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Weekly Overview:
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Unit Description: The United States on the Brink of Change
- This unit examines the growing involvement of government in making reforms
- This unit focuses on the events that led to U.S. involvement in world affairs, imperialism, and ultimately World War I
Essential Questions:
- Can students assess the credibility of a given historical document?
- Can students use a world map to locate and explain the emergence of imperial power?
- Can students explain the U.S. policy of imperialism and how it increased U.S. involvement in world affairs?
Resources/Materials: text, comprehensive curriculum, guided readings and review activities, readings in American History,
Guide to the essentials, primary source readings, PowerPoint, study guide
Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs: same as 11/5 |
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Objectives:
Discover challenges that faced the U.S. after the Spanish-American War
Find out why the U.S. wanted to build the Panama Canal
Learn about the goals of Roosevelt’s big stick diplomacy
Foreign policy after Roosevelt
Examine the main arguments raised by the anti-imperialists
See why imperialism appealed to many Americans
Find out how American imperialism was viewed from abroad
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Student Learning Activities:
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We will discuss the following from the Progressive Movement
Progressive Legislation: social welfare programs, city government plans, direct primary, initiative, referendum, recall, laws protecting women and children |
Coal Miners strike and Roosevelt
Anti-trust cases
Hepburn Act of 1906
Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
Children and Women’s Bureau
U.S. Forest Service
The National Reclamation Act |
Continue Progressive Discussion
Amendments 16, 17, 18
The election of 1812
Bull-Moose Party, Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Clayton Antitrust Act
Federal Reserve Act
Election of 1916 |
Guided Readings Chapter 11
We will work on these in class
If not finished, these are for homework |
Section quizzes
Chapter 11
In class
If not finished, homework |
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Attachments:
Assessments: Guided readings, vocabulary development activities, reviews, study guide notebook, section quizzes
Links:
What strategies will I use to address literacy this week? Reading on Woodrow Wilson and Progressive legislation
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