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Students will be able to list the major causes and arguments, as well as the proponents for and against and American expansion in the between 1890-1900. Students will be able to identify the major areas of American expansion. Students will be able to describe the major foreign policy implementations practiced by the United States between 1890-1900. Students will be able discuss the causes, and events which led up to WWI from both a European and American perspective. Students will be able to demonstrate the importance of people, places and ideas from this unit. Students will analyze and evaluate information taken from a variety formats and be able to apply this information within the writing process.
People, places and terms you will be expected to master: American Expansion , the Spanish American War, The USS Maine, Jose Marti, William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Pulitzer, Yellow Journalism, De Lome's Letter, Teller Amendment, Rough Riders, Albert Beveridge, Platt Amendment, Boxer Rebellion, Teddy Roosevelt, Admiral Dewey, Charles Young, Queen Liliuokalaini, Open Door Policy, McKinley Hawaii, Philippines, Cuba, Philippines Government Act, The Butcher, Panama Canal, Imperialism, Isolationism, Josiah Strong, Expansionists Colonial Expansion, Manifest Destiny, Monroe Doctrine |
Students will pass an objective test, at a minimum proficiency of 60%. Students will complete a written exam, according to the Helix Writing Rubric at a level of 3 or better. Other Possible Assessments Tools Students will create a timeline of important people, places and events on either America's involvement in world affairs between 1989-1900 or World War I and complete this project at a minimum of 60% proficiency according to the US History Timeline Rubric. Students will create propaganda cartoons which could have been used during WWI, which will be graded according to US History Poster Rubric.
People, places and terms you will be expected to master: continued . . .
World War I, Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, Jeannette Rankin, George W. Norris, opposition to the war, Wilson, Fourteen Points, U Boats, Arch Duke Ferdinand, Luisitania, Trench Warfare, Propaganda posters, War Bonds, Zimmerman Message, Central Powers, Allied Powers, Poison Gas, Machine guns, All Quiet on the Western Front, Schenek v. United States, Pacifists, neutrality, Espionage Act (1917). Sedition Act (1918), Treaty of Versailles,
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