- Warm Up Questions
- How did the United States help secure enough food and supplies to fight the war?
- How did the United States attempt to sway public opinion in favor of the war effort?
- War at Home
Finish Notes
- Clip from America in the 20th Century: World War I--On the Home Front Video
- Social Change
Take Notes
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Monday, September 27, 2021
- Warm Up Questions
- Why did Roosevelt want the United States to build a canal across Central America?
- How did the United States get the rights to build a canal across Central America?
- Clip from America in the 20th Century: America Becomes a World Power Video
- Causes and the Start of War
Take notes from the video and from lecture
- Cool Down Questions
- What from today was at least somewhat familiar from last year?
- What from today was new information?
Friday, September 24, 2021
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
- Warm Up Questions
- What were the consequences of the war for Spain and the United States?
- Why did the Treaty of Paris cause such debate among Americans?
- Fighting and End of the Spanish-American War
Finish Notes
- Acquiring New Lands
Use information sheets (Google Classroom) on China, Cuba, Philippines and Puerto Rico to fill out the chart
- Cool Down Questions
- What was the most valuable territory the United States acquired by the end of the 19th century? Why?
- Alaska
- Hawaii
- “Cuba”
- Puerto Rico
- Guam
- Philippines
- What was the most valuable territory the United States acquired by the end of the 19th century? Why?
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
- Warm Up Questions
- Why did some Americans have a strong economic interest in Cuba?
- Why did some Americans support Spanish control of Cuba, while others sympathized with the rebels?
- Causes of the Spanish-American War
Finish Notes
- Clip from America in the 20th Century: America Becomes a World Power Video
- Fighting and End of the Spanish-American War
Take Notes
Monday, September 20, 2021
- Warm Up Questions
- What were the economic factors that contributed to the growth of American imperialism?
- What were the cultural factors that contributed to the growth of American imperialism?
- Imperialism and America
Finish Notes
- Clip from America in the 20th Century: America Becomes a World Power Video
- Causes of the Spanish-American War
Take Notes
Friday, September 17, 2021
- Warm Up Questions
Copy: Imperialism--Policy in which stronger nations extend their political, economic, or military control over weaker territories- List examples of imperialism throughout history.
- Imperialism and America
Take Notes
- Finish Living Wage? Document Analysis
Use the documents (Google Classroom) to complete the analysis worksheet
- Begin work on America as a World Power Unit Essential Questions (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
- Warm Up Questions
- What were the main reasons for the expansion and improvement of public education?
- What post-Reconstruction voting restrictions were imposed on African Americans in the South?
- Living Wage? Document Analysis
Use the documents (Google Classroom) to complete the analysis worksheet
- Finish Essential Questions and Study for Test (Homework)
Monday, September 13, 2021
Friday, September 10, 2021
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
- Warm Up Questions
- Using the muckrakers document analysis chart, answer the following in ten minutes: Citing specific evidence from the documents, how did the Muckrakers use different types of information to influence public opinion? What was the most and least persuasive?
- Review Analyzing Primary Sources (HIPP)
- Bad Romance Parody: Women's Suffrage Video
- Teddy Roosevelt's "Square Deal"
Take Notes
Friday, September 3, 2021
- Warm Up Questions
- How did natural disasters help launch the movement to reform local government?
- What are the similarities and differences between initiative and referendum?
- Women's Suffrage
Take Notes
- Finish Analyzing Primary Sources
Use HIPP for the selected Muckrakers documents on the analysis worksheet
Thursday, September 2, 2021
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