Playing By Different Rules: Examining American Imperialism Abroad:
In this lesson, students learn about the concept of American imperialism by researching and analyzing historical examples of American imperialism.
 
Imperialism:
This lesson provides classroom activities developed by a teacher committee (funded through a grant from the Jesse Ball Dupont Fund) involve students in a study of Imperialism utilizing the collection of primary sources in the archives of the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial. The focus is on the period of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars.

Spanish American War from the Organization of American Historians Magazine.
In Birth of the American Empire as Seen Through Political Cartoons 1898-1905 students review and discuss six (6) political cartoons.

Spanish American War Educational Activities.
The PBS Crucible of Empire site offers essay questions and a Spanish American War quiz.

Playing By Different Rules: Examining American Imperialism Abroad:
In this lesson, students learn about the concept of American imperialism by researching and analyzing historical examples of American imperialism. They then draft a set of laws that would govern the actions of powerful nations in other countries.

Imperial Notions: Examining the Effects of Colonialism on Peoples Around the World:
In this lesson, students research how and why different parts of the world were colonized, considering the pros and cons for both the rulers and the ruled.

Java Animation
This site explains the operation of the Panama Canal.

Human Impacts on Biodiversity:
  An Information Bulletin on Environmental Change.

The USGS (United States Geological Survey)
 This site contains satellite images of environmental change (this site includes satellite imagery on urban areas, agriculture, deserts, and many other types of regions on earth).

Boundaries of the Contiguous United States.
 This animated map illustrates the expanding boundaries of the American continent.

Animated Atlas. Animated Atlas portrays history by animating maps.
 This site features a ten minute, interactive movie which is a geographic history of the United States, locating major events and the admission of every state. Also sells classroom videos.

Shock-ing Geography.
 At this site, students can quiz themselves on physical, current political and some historical map information. Instructors can have results of student self-quizzes emailed to them. Requires Shockwave software plug-in (available download free).

Interpreting Primary Sources.
Digital History provides brief excerpts from primary sources and statistics and also questions to think about: Imperialism and the Spanish American War.

Digital History Resource Guides.
 The Digital Resource Guides provides links to American history web sites by period.

Stereoscopic Visions of War and Empire
An interpretive archive of 3-D stereoscopic photographs of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars and the colonies acquired by the United States at the turn of the century first decades of the twentieth.

American imperialism
This site contains PowerPoint Presentations on American imperialism. (Click PowerPoint Presentations, then Chapter 20).

American Memory
A gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

Digital History.
This site provides links to American history web sites by period and provide historical overviews, readings, primary source documents, maps, cartoons, teaching resources, and audio-visual resources.

The Age of Imperialism.
This site contains a good mix of text, photos, links, and video clips about American imperialism at the turn of the century.

Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War. Crucible of Empire
This site offers a timeline of the major events before, during, and after the war.

Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures.
This presentation features 68 motion pictures produced between 1898 and 1901 of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Revolution.

The American Nation: Internet Activities.
Prentice Hall's phschool.com offers internet activities based on their The American Nation textbook chapters.

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