Imperialism+and+World+War+I


 * Define foreign policy, and ask students to identify **3 current events related to foreign policy**. Identify or suggest factors that influence American actions in the current events identified. How would other contries view these actions.


 * As students investigate this era of increasing American involvement in world affairs, have them define **imperialism** and **isolationism**, then **list American events** and use the graphic of a foreign policy continuum to rank American actions . (**11.10.2, 11.10.3, 11.10.14, 11.10.6, 11.10.8, 11.10.9)**

** FOREIGN POLICY CONTINUUM **

Imperialism <--> Isolationism (Roosevelt) Dollar Diplomacy (Taft) Moral Diplomacy (wilson || **GOALS**  || METHODS ||  **EFFECTIVENESS**  ||
 * I dentify the international events during President Roosevelt’s, Taft's and Wilson's administrations. Compile a list, and identify the American action in each event. Have students construct a chart like the one below on their wikis. Use the data compiled to draw conclusions about the goals, methods, and effectiveness of the big stick policy.
 * **POLICY** Big Stick Diplomacy
 * Jerold Starr, author of //The Lessons of the Vietnam War//, identifies five reasons why nations go to war. Use his model as an entry level evaluation tool to **assess the reasons for American participation in the Spanish-American War and World War I**. **(11.10.6)**

Reasons Nations Go To War

Interests ||  || 1) define the term in your own words 2) provide a synonym for the word 3) provide and antonym for the word  4)  ﻿ ﻿  ﻿﻿  illustration that represents the word
 * **Reason** ||  **Definition**  ||  **Evidence**  ||
 * Power || To increase one’s power or decrease one’s enemies power ||  ||
 * Prestige || To defend or advance one’s standing in the eyes of the world ||  ||
 * Principles || To enforce cherished ideals ||  ||
 * Profit || To advance economic
 * Protection || To defend one’s people and/or territory ||  ||
 * Work cooperatively to **create illustrated dictionaries of important unit terms** from the text book chapters 14, 15 and 16.


 * List the major events of WWI and why each event was significant? paragraphy When you are finished, answer the question, whay was WWI seen as the war to end all wars? Explain in a paragraph.


 * What technological advancements changed the way WWI was fought? LList each invention or tactic and state the imporrtance.

**Article 10:** The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression, the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled. **Article 42:** Germany is forbidden to maintain or construct any fortifications wither on the left bank of the Rhine or on the right bank to the west of a line drawn 50 kilometers to the east of the Rhine. ** Article 45: ** As compensation for the destruction of the coal-mines in the north of France and as payment toward the total reparations due from Germany for the damage resulting from the war, Germany cedes to France in full and absolute possession, with exclusive rights of exploitation, unencumbered and free from all debts and charges of any kind, the coal-mines situated in the Saar Basin as defined in Article 48. ** Article 51: ** The territories [Alsace-Lorraine] which were ceded to Germany in accordance with the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles on February 26, 1871, and the Treaty of Frankfort of May 10, 1871, are restored to French sovereignty as from the date of the Armistice of November 11, 1918. ** Article 119: ** Germany renounces in favor of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers all her rights and titles over her overseas possessions. || **Article 159:** The German military forces shall be demobilized and reduced as prescribed hereinafter. ** Article 160: … ** After that date [March 31, 1920] the total number of effectives in the army of the states constituting Germany must not exceed one hundred thousand men. ** Article 170: ** Importation into Germany of arms, munitions and war material of every kind shall be strictly prohibited. ** Article 181: ** After the expiration of a period of two months from the coming into force of the present treaty, the German naval forces in commission must not exceed: 6 battleships, 6 light cruisers, 12 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats, or an equal number of ships constructed to replace them as provided in Article 190. No submarines are to be included. ** Article 198: ** The armed forces of Germany must no include any military or naval air forces. ** Articles 231: ** The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies. ** Article 232: ** The Allied and Associated Governments recognize that the resources of Germany are not adequate. . . to make complete reparations for all such loss and damages. The Allied and Associated Governments, however, require, and Germany undertakes, that she will make compensation for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allied and Associated Powers and to their property during the period of the belligerency. . . [Later set at $56 billion.] ||
 * Look at the chart below and follow the directions.
 * Items from the Treaty of Versailles are listed below. Read each statement carefully, and after research compare it with Wilson’s Fourteen Points. Check the statements that agree with Wilson’s Fourteen Points and note the number of the related point. (11.10.8) **
 * Items from the Treaty of Versailles are listed below. Read each statement carefully, and after research compare it with Wilson’s Fourteen Points. Check the statements that agree with Wilson’s Fourteen Points and note the number of the related point. (11.10.8) **