U.S. History: Nov. 12-16 Monday 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 o