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Unit 3: America on the World Stage


​Critical Vocabulary: 
Militarism, Nationalism, Allied Powers, Central Powers, Trench Warfare, Lusitania Incident, Preparedness Movement, Zimmerman Note, Creel Committee, Selective Service Act, American Expeditionary Force, Harlem Hellfighters, Great Migration, Espionage & Sedition Acts, Schenck v. United States, Fourteen Points, Treaty of Versailles, War-Guilt Clause, League of Nations, First Red Scare, Radicals, Palmer Raids, Wall Street Bombing, Sacco & Vanzetti Trial, Nativism, Quota System, Red Summer, Tulsa Race Massacre, Prohibition, Speakeasies, 21st Amendment, Scopes Trial, New Woman, Flapper, Harlem Renaissance

Lesson 1: World War I

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We will describe the events that led the United States into World War I, and we will analyze the war’s impact on American society.
  • This means we will identify the events that led the U.S. to declare war in 1917, and we will describe the country’s reaction to each.
  • It also means that we will describe the growth of the U.S. government during World War I, and we will analyze its impact on the lives of Americans.
Class Materials: 
  • Fast & Curious: World War I​
  • World War I Illustration 
  • Pear Deck: America Goes to War
  • Pear Deck: The War at Home
Additional Resources:
  • Life in a Trench (History Channel)
  • Tech Developments in World War I (History Channel)
  • Harlem Hellfighters (History Channel)

Lesson 2: The Treaty of Versailles

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We will discuss the Treaty of Versailles, and we will assess its legacy.
  • This means we will explain Wilson’s vision for the post-World War I world compared to that of other world leaders.
  • It also means we will discuss the final provisions included in the Treaty of Versailles, and we will predict their impact on future events.
Class Materials: 
  • Pear Deck: The Treaty of Versailles​
Additional Resources:

Lesson 3: Post-War Tensions

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We will discuss the tensions that divided Americans in the post-war period, and we will analyze the nation’s response to each.
  • This means we will explain the causes of the First Red Scare, and we will evaluate its impact on American society.
  • This also means we will summarize the rising social tensions of the era, and we will describe the violence that followed.
Class Materials: 
  • Fast & Curious: Post-War America​
  • Pear Deck: Post War Tensions
  • Economic Tensions Activiity
  • Frayer Model: Communism
  • Historical Marker: Wall Street Bombing
  • Sketch & Tell: Quota System
  • 6 Word Memoir: Red Summer
  • Concept Sort: Post-War Tensions
  • CER Activity: Post-War Tensions
Additional Resources:
  • 1919 Race Riots in Chicago (WGN News)

Lesson 4: The Roaring Twenties

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We will summarize the cultural changes of the 1920s, and we will describe the conflicts that developed as a result.
  • This means that we will explain the divide between the traditionalists & modernists in the 1920s, and we will describe the conflicts that developed as a result.
  • It also means we will describe the social trends and innovations that shaped popular culture in the 1920s, and we will evaluate their impact on American society.
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