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Grade 11, United States History from1877 to the Present Std. 3: Explain the impact of American imperialism, including the geographic changes due to the Open Door Policy and the Roosevelt Corollary, on the foreign policy of the United States between Reconstruction and World War I.

Lesson Plans: The Age of Imperialism. Complete unit plan on U.S. territorial expansion. Site includes links to web resources, archival data, discussion questions and tests. Imperialism and Expansion. Students will review the geography of the Caribbean and Pacific regions at the turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries; identify territories acquired by the US during the Spanish-American War. list and evaluate the arguments for and against imperialist expansion during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Imperialism and Expansion (Part 2) Students will identify the nations that gained independence after the Spanish-American war; describe American foreign policy at the turn of the century. Yellow Journalism and The Spanish American War. Students will Understand the causes of the Spanish American War and identify the types of propaganda used before and during the war

Resources: American Presidents. (PBS) Teacher's Guide to The Presidents' Web site offers a range of activities and resources to help teachers integrate core themes, events, and ideas from the American presidency into the classroom. To access lesson plans click on a presidential portrait, select "For the Classroom". Site hosts seven lessons for each of the U.S. Presidents of the Twentieth Century Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War. PBS/American Experience site includes multimedia resources Hawaii's Last Queen The Panama Canal (official site) Includes history How the Canal Works (animation) Biography of William C. Gorgas Alabama Virtual Library History Timelines (Alternatime) History Matters Designed for high school teachers of U.S. history courses. A gateway for web resources and other useful materials for teaching U.S. history. National Archives Digital Classroom American Memory Primary source material from the collection of the Library of Congress
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