Atlas - Unit 4: Becoming a World Power

Wayne RESA

Unit PlannerUS History and Geography

Wayne RESA – SS / Grade 9 / Social Studies / US History and Geography / Week 13 - Week 16

RESA, MAISA MC3 Units

Unit Abstract

Students begin this unit with a review of Washington’s Farewell Address and an exploration of the difference between isolationism, imperialism, and internationalism. Students review the major milestones in the evolution of American foreign policy from George Washington to the annexation of Hawaii. Next, students explore the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War and the role of the press. Students then examine America’s imperialist behavior from 1898 to 1914 and take note of US acquisitions or dominance in specific places such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. In doing so, students analyze why the United States continued to grow and expand as they are introduced to the “new manifest destiny”. They use the acquisition of Hawaii as an example of this process. Next, students analyze the causes of World War I by considering the role of militarism, alliances, nationalism, and imperialism in the conflict. They then examine the United States’ shift from neutrality to involvement by examining historical evidence. In assessing the domestic impact of World War I on the United States, students survey the growth of government, the expansion of the economy, and the impact of the war on civil liberties. Students also study President Wilson’s Fourteen Points and how reaction to it demonstrated both domestic tensions and varying political perspectives throughout the world. The unit concludes with students learning how to construct an historical argument and then applying what they learned to evaluate American diplomacy at the turn of the century.

Unit 4: Becoming a World Power - Unit Word Document with Contextualized HSCEs

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Stage One - Desired Results

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Standards

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Compelling Question

How did tension between isolationism and interventionism influence and reflect the changing meaning of freedom and equality?

Supporting Questions

How and why did America's role on the international stage change?
How did imperialism and World War I affect the United States domestically?
How did responses to President Wilson's Fourteen Points illustrate tensions between interventionism and isolationism, as well as instability in the world?

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Content (Key Concepts)

alliances

annexation

civil liberties

imperialism

internationalism

isolationism

militarism

national interest

nationalism

neutrality

yellow journalism

Skills (Intellectual Processes)

Cause and Effect

Comparing and Contrasting

Evidentiary Argument

Identifying Perspectives

Non-linguistic Representations

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Stage Two - Assessment Evidence

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Unit Assessment Tasks

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Stage Three - Learning Plan

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Lesson Plan Sequence

Unit 4 - Instructional Organization Document
Supplemental Materials

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Resources

Equipment/Manipulative

Computers with Internet Access

Chart paper

Highlighters

Markers

Overhead projector/Document camera

Timer

World Map

Student Resources

Annexation of Hawaii, 1898. U.S. Department of State. 1 October 2015 http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/gp/17661.htm

British Aspirations and Compromise. Foreign Affairs, 1919. US History.com. 6 Oct. 2009

Causes of the War of 1812. Niagara Falls Museum. 7 October 2009.

Committee on Public Information. Sourcewatch. 1 October 2015 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Committee_on_Public_Information

Cushing, Lincoln. Centenial of the Spanish-American War. 1 October 2015 http://www.zpub.com/cpp/saw.html

Enlargement of Paul Revere’s Engraving of the Boston Massacre. Archiving Early America. 1 October 2015 http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/enlargement.html

Espionage Act of 1917. 1 October 2015 http://law.jrank.org/pages/6568/Espionage-Act-1917.html

French Aspirations and Compromise. Wars and Battles, World War I - Spring 1919. US History.com. 6 Oct. 2009

Function of the War Industries Board. 1 October 2015 http://personal.ashland.edu/~jmoser1/warindustriesboard.htm

George Washington’s Farewell Address. Archiving Early America. 7 October 2009

The Heritage of the Great War. 1 October 2015 http://www.greatwar.nl/versailles/versail-summary.html

Italian Aspirations. World Affairs, World War I. US History.com. 6 Oct. 2009.

Imperialism. Regents Prep. 1 October 2015

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/themes/foreignpolicy/imperialism.htm

Intelligence Encyclopedia:Espionage Act of 1917. Answers.com. 1 October 2015

http://www.answers.com/topic/espionage-act-of-1917

Isolationism. US History. 8 Oct. 2009 James Monroe. 1 October 2015

http://www.monroedoctrine.net/

Joseph Pulitzer and Yellow Journalism. Pulitzer Online Concepts. 1 October 2015

http://www.onlineconcepts.com/pulitzer/yellow.htm

The Mexican War. The Lone Star Internet. 1 October 2015 http://www.lone-star.net/mall/texasinfo/mexicow.htm

Monroe Doctrine. U.S. Department of State. 7 October 2009

National War Labor Board. Answers.com. 1 October 2015 http://www.answers.com/topic/national-war-labor-board-world-war-i

National War Labor Board. Encyclopedia.com. 1 October 2015 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401802880.html

National War Labor Board. High Beam Research. 7 October 2009

O'Brien, Joseph V. Department of History. John Jay College of Criminal Justice A German View of the Treaty of Versailles. 6 October 2009

Poster Art from World War I. PBS/WGBH. 7 October 2009 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/gallery/posters.html

Primary Documents. US Espionage Act. First World War.com. 1 October 2015 http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/espionageact.htm

Propaganda. 1 October 2015 http://www.propagandacritic.com/articles/ww1.cpi.html

Records of the National War Labor Board. National Archives. 1 October 2015 http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/002.html

Sedition Act of 1918. US History.com. 1 October 2015 http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1345.html

Sensationalism; Joseph Pulitzer and the New York World. Newspapers Since 1860. Bartleby.com. 1 October 2015 http://www.bartleby.com/227/1315.html

Spanish-American War. Questia. 1 October 2015 http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/spanish_american_war.jsp

Teaching With Documents: The 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii. National Archives and Records Administration. 1 October 2015 http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hawaii-petition/Treaty of Versailles. Encyclomedia.com. 6 Oct. 2009

The Trent Affair, 1861. U.S. Department of State. 7 October 2009

The Trent Affair. Library of Congress. 1 October 2015 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov08.html

US Mexican War. Prelude to War. 1 October 2015

The U.S. Sedition Act. http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_U.S._Sedition_Act

War of 1812. Thematic Pathfinders for All Ages. 42 Explore. 1 October 2015 http://www.42explore2.com/1812war.htm

War Industries Board. Encyclopedia.com. 7 October 2009

War Industries Board. Absolute Astronomy.com. 7 October 2009 http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/War_Industries_Board

William Randolph Hearst. The Spanish-American War Centennial Website. 8 Oct. 2009 http://www.spanamwar.com/Hearst.htm

Wilson’s Speech to Congress, 2 April 1917. Source Records of the Great War, Vol. V, ed. Charles F. Horne, National Alumni 1923.

Woodrow Wilson 14 Points. The History Place. 1 October 2015 http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/wilson-points.htm

World War One and Propanda. Modern US History. 7 October 2009

Teacher Resources

Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation. 7 October 2009 http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

Clements, Kendrick A. “Woodrow Wilson and World War I.” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 34, 2004. 7 October 2009

Course Supplements for American History 225. Georgetown College. 1 October 2015 http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/HTALLANT/courses/his225/manifest.htm

Document Analysis Sheet. National Archives. 1 October 2015 http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/written_document_analysis_worksheet.pdf

Esser, Michael. Spanish-American War. National Identity and Imperialism. 7 October 2009

Imperialism in the Modern World Map, 1900. Maps.com. 1 October 2015 http://www.maps.com/ref_map.aspx?pid=11406

Karras, Ray, W. Essay Assignment: Write an Historical Argument. The History Teacher, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Aug., 1995), pp. 495-502 (article consists of 8 pages), Published by: Society for the History of Education.

Monroe Doctrine. Avalon Project at Yale Law School. 1 October 2015 http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/monroe.asp

“National Interest.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 1 October 2015 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1082114/national-interest

“National Interest.” Political Dictionary. Answers.com. 1 October 2015 http://www.answers.com/topic/national-interest

Oakland Schools Teaching Research Writing Website: Skills Progression & Lessons http://www.osteachingresearchwriting.org/

The Presidents. American Memory Project. PBS/WGBH. 1 October 2015 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/26_t_roosevelt/psources/ps_toons_08.html

Price, Richard. History 219P. University of Maryland. Department of History. 1 October 2015 http://www.history.umd.edu/Faculty/RPrice/Coursedirectory/219/maps.html#Empires1914

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. Latin American Studies. 1 October 2015 http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/us-relations/roosevelt-corollary.htm

Spanish-American War. Historical Thinking Matters. 7 October 2009 as printed in New York Journal and Advertiser, February 17, 1898.

Spanish-American War. Historical Thinking Matters. 1 October 2015 http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/spanishamericanwar/0/inquiry/intro/resources/10/ from The New York Times, Feb. 17, 1898.

Streitmatter, Rodger. Mighter than the Sword:How the News Media Have Shaped American History. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 68-81.

Theodore Roosevelt. American President Online Reference Source. Miller Center for Public Affairs. University of Virginia. 7 October 2009

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. History Learning Site. 7 October 2009

US Declaration of War with Germany. First World War.com. 1 October 2015 http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/usawardeclaration.htm

William Howard Taft: Dollar Diplomacy. Mount. Holyoke College. 1 October 2015 http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/taft2.htm

William Howard Taft. American President Online Reference Source. Miller Center for Public Affairs. University of Virginia. 7 October 2009

Woodrow Wilson. Spark Notes. 1 October 2015 http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/wilson/section7.rhtml

Woodrow Wilson. American President Online Reference Source. Miller Center for Public Affairs. University of Virginia. 7 October 2009

World War One Causes. History on the Net. 1 October 2015 http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm#Alliances

Zimmermann Telegram. Teaching with Documents. National Archives. 1 October 2015 http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/zimmermann/

For Further Professional Knowledge

Bellamy, Edward, Looking Backward (1888). Seven Treasures Publications. 2009.

Chimes, Michael, John Ripton, Frank Delfer, Andy Gedrich, Tara McCall, Sarah Ripton, Megan Manner Document-Based Questions: An Example for the War of 1898. OAH Magazine. Spring 1998. 7 October 2009

Documentary Film: “Savage Acts: Wars, Fairs and Empire.” Dirs. Bender, Brown, Vasquez. American Social History Productions. 30 min.

Drake, Frederick D. and Sarah Drake Brown. A Systematic Approach to Improve Students’ Historical Thinking. The History Teacher. 1 October 2015 bhttp://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/36.4/drake.html

Foner, Eric. The Story of American Freedom. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. Foner traces the idea of freedom and its evolution in American history. 1 October 2015 For a brief description, see http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-9780393319620-1

Hoar, George “Against Imperialism” (1902), available at http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson/hoar.htm

Jacobson, Matthew Frye. Barbarian Virtues: The United States Encounters Foreign Peopled at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917. New York: Hill and Wang, 2000.

Joll, James and Gordon Martel, The Origins of the First World War, 3rd ed. Needham, MA: Longman, 2006.

Mahan, Alfred T. “The Influence of Sea Power” (1895), available at

Painter, Nell Irvin. Standing at Armageddon. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1987.

Roosevelt, Theodore “The Strenuous Life” (1899), available at http://www1.bartleby.com/58/1.html

Sowards, Steven W. The Balkin Causes of World War I. Michigan State University. 7 October 2009 http://staff.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/lect15.htm

Thompson, Bruce. Origins of World War II. University of California, Santa Cruz. 7 October 2009

Wineburg, Sam. Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001. This book examines issues concerning the teaching and learning of history. For a more detailed description, see http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1518_reg.html

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Expectations/Standards

MI: Social Studies (2007)

High School

Civics & Government

4 System of Law and Laws
Explain why the rule of law has a central place in American society through the investigation of such questions as: What is the role of law in the American political system? What is the importance of law in the American political system?

3.4.4 Describe considerations and criteria that have been used to deny, limit, or extend protection of individual rights (e.g., clear and present danger, time, place and manner restrictions on speech, compelling government interest, security, libel or slander, public safety, and equal opportunity).

3.5 Other Actors in the Policy Process
Describe the roles of political parties, interest groups, the media, and individuals in determining and shaping public policy through the investigation of such questions as: What roles do political parties, interest groups, the media, and individuals play in the development of public policy?

3.5.1 Explain how political parties, interest groups, the media, and individuals can influence and determine the public agenda.

3.5.5 Evaluate the actual influence of public opinion on public policy.

3.5.7 Explain the role of television, radio, the press, and the internet in political communication.

3.5.9 In making a decision on a public issue, analyze various forms of political communication (e.g., political cartoons, campaign advertisements, political speeches, and blogs) using criteria like logical validity, factual accuracy and/or omission, emotional appeal, distorted evidence, and appeals to bias or prejudice.

C4 The United States of America and World Affairs
4.1 Formation and Implementation of U.S. Foreign Policy Describe the formation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy through such questions as: How is foreign policy formed and implemented in American constitutional government?

4.1.1 Identify and evaluate major foreign policy positions that have characterized the United States’ relations with the world (e.g., isolated nation, imperial power, world leader) in light of foundational values and principles, provide examples of how they were implemented and their consequences (e.g., Spanish- American War, Cold War containment)

4.1.2 Describe the process by which United States foreign policy is made, including the powers the Constitution gives to the president; Congress and the judiciary; and the roles federal agencies, domestic interest groups, the public, and the media play in foreign policy.

4.1.3 Evaluate the means used to implement U.S. foreign policy with respect to current or past international issues (e.g., diplomacy, economic, military and humanitarian aid, treaties, sanctions, military intervention, and covert action).

4.1.4 Using at least two historical examples, explain reasons for, and consequences of, conflicts that arise when international disputes cannot be resolved peacefully.

US History & Geography

6.2 Becoming a World Power
Describe and analyze the major changes – both positive and negative – in the role the United States played in world affairs after the Civil War, and explain the causes and consequences of this changing role.

6.2.1 Growth of U.S. Global Power – Locate on a map the territories (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Hawaii, Panama Canal Zone) acquired by the United States during its emergence as an imperial power between 1890 and 1914, and analyze the role the Spanish American War, the Philippine Revolution, the Panama Canal, the Open Door Policy, and the Roosevelt Corollary played in expanding America’s global influence and redefining its foreign policy. (National Geography Standards 1 and 3; p.184 and 188)

6.2.2 WWI – Explain the causes of World War I, the reasons for American neutrality and eventual entry into the war, and America’s role in shaping the course of the war.

6.2.3 Domestic Impact of WWI – Analyze the domestic impact of WWI on the growth of the government (e.g., War Industries Board), the expansion of the economy, the restrictions on civil liberties (e.g., Sedition Act, Red Scare, Palmer Raids), and the expansion of women’s suffrage.

6.2.4 Wilson and His Opponents – Explain how Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” differed from proposals by others, including French and British leaders and domestic opponents, in the debate over the Versailles Treaty, United States participation in the League of Nations, the redrawing of European political boundaries, and the resulting geopolitical tensions that continued to affect Europe. (National Geography Standards 3 and 13; p. 188 and 210)

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