Mr. Owens
History Teacher
US History
Essential Question: Of the three major policies in the 20th century (Imperialism, Isolationism, and Interventionism) which one benefitted the US the most and why?
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Monday: 6/17 Period 1
Warm-Up: What did you do over Summer
Objective: Students will understand classroom policies and procedures.
Task: 1) Introductions/Expectations
2) Journal #1 activity
3) Large Assignments discussion
4) Group Activity
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Monday: 6/17 Period 2
Warm-up: What are some of your interests that you could build a project around?
Objective: Students will explain the motives for American Imperialism and American influence from 1890-1920
1) American Imperialism background
2) American Imperialism reading
3) American Imperialism jigsaw
Tuesday 06/18 Period 1
Warm-Up: Explain how Yellow Journalism provoked the Spanish American War.
Objective: Students will examine the effects of WWI on the United States and the decades of isolationism that followed.
Task: 1) WWI US Entry-4 Reasons and the outcome
2) While, Ultimately, Therefore-Thesis introduction
-Develop thesis on your own
-Think, Pair, Share
Tuesday 06/18 Period 2
Warm-up: Why did the US enter WWI?
Objective: Students will analyze the role of the United States in the peace treaty and its retreat into decades of isolationism.
1) Espionage and Sedition Acts-Treaty of Versailles and a turn towards isolation
2) While, Ultimately, Therefore-Was Wilson actually a proponent of the freedoms expressed in his 14 points?
-Develop thesis on your own
-Think, pair, share
Wednesday 06/19 Period 1
Warm-Up: What was wrong with the Treaty of Versailles?
Objective: Students will analyze how the Great Depression shaped American foreign policy during the 1930's.
Task: 1) WWII in color the gathering storm-Isolation and Depression
2) Assign Museum Curator Project Groups
Wednesday 06/19 Period 2
Warm-up: Why did the US turn to isolationism?
Objective: Students will examine how the US began to break away from Isolationism under FDR's presidency.
Period 2
1) WWII Begins-War from 1939-1941-Atlantic Charter, Lend Lease
Thursday 06/20 Period 1
Warm-up: What was the Atlantic Charter and Lend Lease?
Objective: Students will examine the impact of propaganda on the American war effort.
1) America Enters WWII-A War of Resources
2) Museum Project Work Time
Thursday 06/20 Period 2
Warm-up: What made the US successful in WWII?
Objective: Students will examine what battles lead to a successful military campaign in the European Theater.
1) WWII in Europe
2) WWII in Europe Battle Jigsaw
Friday 06/21 Period 1
Warm-Up: What was the major turning point in the European theater?
Objective: Students will examine how the war was fought to determine post WWII foreign policy and the rise of interventionism.
Task: 1) Allied Victories in the Pacific
2) Battle Jigsaw
Friday 06/21 Period 2
Warm-up: Describe the fighting campaign that occurred in the pacific?
Objective: Students will identify the origins of the Cold War in 1945 and how the US became an interventionist nation for the next 50 years.
Task: 1) Conferences to end WWII-Origins of the Cold War-Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Molotov Plan
2) Journal 2
3) Packet Checks-Will be graded
Monday 06/24 Period 1
Warm-Up: Describe the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan?
Objective: Students will analyze other methods of fighting a "Cold War" and how interventionism isn't always violent.
Task 1) Cold War in Europe-Interventionism without fighting
2) Journal 3
3) Museum Curator Project Work Time
Monday 06/24 Period 2
Warm-Up: Describe the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
Objective: Students will examine how interventionist policy lead to the first "hot" conflict of the Cold War.
Period 1
Task: 1) Who started the Korean War Background
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Tuesday 06/25 Period 1
Warm-Up: Describe the Berlin Blockade, Airlift, and Building of the Wall
Objective: Students will analyze how foreign actions can scare our domestic population by analyzing the Red Scares.
Task: 1) The Cold War Iran and Guatemala
2) World on the Brink-CNN
Tuesday 06/25 Period 2
Warm-up: Describe how successful the CIA was under Eisenhower.
Objective: Students will examine how Brinksmanship was a guiding interventionist policy until we almost blew up the world during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Period 2
Task: 1) Why did the US pull missiles out of Cuba
2) Museum Curator Work Time
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Wednesday 06/26 Period 1
Warm-Up: How was the cuban missile crisis resolved?
Objective: Students will examine how the Domino Theory lead to one of America's longest wars.
Task: 1) CNN the 60's Vietnam
2) Gulf of Tonkin Sheg
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Wednesday 06/26 Period 2
Warm-up: How did the US get involved in Vietnam?
Objective: Students will analyze how the American public came to dislike the Vietnam war and protest American interventionism.
Task: 1) Why was Vietnam such an unfavorable war? Protests, Media, My Lai
Thursday 06/27 Period 1
Warm-Up: Why did Vietnam become such an unfavorable war?
Objective: Students will explain the role of media and protests in ending the Vietnam War and their contributions to the loss.
Task: 1) Ending Vietnam
2) How Vietnam ruined the American Presidency
Thursday 06/27 Period 2
Warm-up: Why did America lose Vietnam?
Objective: Students will examine the cooling off of the Cold War and the attempted break in interventionist policy and how the Cold War came to an end
Task 1) Detente-Thawing-Ending the Cold War
2) Begin Developing Thesis for Paper
Friday 06/28 Period 1
Warm-Up: What was Detente?
Objective: Students will explain how the war on terror started and how the US got involved with Iraq. (Year 2 do "Tear down this wall" here for extra day).
Task: 1) Tear Down This Wall
2) The Iraq Resolution Crash Course GW Bush
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Friday 06/28 Period 2
Warm-Up: Why did the Berlin Wall fall?
Objective: Students will analyze Soviet expansionary policy and how the US chose to respond.
Task 1) We Didn't Start the Fire
2) Begin Outlining Paper
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Monday 07/01 Period 1
Warm-Up: Prepare for project
Objective: Students will produce a written response to the question; What historical events made the US transition from imperialism to isolationism to interventionism in the 20th century?
Period 1
Task: 1) In class essay work time. Turn in final packets.
Objective: Students will examine why Rocky 4 is the ultimate Cold War film.
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Monday 07/01 Period 2
Warm-Up: Project Preparation time
Objective: Students will spend time outlining and answering focus question
Task: 1) Final Museum Curator Work Time
Tuesday 07/02
Warm-Up: Project Preparation time
Objective: Students will weigh how successful CIA involved interventionism was in the 20th century.
Task: 1) Museum Project Presentations
Period 2
Task 1) End of Summer School Party. Watch Rocky 4.
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Wednesday 07/03
Warm-Up: Absent
Objective: Students will examine how the U2 Spy Plane torpedoed the possibility of Detente in the 60's and how espionage was a legitimate part of the Cold War.
Period 1
Task: 1) Watch Bridge of Spies-Fill out Video Questions.
Objective: Students will create Cold War Timelines that reflect how the Cold War was colder or hotter depending on decade.
Period 2
Task 1) Finish Bridge of Spies
2) Cold War Timelines