Unit 6: The World Stage (American Imperialism)
Introduction
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Unit Compelling Question: How changes in global interaction and consumption affect balance of power in a society?
Analyze how national and global foreign policy led towards a world war.
Describe the atrocities and horrors of what one group in power committed upon other groups
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Standards:
History
8.H.1.1 Construct charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues
8.H.1.2 Summarize the literal meaning of historical documents in order to establish context
8.H.1.3 Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives
8.H.1.4 Use historical inquiry to evaluate the validity of sources used to construct historical narratives (e.g. formulate historical questions, gather data from a variety of sources, evaluate and interpret data and support interpretations with historical evidence).
8.H.1.5 Analyze the relationship between historical context and decision-making
8.H.2.1 - Explain the impact of economic, political, social, and military conflicts (e.g. war, slavery, states’ rights and citizenship and immigration policies) on the development of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.2.2 - Summarize how leadership and citizen action’s (e.g. the founding fathers, the Regulators, the (Greensboro Four, and participants of the Wilmington Race Riots, 1898) influenced the outcome of key conflicts in North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.2.3 - Summarize the role of debate, compromise, and negotiation during significant periods in the history of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.3.1 - Explain how migration and immigration contributed to the development of North Carolina and the United States from colonization to contemporary times (e.g. westward movement, African slavery, Trail of Tears, the Great Migration and Ellis and Angel Island).
Civics & Government
8.C&G.1.3 - Analyze differing viewpoints on the scope and power of state and national governments (e.g. Federalists and Anti-Federalists, education, immigration and healthcare).
8.C&G.1.4 - Analyze access to democratic rights and freedoms among various groups in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. enslaved people, women, wage earners, landless farmers, American Indians, African Americans and other ethnic groups).
8.C&G.2.1 - Evaluate the effectiveness of various approaches used to effect change in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. picketing, boycotts, sit-ins, voting, marches, holding elected office and lobbying).
8.C&G.2.2 - Analyze issues pursued through active citizen campaigns for change (e.g. voting rights and access to education, housing and employment).
Economics
8.E.1.1 - Explain how conflict, cooperation, and competition influenced periods of economic growth and decline (e.g. economic depressions and recessions).
8.E.1.2 - Use economic indicators (e.g. GDP, inflation and unemployment) to evaluate the growth and stability of the economy of North Carolina and the United States.
Geography
8.G.1.1- Explain how location and place have presented opportunities and challenges for the movement of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and the United States.
8.G.1.2 - Understand the human and physical characteristics of regions in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. physical features, culture, political organization and ethnic make-up).
8.G.1.3 - Explain how human and environmental interaction affected quality of life and settlement patterns in North Carolina and the United States (e.g.environmental, disasters, infrastructure development, coastal restoration and alternative sources of energy).
Culture
8.C.1.1 - Explain how influences from Africa, Europe, and the Americas impacted North Carolina and the United States (e.g. Columbian Exchange, slavery and the decline of the American Indian populations).
8.C.1.2 Summarize the origin of beliefs, practices, and traditions that represent various groups within North Carolina and the United States (e.g. Moravians, Scots-Irish, Highland Scots, Latinos, Hmong, Africans, and American Indians)
8.C.1.3 - Summarize the contributions of particular groups to the development of North Carolina and the United States (e.g. women, religious groups, and ethnic sectors such as American Indians, African Americans, and European immigrants)
Vocabulary
Embargo -
Domestic Policy -
Foreign Policy -
Diplomacy -
Nationalism -
Militarism -
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Imperialism -
Dictator -
Trench Warfare -
League of Nations -
Zimmerman Telegram -
Treaty of Versailles -
14 Points -
Lend Lease Act -