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Spanish-American War Resources (7 th grade: Imperial America)
Additional Spanish-American War Lesson Plans
- The Birth of the American Empire as Seen Through Political Cartoons (1896-1905) (In PDF format)
http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/1898/martinez-lesson.pdf
- HOW DID A "SPLENDID LITTLE WAR" HELP THE U.S?
http://school.discovery.com/lessons17/reiffhome/html/1038511256101.html
Objectives: 1. use WWW sites, reading handouts, and video tapes to discover reasons why the United States went to war with Spain. 2. compare maps to explain changes in the control of the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba as a result of the Spanish-American War. 3. create a PowerPoint presentation that summarizes how the Spanish-American War led to the rise of the United States as a world power before World War I.
- Spanish American War by Melody Pinkston
http://www.edc.org/cgi-bin/NDL/get/98draftlessons/10.html
Students will gain a greater understanding that events do not occur in isolation but are linked to other events, or our opinions are shaded by historical events. Students will evaluate accuracy of materials found on the internet. Students will write "newspaper articles" reflective of the time period.
- The Age of Imperialism at Small Planet Communications
http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/teacher.html
"The Age of Imperialism" represents one chapter of An On-Line History of the United States, a new program that combines an engaging narrative with the broad resources available to students on the Internet.
- Core Knowledge Lesson Plans -
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/7.htm
Additional Resources
- Digital History - Spanish American War
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/worldpower/index.cfm
Maps, Images, Timelines, Lesson plans and recommended for readings and films
- http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/
Library of Congress Presentation on Spanish-American War. Includes pretty much everything you need to teach this topic: maps, chronology, biographies, international perspectives, American ethnic perspectives, historical summaries, literary influences/reactions.
- http://www.unitedstreaming.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=7DA63659-26F6-439C-836A-0FA7FA13E3A3&tabStart=videoSegments
United Streaming video: " America Becomes a World Power." 30min explanation of the U.S. rise to imperialism which includes a segment on the Spanish-American War. This video hits each of the imperial performance objectives.
- http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v033/v033p509.pdf
Brief biographical essay on William Pollock, Pawnee artist and member of Roosevelt 's Rough Rider company.
- http://www.spanamwar.com/rrhist.html
Good site for general Rough Riders' and Roosevelt history, but watch for some great infantry biographies as well. Most notable is that of Frank Brito, Yaqui volunteer.
- http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1411
Quick summary of the terms and background of the Treaty of Paris, 1898.
- http://www.nps.gov/archive/prsf/history/buffalo_soldiers/philippine_war.htm
Buffalo Soldiers history of Philippine War following Treaty of Paris. Good source for introducing national racial dynamics within context of debate over American imperialism.
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