During class, students gathered in groups based on their
topic to create a final project to present to the class. Group members
discussed the key terms and enduring understandings that they felt were
important, and then decided which ones were the most valuable. Each group
created about 3 to 4 introduction slides that explained their topic’s
background information and the key terms for their topic. Groups wrote the main
points on each slide, but then explained in detail the concept of the slides in
order to teach the class about their topics. After presenting the background
slides, groups showed the Videolicious videos that they created. Each video was
no more than 60 seconds longs with 6 images per video. For each picture in the
video, students recorded the explanations of how each image relates to the
People, Power, and Places theme. After the information slides, the groups
created a bibliography and pictography that cited any readings or images that
were used for the project. Following the video and information slideshow, students
in the audience took a survey on SurveyMonkey.com that the group presenting
created. The survey asked questions that required the students to use the
information that the group just presented, with a variety of multiple choice
and short answer questions. When students completed the survey, the group
presenting discussed the questions and answers of the survey. Students learned
how each topic relates to the People, Places and Power theme from each group’s
presentations.
Imperialism in
America:
America
defeated Spain in the Spanish American War, which was ended by the Treaty of
Paris, and because of this defeat, America had power over Spanish countries.
The United States invaded Cuba because the U.S. wanted more fertile land to
boost the economy, to gain naval bases outside of the U.S., to unite America
with patriotism, and to protect American soldiers that were in Cuba who the
U.S. thought were in danger. America was able to dominate Cuba because it had
more power.
European Imperialism
in Africa:
The European belief that they had power over Africans because of their
evolution, called Social Darwinism, gave the idea to Europeans that they had
the right to divide Africa among themselves. King Leopold II was greedy since
he had power, and therefore exploited the Congo Free State. Under his control, Leopold
manipulated the citizens of the Congo Free State to convince them to work for
him under harsh conditions.
Labor vs. Big Business:
People
who created big businesses, like Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie, and Pullman,
were powerful. The amount of money gained by large corporations led to power in
small numbers of people. People without power who worked in the same place would
join together in groups to gain power in order to fight against the powerful
people who controlled them.
Immigration from
Asia:
In
1920, over 200,000 Japanese came to America, but there were many laws that restricted
immigrants from coming into the country. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
stopped Chinese laborers from entering America, the Webb Alien Law prohibited
foreigners without citizenship in America from owning land in 1913, and
immigration laws prevented immigrants from achieving the American dream. Angel
Island was the main immigration center in California that was made in 1910
where immigrants went through physical exams to see if they were healthy enough
to enter America.
European Immigration:
European
immigrants who arrived in America were restricted to becoming a citizen easily
by people who were in power. Pogrom organized the persecution of Jews and restrictive
covenants limited the sale of property to immigrants.
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