Essential Question:
-How did the French and Indian War help inspired a sense of unity and shared identity among the colonist?
-Were the colonist justified in resisting British policies after the French-Indian War?
-Was the American War for Independence inevitable?
-Would you have been a revolutionary in 1776?
-Were the colonist justified in resisting British policies after the French-Indian War?
-Was the American War for Independence inevitable?
-Would you have been a revolutionary in 1776?
Themes: Settlements on the East Coast and Southwest, Colonial life and struggles, Mercantilism, Colony-building, economic relationships
1. Warm-up before the quiz.
2. Quiz on the Causes of the American Revolution.
Homework:
1. None and enjoy your weekend!
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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 1:
Essential Questions:
-Was American expansion overseas justified?
-Did the press cause the Spanish-American War?
-Was the acquisition of the Panama Canal Zone and act of justifiable imperialism?
-Does the need for self-defense give the US the right to interfere in the affairs of Latin America? (Think about the Roosevelt Corollary, "Dollar Diplomacy," and "Watchful Waiting")
Themes: Historical thinking methods, evaluating sources, Thinking like an historian, PEGS (Political, Economic, Geographic, Social), The Beginning of the Progressive Era
1. All students will have 5-7 minutes to get into their groups and plan for the debate WHICH will count as a Quiz Grade, so you are expected to take on an active grade:
-Sources: Textbook pages 566 through 567, online textbook reading "A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama", and then finally a reading "How did the US Obtain the Panama Canal"
***"Did the US steal the Panama Canal from Columbia or merely behaved rationally in its own best interest?"
A. Students below will be Colombians (Colombian's perspective at least) - Abeshaus, Arsenault, Bathol, Bonanno, Brinklow, Conte, Costa, Dalla Santa, Davison, Frieden, Gnerre, Gomez Sanchez, and Hyman
B. Students below will be American Patriots (American perspective at least) - Kasozi, Khalifa, Lombardo, O'Toole, Patel, Pavao, Ridley, Rivera, Robinson, Russo, Smith, Strange, and Surabian.
3. What were the Foreign Policy missions of President Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson called and give ONE prime example of each policy. (Hint: You may use pages 568-571 in your textbook
4. Spanish-American War Resources/Open Door Policy:
Causes of the War
Library of Congress - General information on the Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War Slideshow
PBS Special on All Events surrounding America's Quest for Imperialism
A Price for Freedom in the Spanish-American War
Headlines from the Spanish-American War
Cartoons from the Spanish-American War
Political Cartoon from the Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War DBQ'S (Document-Based Questions)
A Price for Freedom in the Spanish-American War
Headlines from the Spanish-American War
Cartoons from the Spanish-American War
Political Cartoon from the Spanish-American War
Defeating Spain in the Philippines
Cartoons on Filipinos from the Spanish American War
Article on Open Door Policy in relationship to the Spanish-American War
5. The Panama Canal Resources:
Video on the construction of the Panama Canal
-The Panama Canal in your textbook on pages 566 through 567. Then read "A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama" and then finally read "How did the US Obtain the Panama Canal" and then be able to answer the following 2 questions:
A. Explain the advantages to the United States of having a canal that connected both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans under US control and the reasons the US was in a far better position to than any other country to build it?
Homework:
1. Be prepared to study, organize your notes and understand you will have a TEST on Monday on all of Chapter 18 - American Imperialism from 1867-1906.
Key Concepts/People are:
American Imperialism - Why, When, How, Where?
White Man's Burden
Alfred Mahan's plan
Causes of the Spanish-American War
General Valeriano Weyler
Yellow Journalism
The De Lome Letter
USS Maine
George Dewey in the Phillipines
Rough Riders
Terms from the Treaty of Paris
Teller Amendment/Platt Amendments
Impact of war on Puerto Rico (Protectorate), Cuba, Phillipines - what did it cost (lives, price, civilized theory of Kiplings "White Man's Burden" the US?
The Panama Canal
John Hay - Secretary of War
"Open Door Policy"
Boxer Rebellion
The Foreign Policy of the USA Presidents from 1900-1914
Why intervention in Mexico?
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International Studies - Period 7
Essential Questions:
1. Does the world need the United Nations? Why or why not?
2. Should we enforce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in countries not our own? If so, how? If not, why?
3. Is the world safer today with the United Nations than it was in 1945?
4. Is the United Nations an effective peace-keeping organization?
5. What should be done to improve the effectiveness of the United Nations?
Rwanda Genocide Essential Questions:
1. How did the character of Paul Ruseabagina, as the hotel manager in "Hotel Rwanda" display courage?
2. How does a society recover from a genocide?
3. Does Rwanda have a future?
Themes: Humanitarianism, World Peace, War vs. Peace, Sustainable Change, Non-Government Organizations
2. A primary Source from Rwanda's Genocide:
3. An impressive viewing of MANY UN Peacekeeping videos - Nearly 5 hours worth of short clips from many Peacekeeping Operations.
5. United Nation Resources:
United Nations History
United Nations Multimedia Room
United Nations School bus Virtual Field Trip
United Nations Research Guide A-Z on EVERYTHING you can imagine!
United Nations Peacekeeping Missions
University of California organized a UN resources guide - Honestly, the BEST and more ORGANIZED I have seen yet on how to research issues concerning the United Nations.
Homework:
1. Please use the shared Google Folder titled "Rwandan Genocide" to access the checklist/project and use it to make your own student files so that we can all access your work. This is on GOOGLE CLASSROOM AS WELL!!!
-Student Rwandan Genocide Project - MAKE a decision by Tuesday on WHAT YOU WANT TO do as an authentic learning experience. Due Date is next Tuesday, October 20th - You now have 5 days to complete this!
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