IB-History of Americas
IB-History of Americas
Unit Three: Causes and Course of WWI
Duration: 5th Six Weeks thru 6th Six Weeks
Henri Naylor
IB History of Americas Curriculum Objectives:
• Emergence of the Americas is Global Affairs 1880-1929
o United States’ expansionist foreign policies: political, economic, and social and ideological reasons
o Spanish-American War: causes and effects (1898)
o United States’ foreign policies: Big Stick, Dollar Diplomacy, Moral Diplomacy, applications and impact on the region
o United States and the First World War: reasons for US involvement, Wilson’s peace ideals, Treaty of Versailles, significance of war on US
o Involvement and participation of Canada in the First World War, reasons for participation
o Impact of the First World War on two countries of the Americas: economic, political, social, and foreign
• Topic 1: Causes, Practices and Effects of Wars
o Different types of 20th century warfare (guerrilla, civil, total, revolutionary, limited)
o Origins and causes of war (long/short-term, failure of diplomacy, economic, ideological, political, religious)
o Nature of 20th century wars (technology, tactics, home front, women)
o Effects and results (treaties, political repercussions, territorial changes, social/cultural effects, post-war economic problems)
Notes Included in this Unit:
• Europe at the Turn of the Century
• Background to WWI
• Outbreak to WWI
• Course of WWI
• Impact of WWI on US and Canada
Formative Assessments and Activities:
• Lectures of the topics
• Periodic pop quizzes over notes
• Reading Quiz over Chapter Readings
• Students will get a section of notes to study, the next class period they will take a quiz over the notes. Mostly for the Course of WWI notes. Circle-ups after each quiz to discuss the information.
Summative Assessments:
• Essay Test – Students write 2 essays in 1 ½ hours as practice to the IB exams
Resources:
• America: Past and Present – Textbook
• Any other readings I can get my hands on
TAKS Objectives:
• All TAKS objectives are met every six weeks. Students sing Amendment songs, are given a TAKS info sheet, practice tests, quizzes, and TAKS specific games.
Modifications:
• N/A
GT Requirements:
• N/A
Blooms:
• Knowledge, Comprehension, Analysis, and Evaluation
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