In this lesson, I presented the lesson information to students in the form of a PowerPoint. Each student was
given a set of notes that corresponded with the PowerPoint and were required to fill in the blanks with the
words in red. This allowed them a textual basis of information that they could later refer to when completing
class work or studying for a test. The images accompaning each slide gave students an idea of who and what
was being discussed in the lecture. I verbally discussed each photograph and polticial cartoon with the students
in order to further illustrate the causes of certain events as well as how people of the period felt about them.
Lesson Plan
Name: Keisha Stoots
Date: March 10, 2015
Subject: US History II
Grade: 7th
Virginia SOL: USII.5a
Start time: 10:00
Stop time: 11:35
Lesson Title: Results of the Spanish American War and American Imperialism
Objectives (What do you want students to know, understand, do, or feel as a result of your instruction?)
1.
The student will explore the outcome of the Spanish-American War and the treaty of Paris
2.
The student will describe the impact of American Imperialism on Alaska, Hawaii, and the Boxer Rebellion
3.
4.
Critical vocabulary:
Materials/resources:
Treaty of Paris
Teller Amendment
Platt Amendment
Boxer Rebellion
Document handouts, note outlines, video on Imperialism
Imperialism
Intro (how do you capture their attention and get them interested?):
Give students an imperialism scenario. Have them think about what they would feel if a person in their neighborhood
started buying up all the property in the area and enforcing rules on the people that lived on those properties.
Body (what comes after your interesting intro?)
Cover the PowerPoint on the end of the Spanish-American War and American Imperialism. Discuss each of the political
cartoons, asking students about their opinions on them.
Put students into five groups. Allow students to find their groups before giving each group a separate document
pertaining to Imperialism. Use the following documents:
The White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling
In Support of an American Empire by Albert J. Beveridge
Interview with President William McKinley
The Platt Amendment
The Teller Amendment
Allow students the remainder of the class period to read the document, pick out the key points of the document and
decide if their document supports or opposes American Imperialism. If students do not finish, allow them a few
minutes of the next class to complete their analysis.
Closure (purposeful summary-help them remember today or anticipate tomorrow):
Have each group explain the points of their documents to the rest of the class.
Homework: none
Assessment: (How will you assess if they have mastered your objectives? Be specific.)
Completion of documents activity and discussion of political cartoons in lecture.
SOURCES: Documents activity adapted from lesson found here.
Outcomes of the Spanish-American War
Treaty of Paris
 Dignitaries from the U.S. and Spain meet in _____________
 Most European countries ____________________ with Spain
 Ratified by the U.S. by one vote
o Not all supported the treaty
o Opposition of Imperialism
 Independence of ____________________
 U.S. gains the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
Cuban Independence
 Collapse of the __________________ Empire
o The loss of the ________________ and ___________________ ends Spanish holdings in the
Americas
 The U.S. did not allow Cuba to participate in peace talks or the surrender ceremonies
United States Gains Possession
 Philippines
o Fate was contested as Manila was surrendered after the _______________ was signed
o Bought for $20 _________________
o ________________
o Filipinos rebel
 Guam and Puerto Rico
o _____________ to the U.S.
 Marks the U.S. entry into ___________________ affairs
o Defender of
Rise of American Imperialism
 Imperialism: when a nation goes ________________ its borders to ______________ its power and
influence
 European countries were busy colonizing ____________ and ____________
 Reasons
o Political
o Economic
o Social
Alaska
 Purchased in 1867
o ‘_________________ Folly’
 Gold was discovered in the Yukon in 1896, sparking the __________________ Gold Rush
Hawaii
 American leaders feared _____________________ control of Hawaii
 Formed a treaty of friendship in 1849
 U.S. businessmen establish __________________ plantations
 American planters ________________ Queen Liliuokalani
o Supported by the ______________________________ administration

__________________ in 1898 and made a territory in 1900
Opposition to Imperialism
 U.S. can do fine on its own
 Questions of __________________
 Too many _____________________ problems
 Enough land to settle in the west
Boxer Rebellion
 ___________-Imperialism movement in China
 Righteous and Harmonious Fists
 Aimed to rid China of foreign invaders
o __________________ missionaries disregarded ________________ traditions
Outcomes of the Spanish
American War
Treaty of Paris

Dignitaries from the U.S. and Spain meet in Paris

Most European countries sympathized with Spain

Ratified by the U.S. by one vote

Not all supported the treaty

Opposition of Imperialism

Independence of Cuba

U.S. gains the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
Cuban Independence

Collapse of the Spanish Empire


The loss of the Philippines and
Puerto Rico ends Spanish holdings
in the Americas
The U.S. did not allow Cuba to
participate in peace talks or the
surrender ceremonies
United States gains possession


Philippines

Fate was contested as Manila was
surrendered after the armistice was
signed

Bought for $20 million

Annexed

Filipinos rebel
Guam and Puerto Rico


Ceded to the U.S.
Marks the U.S. entry into
international affairs

Defender of Democracy
Rise of American Imperialism

Imperialism Video

Imperialism: when a nation goes
beyond its borders to expand its
power and influence

European countries were busy
colonizing Africa and Asia

Reasons

Political

Economic

Social
Alaska

Purchased in 1867

Gold was discovered in the Yukon
in 1896, sparking the Klondike Gold
Rush

‘Seward’s Folly’
Hawaii

American leaders feared
European control of Hawaii

Formed a treaty of friendship in
1849

U.S. businessmen establish
sugarcane plantations

American planters overthrow
Queen Liliuokalani


Supported by the Benjamin
Harrison administration
Annexed in 1898 and made a
territory in 1900
Opposition to Imperialism

U.S. can do fine on its own

Questions of superiority

Too many domestic problems

Enough land to settle in the west
Boxer Rebellion

Anti-imperialism movement in
China

Righteous and Harmonious Fists


Boxers
Aimed to rid China of foreign
invaders

Christian missionaries disregarded
Chinese traditions