Unit II: Imperialism and World War I

Essential Questions:

1. How did imperialism change the United States and its position in the world?
2. How did World War I change the United States and its position in the world?
Unit Curriculum Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Analyze factors that influenced American imperialism.
A. raw materials
B. new markets
C. closing of the frontier
D. establishing military bases to protect American interests abroad


2. Evaluate the causes of the Spanish-American War and its results.
A. Yellow Journalism/William Randolph Hearst
B. acquisition of territories/colonies:
i. Philippines/ Puerto Rico/Guam
ii. Hawaii

3. Assess the impact of American imperialism and foreign policy decisions on United States citizens, as
well as citizens of other nations.
A. Open Door Policy
B. Latin America
i. Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (Big Stick Diplomacy)
ii. Panama Canal
C. Dollar Diplomacy
D. Anti-Imperialist Movement

4. Debate the factors for and against United States involvement in World War I.
A. neutrality vs. involvement/internationalism
B. trade with nations at war
C. loans to allies
D. U.S. entry into WWI
i. media and propaganda: Making the World Safe for Democracy
ii. Zimmerman Note
iii. German submarine warfare

5. Analyze how the United States mobilized for World War I.
A. farmers
B. women
C. business
D. African Americans/the Great Migration
E. expansion of Federal power

6. Evaluate the attacks on civil liberties that erupted once America entered World War I. (R3)
A. limits to 1
st
Amendment Freedoms
i. Espionage and Sedition Act
ii. Schenck v. United States (established that Civil Liberties can be restricted if there is a Clear and
Present Danger)

7. Analyze President Wilsons Fourteen Points. Evaluate foreign and domestic reactions to the Fourteen Points.
A. League of Nations
B. resentment of the Treaty of Versailles

What students need to
know
Key Vocabulary Resources
Territorial expansion

Spanish-American War
(Rough Riders, Cuba, the
Philippines)

Progressive Era diplomacy
("Big Stick," Dollar
Diplomacy,
Moral/Missionary
Diplomacy)

Imperialists vs. Anti-
Imperialists

Main causes of World War I

US involvement in the war

Military tactics and new
weapons

Paris Peace Conference and
the Treaty of Versailles
(including territorial
changes)

Propaganda

The Home Front
(mobilization, civil liberties)

Panama Canal
Manifest Destiny
Roosevelt Corollary
Yellow Journalism
Protectorate

Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Lusitania
Neutrality
Zimmerman Telegram
Fourteen Points
Armistice Day/Veterans
Day
League of Nations
Reparations
Conscientious Objector
Great Migration

Text--America: Pathways to the Present

Political cartoons (see
http://hti.osu.edu/opper/display.cfm?id=17)

Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt Corollary
(excerpts)

Text--The Americans, chapter 19

Lost Battalion (World War I)--dvd

Arming of the Earth (World War I)--video

Letters Home (soldiers in World War I)--dvd

Political cartoons

Fourteen Points speech (Woodrow Wilson)

Propaganda posters (see
http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/usa.htm)

World War I soldiers' journals




Skills:
Trace the changing role of U.S. participation and influence in world affairs
Interpret information from a variety of resources
Create and present social studies materials
Use evidence to analyze and evaluate historical interpretation
Describe how major events in U.S. History affected Connecticut citizens
Provide examples of conflict and cooperation in world affairs
Interpret information from a variety of resources
Create various written work
Analyze and evaluate history from different points of view


Depth of Knowledge levels (DOK):
Read critically and analyze primary sources (e.g. Zimmerman Note, journals of World War I veterans)
Evaluate impact of propaganda
Write effectively from first-person perspective


Performance Indicators:
CCSS: Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects 6-12, CCSS: Grades 11-12, Reading:
History/Social Studies
Key Ideas and Details
1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific
textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RH.11-12.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources,
connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting
details and ideas.
RH.11-12.2. 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.
Craft and Structure
4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and
figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RH.11-12.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing
how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison
defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as
well as in words.
RH.11-12.7. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and
media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
CCSS: Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects 6-12, CCSS: Grades 11-12, Writing
Text Types and Purposes
1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant
and sufficient evidence.
WHST.11-12.1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and
accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
WHST.11-12.2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific
procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.