Imperialism

11.4

T. Renfro, McLane High School

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Designer:  Trish Renfro

Publication Date: November 8, 2005

Standard (Include analysis skills and language arts standards): __

11.4 Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century.

1. List the purpose and the effects of the Open Door policy.
2. Describe the Spanish-American War and U.S. expansion in the South Pacific.
3. Discuss America's role in the Panama Revolution and the building of the Panama Canal.

Key concepts (California Concepts Collection II/Vocabulary): 

Learning Outcome/ “Big Idea”/ “Essential Learning” (Objective):  _Students will be able to explain the cause and effect of American Imerialism while including specific geographically examples

TCI Strategies: Graphicly organized notes and writing for understanding.

EL/Inclusion Strategies:  Graphicly organized notes, use of reading study guides as supplement to text as needed.

Materials: TCI notebooks and textbook

Opportunities to Learn/Perform (Procedure): 

1.      What will students need to do to achieve knowledge and skills identified in standards and learning outcomes? Students will use thinking maps to take notes on specific sections of the book.  These notes will give the cause and effect of imperialism and classify the different ways the United States attempted to build an empire.

Technology Component: Overhead

Primary sources:  None

TCI Resources:  None

Other Resources:  None

Assessment (Description of 2 or more assessment tasks with specific directions, questions, and prompts):  ____Pick one of the following two questions to answer:

1. You are a recent immigrant to the United States.  Write a conversation with a fellow immigrant about why you disagree with the aftermath of the Spanish American War.
2. You are running against Theodore Roosevelt in 1904.  You are running on a imperialism platform.  Explain why imperialism has been good for the United States and why it is important to increase our role as a world leader.

Reflection:

What did student samples reveal?  Student Samples showed a basic understanding of the negative and positive effects of imperialism however there was little evidence that they really understood the larger picture of imperialism.  Putting the imformation together appeared to be difficult for them. 

What do I need to model, change or adjust regarding criteria, assessment and opportunities to learn?  For next year I would model more what I was looking for in the writing for understanding.