Ib history of Americas Curriculum Objectives

Unit Three: Causes and Course of WWI

Duration: 5^th Six Weeks thru 6^th Six Weeks

Henri Naylor

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  Emergence of the Americas is Global Affairs 1880-1929
  
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    United States’ expansionist foreign policies: political, economic, and social and ideological reasons
    
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    Spanish-American War: causes and effects (1898)
    
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    United States’ foreign policies: Big Stick, Dollar Diplomacy, Moral Diplomacy, applications and impact on the region
    
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    United States and the First World War: reasons for US involvement, Wilson’s peace ideals, Treaty of Versailles, significance of war on US
    
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    Involvement and participation of Canada in the First World War, reasons for participation
    
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    Impact of the First World War on two countries of the Americas: economic, political, social, and foreign
    

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  Topic 1: Causes, Practices and Effects of Wars
  
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    Different types of 20^th century warfare (guerrilla, civil, total, revolutionary, limited)
    
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    Origins and causes of war (long/short-term, failure of diplomacy, economic, ideological, political, religious)
    
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    Nature of 20^th century wars (technology, tactics, home front, women)
    
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    Effects and results (treaties, political repercussions, territorial changes, social/cultural effects, post-war economic problems)
    

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  Europe at the Turn of the Century
  
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  Background to WWI
  
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  Outbreak to WWI
  
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  Course of WWI
  
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  Impact of WWI on US and Canada
  

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  Lectures of the topics
  
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  Periodic pop quizzes over notes
  
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  Reading Quiz over Chapter Readings
  
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  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.
  

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  Essay Test – Students write 2 essays in 1 ½ hours as practice to the IB exams
  

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  America: Past and Present – Textbook
  
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  Any other readings I can get my hands on
  

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  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.
  

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  Knowledge, Comprehension, Analysis, and Evaluation