Unit 7: WWI
Unit 7: WWI
Content Standard: 11.4 Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century.
CCST: 11.2.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
CCST: 11.2.7 - Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g. visually, qualitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
WHST: 11.12.9 - Draw evidence from informational text to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Assignments to meet the standard: 1 week
After reviewing this lesson, students can:
Causes that leasd to World War I
American Imperialism (1890-1919
Essential Question: What is imperialism, manifest destiny, and Social Darwinism?
Essential Question: What were the causes of the Spanish-American War?
Essential Question: What does the Platt Amendment and Cuba discuss?
Essential Question: What were the causes of WWI?
Essential Question: What were reasons why the U.S. was initially neutral in World War I?
Essential Question: What were the effects of the U.S. entering the war?
Essential Question: Who was responsible to develop the Treaty of Versailles?