Social Studies HS Guide

● What were the arguments made for the United States’ expansion into territories? ● What cases can be made for isolationism and interventionism? ● What are some examples of unintended consequences that result from each? ● How did the cultural diversity of the U.S. change during this era? ● How did America’s involvement in World War I change American history? ACADEMIC VOCABULARY ● Isolationism ● Interventionism ● Yellow Journalism ● Big Stick Mahan Policy ● Roosevelt Corollary ● Anti-Imperialist League ● Propaganda ● Spanish American War

● World War I ● Imperialism ● Migration ● Sedition Act ● Voluntary rationing ● Spanish Flu

RESOURCES Spanish American War American Imperialism U.S. Entry into World War I Sedition in World War I AP Historical Thinking Skills AP Reasoning Processes ASSESSMENTS

KEY LANGUAGE FUNCTION: Argue

Use PLC CFAs (Common Formative Assessments).

Sample end of unit competency: Students will evaluate the positive and negative impacts of imperialism on the U.S. and the U.S. territorial interests.

Key Language Use: Argue

● Language function: Evaluate ○ Justify ○ Claim ● Language features:

○ Using dependent clauses ■ Because… ■ As a result… ■ Consequently… ○ Compound sentences ○ Active voice ○ Content Vocabulary