”

Kahoot Review WWI

Multiple Choice Test - 35 questions from New Visions

Lesson Plans and Content 2-4

(Full length lesson plans that can be used from start to finish by a teacher. Use SHEG here)

SHEG on USS Maine - Central Historical Question: What sank the Maine? SHEG power point for above USS Maine

Multiple World War I full-length lessons from National History Day site including: Propaganda, Women in War, Science and Technology, Poetry from the Trenches and Why did the US enter the war.

Lesson plans on Great Migration including: to Move or Not to Move; Migrants and Voting, Compare and Contrast - Northern Life to Southern Life for African-Americans, Mapping 20th century African American migration

Videos, Documents, and Resources 3-5

Teddy Roosevelt "Big Stick" Cartoon Analysis: Uses an Editorial Cartoon Analysis Worksheet to analyze six Roosevelt cartoons

Inquiry Based Activities- "Was American Expansion Abroad Justified"  Spanish American War.  Using docs to assess why we go to war, people for the war, against war, and results.  

SHEG on Great Migration, World War I and the 1920's (multiple resources): Central Historical Questions Why did African Americans migrate to Newark at the beginning of the 20th century?

SHEG: "Were Critics of the First World War Anti-American?"  Excerpts from Schenck and Debs used to complete graphic organizer and limits of free speech.