Curated OER
Imperialism
Learners explore the concept of Imperialism. In this foreign policy lesson, students examine the policies of the US and other countries through time. Learners then create a political cartoon of their own and create a timeline that...
Curated OER
Establishing Borders: The Expansion of the United States 1846-48
Students investigate how the United States acquired land after the Revolutionary War ended. In this establishing borders lesson plan, students use maps to identify territories acquired by the US and the states that later developed....
Curated OER
The Purchase of Alaska and Seward's Folly
Young scholars investigate what happened when Alaska was purchased and review what expansionism means. In this US history lesson, students listen to the book "Seward's Folly" which describes Alaska's history after which young scholars...
Curated OER
White Man's Burden:The Expansionist/Anti-Imperialist Debate at the Turn of the Century
Students explore the roles of Expansionists and Anti-imperialists and take on the identity of a historical character to defend their position before a Senate committee. Roles of newsmen, senators, and futurists are also assumed in this...
Curated OER
Vietnam 1945 - 1975 :The 10,000 Day War
Each phase of the Vietnam War is fully developed and defined in terms of political cause and effect and social action. Phase one covers the onset of the war in 1945 through the French defeat at Dienbienphu. Phase two discusses American...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 4: A House Divided
This extensive learning module examines how the United States became more connected with the world as it pursued an expansionist foreign policy, became the destination for many new immigrants, and encouraged migration to the Pacific...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: War Breaks Out
A brief look at the expansionist moves of Japan in China, including a description of the Rape of Nanking. Also read about the military expansionism in Europe and Africa by both Germany and Italy, finally resulting in a declaration of war...
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke Coll.: Coolidge Intervention in Nicaragua
This site from the Mount Holyoke College provides a speech by President Calvin Coolidge discussing Americas intervention in Nicaragua during the early 20th Century. He talks about the political instability, revolutions, and the US presence.
OpenStax
Open Stax: American Foreign Policy 1890 1914: Turner, Mahan, and Roots of Empire
Examines the development of American foreign policy in the latter part of the 1800s, and what Frederick Jackson Turner and Alfred Thayer Mahan did to further American imperialistic interests.
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: White Man's Burden
Teachers: Lesson from SCORE that explores the Expansionist/ Anti-Imperialist debate at the turn of the century. Organized as a U.S. history unit, content includes information about the debate, as well as numerous resources, online...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Road to Pearl Harbor
A brief overview of the decade prior to the American entrance into World War II. Read about the rise in militarism in both Europe and Japan.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Reactions to a Troubled World
Read about the rising militarism and fascism in Europe and Asia as dictators expanded their territories. See how the United States reacted with its series of three neutrality acts.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Pearl Harbor
A concise look at the economic relations between Japan and the United States just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Find out what the Japanese hoped to achieve with the attack, and read about the American response.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Road to Pearl Harbor: The United States and East Asia 1915 1941
A four-lesson unit on the events that led up to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II. Lesson topics include the growth of hostility between the United States and Japan after WWI, the Sino-Japanese conflict, Japan's...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Ambivalent Empire
With the purchase of Alaska in 1867, the United States embarked on the road of building an empire. From Alaska to the Spanish-American War to the Philippine Islands, the U.S. grew as an imperial nation throughout the latter half of the...