Standard A: Exploring the Skills and Strategies Underlying U.S. History
Course Objectives: A. Apply terms relevant to the content appropriately and accurately. B. Identify and interpret different types of primary and secondary sources of fundamental importance and relevance to topical inquiry and understanding. C. Interpret timelines of key historical events, people, and periods; locate significant historical places and events on maps. G. Compose arguments/position papers, and participate in debates on different interpretations of the same historical events; synthesize primary and secondary sources to justify position
Standard C2: Rebuilding a Nation (Increasing Influence and Challenges)
Course Objectives: D. Evaluate, take, and defend positions on the various U.S. foreign policies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. E. Analyze the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War. F. Identify and evaluate the factors that influenced U.S. imperialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the ensuing debate over imperialism.
- Imperialism
- Manifest Destiny
- Louisiana Purchase
- US-Mexican War
- Gadsden Purchase
- Spanish-American War
- Far East Open Door Policy
- Big Stick Diplomacy
- Dollar Diplomacy
Imperialism
5. Trace the development of the United States as a world power with emphasis on:
a. The Spanish-American War;
b. U.S. imperialism in the Far East, South Pacific, Caribbean and Central America.
Geography Benchmark C. Analyze the patterns and processes of movement of people, products and ideas.
3. Analyze the geographic processes that contributed to changes in American society including
a. Industrialization and post-industrialization
WWI
Standard A: Exploring the Skills and Strategies Underlying U.S. History
Course Objectives: A. Apply terms relevant to the content appropriately and accurately. B. Identify and interpret different types of primary and secondary sources of fundamental importance and relevance to topical inquiry and understanding. C. Interpret timelines of key historical events, people, and periods; locate significant historical places and events on maps. I. Identify, analyze, and understand elements of historical cause and effect; recognize and understand patterns of change and continuity in history
Standard D1: Challenges at Home and Abroad (The United States in a Changing World)
Course Objectives: A. Identify and analyze the causes and significant events of World War I and their impact; evaluate the impact of the Treaty of Versailles
Essential Vocabulary:
- Nationalism
- Militarism
- Allies
- Central Powers
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Trench Warfare
- Lusitania
- Zimmerman Note
- Selective Service Act
- American Expeditionary Force
- Armistice
- Treaty of Versailles
History D: Connect developments related to WWI with the onset of WWII.
6. Trace the development of the U.S. as a world power with emphasis on:
a) The decision to enter WWI
b) President Wilson’s 14 Points
c) The Treaty of Versailles
d) The decision of the U.S. to not participate in the League of Nations
Social Studies Skills A: Evaluate the reliability and credibility of sources.
1.Determine the credibility of sources by considering the following:
a)The qualification and reputation of the writer
c)Recognition of stereotypes
d)Accuracy and consistency of sources
e)Circumstances in which the author prepared the source
