Week 9, October 5-9, 2020, United States History: Module 5.6 Progressivism under Taft & 6.1 Imperialism and America

 Standards 5 minutes: 11.1.3, 11.2.1, 11.2.9, 11.3.1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.7, 11.6.1, 11.6.5 11.10.2, 11.10.4, 11.10.7, 11.11.5

Objectives: SWBAT

• Analyze current events
• Describe Taft and Wilson years in office
• Analyze photos by Jacob Riis and How the Other Half Lives
• Identify the results of the political stalemate in Washington from 1877-1896.
• Explain the rise of populism and its impact on American politics at the turn of the century.
• Describe the segregated society created in the Southern states in the late 1800s.
• describe the Imperialist Vision of the United States

Essential Questions:  Was the progressive movement successful? Did American Imperialism have a positive or negative impact on the world and the United States?

Session 1 

Warm Up 20 minutes: Share Enrichment 

Lecture 20 minutes: Taft and Wilson

Analyzing 15 minutes: Students analyze Political Cartoon Enrichment 5.6 Roosevelt and Taft

SHEG 40 minutes: Jacob Riis

• Slides 
• Student Materials 

Session 2 

Warm Up 10 minutes: Define Imperialism

Reading 15 minutes: California Connections on Imperialism Module 6 p.277

1. How did America’s role in the world change between the 1870s and 1910s?
2. Did the United States become an imperial power? Why or why not?

Class Reading 10 minutes: p. 277 Excerpts from Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

Analyzing 20 minutes: 6.1 Enrichment 1 Political Cartoon and Biography Queen Liliuokalani

Session 3 

Activity 40 minutes: Look at the Timeline on p.279

1. Create your own Timeline from 1892-1918
2. Pick 10 events you find the most interesting
3. Describe each event and how it is relevant to today.
4. Create or find a picture for it.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and Essential Question.