Subject: US History
Strand: History
Grade: 11
School: Rocinante High School
Topics: America Claims an Empire (WWI)
Complex
Taxonomy: Analysis---Specifying
Element: Analyze WWI to determine
whether the war was/was not inevitable by
examining the Balkan Region perspective.
Task:
1. Construct and defend an argument to
indicate whether the war was or was not
inevitable by examining the Balkan Region
perspective.
Simple
Taxonomy: Retrieval--Recalling
Element: A. Geography-Balkan Region
(cultural and political geography). B. Identify
the “Allies” in WWI.
Task:
1. Provide a map of pre-WWI Europe, label
the countries, and use color to indicate
which European countries were Allies.
2. Provide two maps of the Balkan Region:
(a)Label the variety of cultures, and; (b)
Label the political divisions.
Complex
Taxonomy: Analysis--Matching
Element: The student understands how the
American role in the world changed in the
early 20th century.
Task:
1. Compare and contrast America’s
involvement in international affairs before
and after WWI.
Simple
Taxonomy: Comprehension—Symbolizing and
Integrating and Retrieval--Recalling
Element: A. Recognize and understand one
event that moved the U.S. into the role of a
world power. B. Identify and understand one
reason the U.S. entered into WWI.
Task:
1. Create a timeline from 1877 to 1920
showing the progression of America’s
increasing dominance as a world power.
Then select one event and illustrate how
that event moved the U.S. into the role of
a world power.
2. State and briefly explain one reason why
the U.S. entered WWI.
Complex
Taxonomy: Analysis--Specifying
Element: The student understands social
tensions and their consequences in the
postwar era.
Task:
1. How did Americans’ disillusionment and
upset with U.S. involvement of WWI help to
shape U.S. foreign policy and interaction with
other countries during the 1920s?
Simple
Taxonomy: Retrieval--Recognition
Element: A. Identify one impact of the PostWWI Era.
Task:
1. Given a list of post WWI events, students
will choose the one impact that is a direct
result of WWI.
Going Beyond
Taxonomy: Knowledge Utilization—
Investigating
Retrieval-Vocabulary:
Taxonomy: Retrieval--Recognition
1. Would Adolf Hitler have risen to power if
the German Nation had been treated
more fairly by the Treaty of Versailles?
2. What would the outcome of WWI have
been if the United States had
Imperialism, Suffrage,
Roosevelt Corollary, Treaty of
Versailles, Muckrakers, Isolationism
never entered the war?