U.S. History Curriculum Map
Unit 8: Imperialism to World War I
Enduring Themes:
Conflict and Change
Governance
Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
Production, Distribution, and Consumption
Time Frame:
10 Days
Standards:
SSUSH14 The student will explain America’s evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth
century.
a. Explain the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and anti-Asian immigration sentiment on the west coast.
b. Describe the Spanish-American War, the war in the Philippines, and the debate over American expansionism.
c. Explain U.S. involvement in Latin America, as reflected by the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and
the creation of the Panama Canal.
SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.
a. Describe the movement from U.S. neutrality to engagement in World War I, with reference to unrestricted
submarine warfare.
b. Explain the domestic impact of World War I, as reflected by the origins of the Great Migration, the Espionage
Act, and socialist Eugene Debs.
c. Explain Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the proposed League of Nations.
d. Describe passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, establishing Prohibition, and the Nineteenth Amendment,
establishing woman suffrage.
Unit Essential Question:
How did American expansionism at the turn of the 20th century and World War I impact the United States?
Unit Resources:
Unit 8 Student Content Map
Unit 8 Vocabulary
Unit 8 Study Guide
Unit 8 Vocabulary Exchange
Concept 1
Concept 2
America’s Evolving Relationship
Origins and Impact of World War I
Concept 1: America’s Evolving Relationship
Standard:
SSUSH14 The student will explain America’s evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the
twentieth century.
b. Describe the Spanish-American War, the war in the Philippines, and the debate over American
expansionism.
c. Explain U.S. involvement in Latin America, as reflected by the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine and the creation of the Panama Canal.
Lesson EQ: How did American expansionism at the turn of the 20th century impact the United States?
Know
Understand
Be Able To Do (DOK 3)
 Spanish-American War
 How America’s
 Analyze the change in
foreign policy from
relationship with the
 War in the Philippines
isolationist to
world changed in the
 American expansionism
interventionist.
late 19th, early 20th
 Imperialism
centuries
 U.S. involvement in Latin
 Describe how American
America
involvement in Latin
 Roosevelt Corollary
America and Cuba
 Monroe Doctrine
reflected this change
 Panama Canal
 Explain how the
Roosevelt Corollary
reflects American
involvement
 Explain how the
creation of the Panama
Canal reflects American
involvement (and the
significance of the canal
itself)
Resources
I Do (Teacher Point)
We Do (Guided/Differentiated You Do (Independent Practice)
Instruction)
America as a World Power
Maine Explosion Activator
Roosevelt Corollary and Panama
PowerPoint
Maine Explosion Lesson Plan
Canal: Good, Bad and Ugly
American Imperialism PowerPoint Philippine War Political Cartoon (Analysis)
Spanish American War
Lesson Plan
Maine Explosion Graphic Organizer
PowerPoint
Philippine War Political
Maine Explosion Documents
Cartoons
Philippine War Political Cartoon
Spanish American War Lesson
Graphic Organizer
Plan
Spanish American War Graphic
Organizer
Concept 2: Origins and Impact of World War I
Standard:
SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.
a. Describe the movement from U.S. neutrality to engagement in World War I, with reference to
unrestricted submarine warfare.
b. Explain the domestic impact of World War I, as reflected by the origins of the Great Migration, the
Espionage Act, and socialist Eugene Debs.
c. Explain Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the proposed League of Nations.
Lesson EQ:
How did World War I begin? How did World War I impact the U.S. domestically? How did the end of World
War I impact the U.S.?
Know
Understand
Be Able To Do (DOK 3)
 World War I
 How militarism,
 Analyze the origins and
alliances, imperialism
impact of World War I
 Militarism
and nationalism led to
 Alliances
the start of World War I
 Imperialism
 Why the U.S. moved
 Nationalism
from neutrality to
 Neutrality
engagement
 Engagement
 How World War I
 Unrestricted submarine
impacted the nation
warfare
domestically
 Great Migration
 The importance of
 Espionage Act
Wilson’s Fourteen
 Eugene Debs
Points and why the
 Wilson’s 14 Points
League of nation was
 League of Nations
not supported
 Treaty of Versailles
 Why the end of World
War I did not bring
about a lasting peace
Resources
I Do (Teacher Point)
We Do (Guided/Differentiated You Do (Independent Practice)
Instruction)
World War I Origins PowerPoint
Great Migration Letters
World War I Major Events
World War I PowerPoint
World War I Carousel
Brochure
Treaty of Versailles Quad
Causes of World War I Analysis
Cluster Activator
Graphic Organizer | Documents
Fourteen Points Tiered Lesson
Debs Schenck Sedition Document
World War I Casualty Math
Analysis