The Zimmermann Telegram
Teaching With Documents: Posters from the Food Administration During World War I
The Debate in the US over the League of Nations: Voices of Consent and Dissent
In this lesson, students read the words and listen to the voices of some central participants in the debate over the League of Nations. This debate touches on issues the US continues to face; collective security versus national sovereignty, idealism versus pragmatism, the responsibilities of powerful nations, and the use of force to accomplish idealistic goals.
Postwar Disillusionment and the Quest for Peace, 1921-1929 | EDSITEment
Through an examination of memoirs, photographs, and other primary source documents, students will examine the rise of antiwar sentiment in the United States, as well as some of the concrete measures taken during the 1920s to prevent the outbreak of future wars.
Lesson 1: The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations: League of Nations Basics | EDSITEment
In this lesson, students read the words and listen to the voices of some central participants in the debate over the League of Nations.
African-American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd Divisions | EDSITEment
Why were African Americans so willing to fight, considering the discrimination they faced at home? How were African Americans in combat affected by prejudice in American society?
African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations Changed? | EDSITEment
In this lesson, students view archival photographs, combine their efforts to comb through a database of more than 2,000 archival newspaper accounts about race relations in the United States, and read newspaper articles written from different points of view about post-war riots in Chicago.
Edith Wharton: War Correspondent | EDSITEment
In this lesson, students will learn how the field of war correspondence has evolved. Through reading chapters of Edith Wharton's book, Fighting France, From Dunkerque to Belfort, they will explore an American correspondent's experiences during World War I. Students will then create and present their own correspondence report.
Lesson 1: The Origins of "Wilsonianism" | EDSITEment
Using a variety of primary sources, this lesson analyzes the sources of the foreign policy that came to be known as Wilsonianism and guides students to compare it with important traditions in American foreign policy.
Lesson 1: United States Entry into World War I: Two Diametrically Opposed Views | EDSITEment
In this lesson, students analyze two quotes to complete a Venn Diagram of reasons for and reasons against the US entry into World War I
Lesson 2. The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations: Disagreement Over the League | EDSITEment
In this lesson, students read the words and listen to the voices of some central participants in the debate over the League of Nations.
Lesson 4: Fighting for Peace: The Fate of Wilson's Fourteen Points | EDSITEment
Through the use of primary source documents and maps, this lesson will introduce students to Wilson's Fourteen Points, as well as his efforts to have them incorporated into the final peace treaties.
Lesson 1: The Question of an American Empire | EDSITEment
This lesson will introduce the students to the challenges of American foreign policy in the late 19th century and specifically to the political debate over whether the United States should acquire further territory and/or become a European-style empire. With the help of primary source documents students will debate this issue to help them come to their own assessment of the idea of an American Empire.
Lesson 2: "To Elect Good Men": Woodrow Wilson and Latin America | EDSITEment
In this lesson, students will analyze Wilson's attempts to carry out this "missionary diplomacy" in Haiti and Mexico as well as the responses of selected Haitians and Mexicans.
Lesson 2: The Spanish-American War | EDSITEment
This lesson plan, through the use of primary sources and a WebQuest Interactive, will focus on the causes of the war and the political debate in the United States over the advisability of intervening militarily in the affairs of countries.
Lesson 3: The Matter of the Philippines | EDSITEment
In this lesson, students examines the controversy surrounding the Philippines as they read documents and participate in a role playing exercise that places them as advisors to the President.
Topic: Empire, The Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870-1912, Primary Resources in U.S. History and Literature, Toolbox Library, National Humanities Center
Topic Framing Questions • How was the West incorporated into the nation? • How did Americans respond to the nation's changing role in world affairs at this time? • How did issues and concerns at home shape American policies and actions abroad? • How did America project its power beyond its own borders?