U.S. History: Nov. 12-16
Monday
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Unit
o Increasing Influence and Challenges
Learning Target
o Evaluate, take, and defend positions on the various U.S. foreign policies in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
o Analyze the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War
o Identify and evaluate the factors that influenced U.S. imperialism in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the ensuing debate over imperialism
Assessments
o Turn in notes
o Exit slip quiz
Strategies
o Individual reading
o Whole group video viewing, taking notes as the segments are viewed
Activities
o Students will. . .
 Read an overview essay covering the Panama Canal
 Takes notes from a PowerPoint
 View “Panama Canal” segment from hippocampus.com and a selection
from a Panama Canal documentary
Differentiation and extensions
o As needed according to IEPs and 504s
Tuesday
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Unit
o Increasing Influence and Challenges
Learning Target
o Evaluate, take, and defend positions on the various U.S. foreign policies in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
o Analyze the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War
o Identify and evaluate the factors that influenced U.S. imperialism in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the ensuing debate over imperialism
Assessments
o Hand in notes
o Exit slip quiz
Strategies
o Individual reading
o Whole group video viewing, taking notes as segments are viewed
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o Whole group political cartoon analysis
Activities
o Students will. . .
 Watch segments from hippocampus.com (Roosevelt Corollary, Dollar
Diplomacy, Central American and the Caribbean)
 Complete Comparing Primary Sources: Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt
Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, and the U.S. in the Caribbean
worksheets
Differentiation and extensions
o As needed according to IEPs and 504s
Wednesday
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Unit
o Increasing Influence and Challenges
Learning Target
o Evaluate, take, and defend positions on the various U.S. foreign policies in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
o Analyze the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War
o Identify and evaluate the factors that influenced U.S. imperialism in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the ensuing debate over imperialism
Assessments
o Hand in notes
Strategies
o Individual and small group reading
Activities
o Students will. . .
 Be divided into three groups, each reading a section of the text (Chapter 7,
sec. 4 Wilson and the Mexican Revolution)
 Think-pair-share activity next with a representative from each group
meeting to share the whole picture of the U.S. involvement in Mexico
 Students will watch a video covering Mexico and the U.S.
Differentiation and extensions
o As needed according to IEPs and 504s
Thursday
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Unit
o Increasing Influence and Challenges
Learning Target
o Evaluate, take, and defend positions on the various U.S. foreign policies in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
o Analyze the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War
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o Identify and evaluate the factors that influenced U.S. imperialism in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the ensuing debate over imperialism
Assessments
o Unit Exam
Strategies
o Exam
Activities
o Students will. . .
 Complete the exam
 Complete Views on American Expansionism Document-Based
Investigation on pages 224-225
Differentiation and extensions
o As needed according to IEPs and 504s
Friday
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Unit
o Increasing Influence and Challenges
Learning Target
o Evaluate, take, and defend positions on the various U.S. foreign policies in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
o Analyze the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War
o Identify and evaluate the factors that influenced U.S. imperialism in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the ensuing debate over imperialism
Assessments
o Review Unit 7 exam
Strategies
o RTI
Activities
o RTI for Unit 7
Differentiation and extensions
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