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UNIT 3:  STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER


INTRODUCTION:  
CRASH COURSE ON WORLD WAR I


THE GOALS FOR THIS UNIT

Goal 1:  By the unit test you should be able to define the following words:
  • industry 
  • monopoly 
  • immigrant 
  • literacy  
  • markets  
  • foreign policy
  • imperialism 
  • tariffs 
  • customs houses
  • domestic policy

  • reforms 
  • trust 
  • militarism
  • alliance 
  • culture
  • nationalism
  • neutral 
  • front 
  • mobilize 
  • casualties 
  • offensive
  • stalemate
  • isolationism
  • progressive
  • belligerent
  • sabotage
  • diplomacy
  • civilian
  • propaganda
  • sedition
  • socialism
  • treason

  • attrition
  • shrapnel
  • sniper
  • conscription
  • doughboy
  • revenue
  • rationing
  • conscientious objector
  • self-determination
  • infrastructure 
Goal 2:  By the unit test you should be able to describe or explain the following things:
  1.  Describe the growth of America at the end of the 19th century.
  2. Explain America’s foreign and domestic policies prior to W.W.I.
  3. Explain the causes of World War I and describe important early events. 
  4. Explain why America stayed neutral, but later entered W.W. I. 
  5. Explain how and why American propaganda was used during the war and its effects. 
  6. Describe the nature of fighting in World War I. 
  7. Explain the ways Americans were involved in World War I. 
  8. Compare and contrast Wilson’s Fourteen Points with the Versailles peace treaty. 
  9. Explain American arguments for and against joining the League of Nations.
  10. Describe the challenges faced after the war ended.


Goal 3:  By the unit test you should be able to evaluate the following things:
  1. Why it is important to study the history of the U.S. during World War I.
  2. How the events, issues, and outcomes of World War I effect us today.

LESSONS TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lesson 26:  Unit 3 Lesson
Lesson 27:  Turn of the Century
Lesson 28:  America's Foreign Policy
Lesson 29:  The Teacher Turned President
Lesson 30:  Across the Pond
Lesson 31:  Europe!  Leave Them Kids Alone!
Lesson 32:  You Won't Like Us When We're Angry!
Lesson 33:  Propaganda
Lesson 34:  Espionage and Sedition
Lesson 35:  Life in the Trenches
Lesson 36:  Halting the Hun
Lesson 37:  Fourteen Points
Lesson 38:  Is It the End?
Lesson 39:  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Lesson 40:  The Future
Lesson 41:  Sousa 
Lesson 42:  Unit 3 Review
Unit 3 Assessment





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