UNIT 5: American Wars and Foreign Relations
(Unit ends June 3, 2008)
UNIT FOCUS: Patterns in American thought and behavior.
What
patterns can you see in the reasons for going to war or engaging in conflict?
What
patterns can you see in our perception of “the enemy” and use of propaganda?
What
patterns can you see in life on the home front?
CONCEPT QUESTIONS: How does the history of war in
AREAS OF STUDY:
Area
1: Overthrow of Hawaiian Monarchy,
Philippine-American War, Spanish-American War
Area
2: WWI and Wilson’s 14 points
Area
3: WWII, Holocaust and Pacific
Theater
Area
4: Cold War Hot Spots (blowback) ~
Area
5: Middle East Relations and
developments (1950s-1990s)
Area
6: The
War on Terror
UNIT ASSESSMENT: Click here
Click here for EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES.
HOMEWORK & ASSIGNMENTS (Work due before 4/14 is no longer being
accepted)
Click here for Unit 5 Homework calendar (as
distributed in class) – opens as Word document.
Apr. 14 Today: Introduce new unit. Take
notes on 19th century history (review) and concepts of imperialism,
interventionism, and isolationism. Click
here for lecture notes.
HOMEWORK:
1) Read article about Hawaiian annexation and
answer questions at the end. Do not take more than 15 minutes on this! It
should be a quick read.
2) Finish Unit 4
Assessment! This is due by the end of the school day on Wed., Apr. 16.
Apr.
15/16 Today: Overthrow of the
Hawaiian Monarchy and intro Spanish-American War. Click here for lecture notes.
Documents: Official
apology for
overthrow; annexation
of
Vocab you should
know: coup d’état; haole; Queen Liliuokalani; Minister John Stevens;
Sanford Dole; Anti-imperialist; William Randolph Hearst; President Grover
Cleveland; President William McKinley
HOMEWORK: Read
Zinn Chapter 12, “The American Empire.” Answer questions below. Have questions
1-4 done by our next class meeting. The entire assignment is due Monday.
Questions for Zinn
chapter:
1) List and describe, in
your own words, the 3 main reasons the
2) List and describe, in
your own words, the 3 main outcomes of the Spanish-American War.
3) Why did the
4) How did President
McKinley get the
5) Describe the
Anti-Imperialist League.
6) Why did African
Americans support the Filipinos in the Philippine-American war?
7) Why do you suppose
that the Philippine-American War is usually referred to as the “Philippine
Insurrection”? What would be the purpose of calling it an insurrection, and
what are the effects of calling it an insurrection?
Apr.
17/18 Today: Finish Spanish-American
War, Philippine-American
War. Take notes on video guide.
Documents:
Click here to view the cover of sheet music
for the song, “The Belle of Manila”; transcript from film,
“Crucible of Empire”
HOMEWORK: Finish
Zinn Chapter 12, “The American Empire.” Finish questions. Due Monday.
See above for Questions
for Zinn chapter.
Apr. 21 Today: Philippine-American War.
(Take notes on video guide.)
Due: Zinn Chapter
12 questions.
HOMEWORK: Complete
1st three columns in War Comparison chart (11 x 17 handout). 1st
three columns is
Apr.
22/23 Today: Finish
Philippine-American War. Learn about World War I. Use handout to take notes about WWI from
textbook (pp. 590-607) and discuss.
HOMEWORK
1st period:
1) Finish 1st
three columns of War Comparison chart.
2) If
needed, finish the WWI textbook notes
(pp. 590-607).
2nd period:
Complete the chart on page 2 of
the handout, “The End of
WWI: 14 points, Treaty of Versailles, and Unintended Consequences.” To do
so, use the information from page 1.
Apr. 24 DAY OF
SILENCE – for more info, see www.dayofsilence.com
Today: Watch video about WWI, Shell
Shock. Take notes on video guide.
HOMEWORK:
1st
period: Complete the chart on page 2 of the handout, “The End of WWI: 14 points,
Treaty of Versailles, and Unintended Consequences.” To do so, use the
information from page 1.
2nd
period:
1) Finish the
chart on page 2 of the handout, “The
End of WWI: 14 points, Treaty of Versailles, and Unintended Consequences.”
To do so, use the information from page 1.
2) Answer
“Unintended Consequences” questions on page 3.
Apr. 25 Today: Go over video notes from
Thursday. Review handout about Treaty of Versailles,
Apr. 28 Today: Finish transition between WWI
and World War II.
HOMEWORK:
1st per: Read
“Jewish Emigration” article in reading packet to prepare for tomorrow.
2nd per: Read
“American Isolationism” handout and
answer questions at the bottom of 2nd page.
Apr.
29/30 Ms. Johnston absent for
Gates Conference.
Today: World War II – Debate
HOMEWORK: Respond
to the following prompt ~
Do you think that the
May 1 Today: WWII – Video: “The
Homefront”. Take notes on the following: Pearl Harbor, transition to wartime
economy, women workers, how WWII altered life in America (life on the
homefront), use of propaganda, Japanese-American internment, impact of D-Day,
impact of President Roosevelt’s (FDR’s) death.
HOMEWORK: Respond
to the following prompt ~
Should civilians ever be
military targets? Can the purposeful killing of civilians ever be justified?
Explain.
May 2 Today: Hiroshima
& Nagasaki – the end of WWII marks the beginning of the nuclear age and
the Cold War.
HOMEWORK: Read
the front side of Hiroshima & Nagasaki handout.
Underline passages that help you to understand why people were terrified during
the Cold War.
May 5 Today: Introduce Cold War
KEY
TERMS: superpowers, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, containment,
arms race, mutually assured destruction, NATO,
HOMEWORK:
Complete conflict comparison
chart - columns for WWI and WWII.
May 6/7 Today: Cold War Hot Spot ~
Today’s handout: Cold War, Korea, Vietnam
HOMEWORK:
Finish WWI and WWII columns on chart.
May 8 Today: Cold War Hot Spot ~
“Process”
what you’ve learned – Answer the following questions on your own piece of paper
and keep in your notebook:
1)
What patterns can you see so far in the history of US conflicts? Identify and
explain at least 2-3.
2)
What similarities to the War on Terror have you seen so far in your studies?
Identify and describe at least 1.
HOMEWORK:
Finish “process” questions from class today.
May 9 Today:
HOMEWORK:
Read in Vietnam packet - 1946 letter from Ho Chi Minh to President Truman.
Underline passages that answer the questions: What did Ho Chi Minh want from
the US, and why did he want it?
May 12 Today:
May
13/14 Today: Finish Vietnam lecture,
watch videos about Vietnam. Complete viewing guide.
HOMEWORK: Read “The
War in Vietnam (243)” in your Vietnam packet. Answer questions 1 & 2 on the
first page – list several reasons for each question!!
May 15 Today: Finish video about Vietnam
& viewing guide. Discuss last
night’s homework.
HOMEWORK: Complete
Vietnam column on war comparison chart.
May 16 Today: Middle East – Read about
history of the Middle East 1945-present. Create a timeline & US
interventions/alliances.
HOMEWORK: Read
“Coup in Iran, 1953” (pp. 1-2) from Overthrow packet. Notate as you read.
* Notate
means to read and think about what you are reading. Underline sections
where you can connect what you read to what you already know or learned in
class, sections you don’t understand, sections that cause you to have new
questions. Then, write a number next to the section you underlined. On a
separate piece of paper, write that number and your comment/question about the
section.
Example:
1 “Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin shocked many Americans with
charges that Communists had even infiltrated the United States Army and State
Department. The United States was gripped by a fear of encirclement, a terrible
sense that it was losing the postwar battle of ideologies.”
1 We
learned about this in class. Now I see why the Cold War was so important – it
guided the way the United States engaged in foreign policy.
May 19 Early Release
Today: Continue Middle
East timeline.
HOMEWORK: Read
“Intervention in Afghanistan” from Overthrow packet. Underline and notate main
points.
May 20 Early Release
Today: Continue Middle
East timeline.
HOMEWORK: Read
“Events Leading to 9/11” from Overthrow packet. Underline the main points. On
the back of the packet or on a separate piece of paper, explain IN YOUR OWN
WORDS the connection between our intervention in Afghanistan and 9/11.
May 21 Today: Finish Middle East timeline
and finish Overthrow packet readings to prepare for video.
NO HOMEWORK.
However, if you are not done with the Overthrow packet assignments, you need to
finish those to be checked off before the video tomorrow!
May 22 Today: Check Overthrow packet
homework, discuss readings. Start video, The Road to 9/11 and complete
viewing guide.
HOMEWORK: Read
from Zinn Readings packet, Chapter 12 only. Answer questions on reading guide.
May 23 Today: Continue video, The Road
to 9/11 and complete viewing guide.
HOMEWORK: Read
from Zinn Readings packet, Chapter 13. Answer questions on reading guide.
May 26 NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
HOMEWORK: Read
from Zinn Readings packet, Chapter 13. Answer questions on reading guide.
May
27/28 Today: Finish video, The
Road to 9/11 and complete viewing guide. Review War on Terror readings.
Information on War on Terror
propaganda.
HOMEWORK: Complete
the War in Afghanistan column on your war comparison chart.
May 29 Today: Complete the War in Iraq
column on your war comparison chart.
Start outlining your response to Unit
Assessment prompt and identifying the evidence you want to use.
1st period:
Use laptops / 2nd period: Computer lab 110
HOMEWORK: Outline
your response to the Unit
Assessment prompt and identify the evidence you want to use.
May 30 Today: Work on Unit
Assessment in Computer lab 110.
If you are not done,
upload your work to www.box.net (Username: kjohnsto@bham.wednet.edu / Password: ushistory1) so that
you can work on it at home. You may also send it to school using www.box.net.
HOMEWORK: Continue
working on Unit
Assessment.
Jun. 2 Today: Meet in Computer lab 110.
Finish and print Unit
Assessments.
Jun. 3 START NEW UNIT – Click here for new unit homework.
UNIT 5 ASSESSMENT:
Click here to open this as a Word document.
DUE June 3, 2008
QUESTIONS YOU WILL BE ANSWERING:
- How is the current War on Terror (war in Afghanistan & Iraq) a
continuation of past patterns of thought/behavior?
- Is the War on Terror interventionism or imperialism, and why?
- Which previous American war(s) or conflict(s) do you think is/are
most similar to the War on Terror, and why?
- What lessons should we have learned that are applicable to the War
on Terror?
REQUIRED:
Parts 2A/2B, 4, 5, 6 – Everyone completes!!
REQUIRED: You
choose either Part 1A/B or Part 3A/B.
EXTRA CREDIT:
You can complete both Part 1A/B and Part 3A/B for 15 points of
extra credit. You must identify which part you want me to grade as part
of your assessment and which is extra credit. Choose your BEST answer for your
assessment grade!!
- Part 1A: Explain the following as a thesis statement ~ This means
writing an argumentative
thesis statement!
- Two patterns
that you believe exist in American thought with regard to war/conflict and
why these patterns are significant
- Part 1B: Explain the pattern you described in your
thesis. Support your claim of the existence of a
pattern with evidence from readings, video notes, textbook
notes, etc. You MUST use quotes or paraphrase from those sources
and CITE them using parenthetical citations! If you are using a text
(reading, textbook), you must also provide the page number on which you
found your quote or information!
- Part 2A: Explain the following as a thesis statement ~ This means
writing an argumentative
thesis statement!
- State whether the War on Terror is an
interventionist or imperialist war and support it by analysis of the
definition of interventionism/imperialism and the ways the War on Terror
fits that definition.
Example:
The definition of ____ is ____. The War on Terror is an
imperialist/interventionist war because ______________ demonstrate ________________.
- Part 2B: Provide at least TWO well explained
reasons (mentioned in your Part 2A thesis) with evidence for your
Part 2A thesis statement. Explain your argument
using evidence from readings, video notes, textbook notes,
etc. You MUST use quotes or paraphrase from those sources and CITE
them using parenthetical citations! If you are using a text (reading,
textbook), you must also provide the page number on which you found your
quote or information!
- Part 3A: Explain the following as a thesis statement ~ This means
writing an argumentative
thesis statement!
- State which conflict you think is MOST
similar to the War on Terror (to demonstrate a relationship to the past)
and which other comparisons
between these wars you will be making (how they are similar), and why.
You must show that the war you chose is like the War on Terror in more
than one way!
- Part 3B: Provide at least TWO well explained
reasons (mentioned in your Part 3A thesis) with evidence for your
Part 3A thesis statement. Explain your argument
using evidence from readings, video notes, textbook notes,
etc. You MUST use quotes or paraphrase from those sources and CITE
them using parenthetical citations! If you are using a text (reading,
textbook), you must also provide the page number on which you found your
quote or information!
- Part4: Explain in your own words what lesson(s) we should have learned
from the past, or what lesson(s) we can apply to the War on Terror to get
the best possible outcome. Give specific examples from the past that prove
your point.
- Part 5: Go back through all of your work and do the following ~
- Bold your thesis statements.
- Underline your evidence.
- Part 6: Make a list of your sources – does not have to be MLA
bibliography. Just list which handouts, sources, notes pages, etc. you used
in your assessment. Provide the handout or video titles, reading/chapter
titles, etc.
Example patterns (this is not a
comprehensive list!!):
- Belief in military
solutions or military power
- Desire to secure
interests abroad
- Belief in desirability
of democracy
- Western thought
patterns
- Influence of
corporations
- Desire to do the
right thing
- “The enemy of my
enemy is my friend” thinking
- American
exceptionalism or superiority
Example
comparisons (see your comparison chart):
- Reasons for involvement (imperialism,
interventionism)
- Propaganda to get public “buy-in”
- Enemies & portrayal of enemies
- Nature of the conflicts
- Life on the home front
- The way the conflicts or American involvement ended
- The after-effects of the conflicts
Extra
Credit Opportunities – Due by June 3, 2008!
[10 points] From Zinn Readings packet, pp.
198-199. Reread the underlined quote.
Then, consider the graph below. It demonstrates a relationship between
freedom and order in a society. To earn
the extra credit:
1) Draw
the graph below on your extra credit paper and then explain the graph. What
does it mean/show?
2)
Explain how the quote underlined in the Zinn reading relates to the graph.
3) Answer the questions: What
limits on freedom are you willing to accept so that we may have an orderly
society? Can you have a democracy with limited freedoms? Explain your answers!!
[10 points] Read this letter to the editor
about the Hawaiian overthrow AND the comments postings from the Bellingham
Herald, April 13, 2008. (http://www.bellinghamherald.com/letterstotheeditor/story/379261.html).
To receive the credit, you must do the following:
1)
Explain the letter writer’s position in your own words.
2) Read the comments section.
What points are being made by other community members? Explain. Do you agree
with any of the comments? Explain.
3) Respond in writing to the
letter. Do you agree with the letter writer’s comparison? Why or why not?
Explain using information you learned in class and information about
* Turn all 3 parts in for
credit.
[10 points each] Watch a video listed below. (Note: Some of these films are rated R. Watch them with
permission of your parent/guardian!) You may NOT watch more than 2
videos for extra credit. To receive the credit, you must do the
following for each film you watch:
- Take
notes as you watch the film.
- Write
a summary of the film – what was it about? What happened in the film?
- Explain
how the film is related to course content. Be sure to mention information
from class!
- Write
a reflection that explains your reaction to the film. What did you
understand as a result of what you learned in class? What do you think about
this part of history and why it is significant?
- Staple
it all together and turn it in.
American Imperialism
Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War – available
at Bellingham Public Library; also discusses Philippine American War.
World War I
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Trench
In Love and War
Flyboys
Blood and Oil: The Middle East in WWI – available at
Bellingham Public Library
World War II
The Great Escape
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Midway
Schindler’s List
Empire of the Sun
The
The Thin Red Line
Windtalkers
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from
American Pastime
Night and Fog
Cold War
Good Night, and Good Luck
Thirteen Days
WarGames
Atomic Café
The Manchurian Candidate
Korean War
M*A*S*H
All the Young Men (explores racial integration in US
military)
Pork Chop Hill
Vietnam War
Born on the 4th of July
The Deer Hunter
We Were Soldiers
Good Morning
Heaven & Earth
A.W.O.L.
Dear
The Fog of War
The War at Home
Syriana
Kite Runner
Six Days in June: The war that
redefined the
To the Brink of War [1991] – available at Bellingham
Public Library
War on Terror & Current Issues
Showdown with