Unit 6: America on the World Stage

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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
  
• Activity: World War I Illustration​
• Pear Deck: America Goes to War
• Thin Slide: Neutrality
• ​Pear Deck: The War at Home
• Sketch & Tell: The US Declares War
• Thin Slide: Suffrage
• 8 Parts: Alice Paul
• Empathy Map: Alice Paul
• Activity: Schenck v. United States
• ​3x CER Challenge: The War at Home​

Lesson 2: The Treaty of Versailles

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
  
• Sketch & Tell: The End of World War I
  
• Emoji Match-Up: Fourteen Points

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Lesson 3: Post-War Tensions

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: 

Lesson 4: The Roaring Twenties

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.

Class Materials:

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