STEPHENVILLE CURRICULUM DOCUMENT
SOCIAL STUDIES
GRADE:
COURSE: US History
BUNDLE: 5
EST. NUMBER OF DAYS: 6
Title: America Looks Outward
Unit Overview: To become a world power and advance their economic interests, the US acquired new territories, invested in foreign countries and
displayed increased military strength.
Guiding Questions:
How did the Spanish-American War mark a turning point in US history?
What strategic and political factors led the US to become an imperial power?
What were the main consequences of American Imperialism?
TEKS
(4) History. The student understands
the emergence of the United States as
a world power between 1898 and 1920.
The student is expected to:
(A) explain why significant events,
policies, and individuals such as the
Spanish-American War, U.S.
expansionism, Henry Cabot Lodge,
Alfred Thayer Mahan, Theodore
Roosevelt, Sanford B. Dole, and
missionaries moved the United States
into the position of a world power;
(B) evaluate American expansionism,
including acquisitions such as Guam,
Hawaii, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico
Specifications
Text Support: 391-413
Resources:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html
http://www.spanamwar.com/
Vocabulary:
Imperialism
Anti-imperialism
Anglo-Saxonism
Yellow Journalism
Expansionism
Manifest Destiny
Foreign Policy
Big Sticky Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Learning Activites
Map Skills:
Hawaii
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Guam
Philippines
Letter to the Editor: Students will select either Pancho
Villa, Sanford Dole or Butcher Weyler. In that role
they will write a letter to the editor in which they
explain their actions.
Hippo Campus:
Spanish American War
Groups:
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Rough Riders
Individuals:
Queen Lili
Henry Cabot Lodge
Alfred Thayer Mahan
William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitizer
Butcher Weyler
Teddy Roosevelt
Sanford B. Dole
John Hay
Pancho Villa
Policies:
Open Door Policy
Literature:
“Impact of Sea Power”
“The New York Globe” & “The New York World”
newspapers
Places on the Map
Puerto Rico
the Philippines
Guam
Cuba
Caribbean Sea
Hawaii
China
Events:
DeLome Letter.
Boxer Rebellion
Panama Canal
(2) History. The student understands
traditional historical points of
reference in U.S. history from 1877 to
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the present. The student is expected to:
(A) identify the major characteristics
that define an historical era;
(B) identify the major eras in U.S. history
from 1877 to the present and describe
their defining characteristics;
(C) apply absolute and relative
chronology through the sequencing of
significant individuals, events, and time
periods
(D) explain the significance of the
following years as turning points: 1898
(Spanish-American War),
(12) Geography. The student
understands the impact of geographic
factors on major events. The student is
expected to:
(A) analyze the impact of physical and
human geographic factors on building
of the Panama Canal,
(15) Economics. The student
understands domestic and foreign
issues related to U.S. economic growth
from the 1870s to 1920. The student is
expected to:
(C) explain how foreign policies affected
economic issues such as the Open Door
Policy, Dollar Diplomacy, and
immigration quotas;
(D) describe the economic effects of
international military conflicts, including
Resources:
http://www.canalmuseum.com/
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h932.html
Hippo Campus:
Panama Canal
The building of the Panama Canal
Physical Geographic Factors – Digging through a
jungle
Human Geographic Factors – Disease, revolts
Resources:
Hippo Campus:
Dollar Diplomacy
China
Roosevelt Corollary
Vocabulary:
Roosevelt Corollary
1899 Open Door Policy – President McKinley and
Secretary of State John Hay’s economic policy in
China. In reaction to emerging spheres of
influence in China, the US sought equal trading
rights for all nations. The US participated in
suppressing the Boxer Rebellion, which allowed
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the Spanish-American War
continued trade with China.
• 1905 Dollar Diplomacy – Roosevelt encouraged
investment by U.S. banks/businesses in Latin
America & Far East. He promised military
protection to those who invested abroad. WWI
reoriented the priorities of the emerging world
power and U.S. foreign policy makers returned to
a goal of isolationism.
• T. Roosevelt’s helping Panama gaining their
independence and building of the Panama Canal
are good examples of U.S. diplomacy during this
time.
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