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Unit Goals:
1. The students will be able to explain how economic, military, nationalistic, and cultural factors led many nations, including the United States to acquire colonies in latter half of the 19th and early 20th century.
2. The students will be able to articulate and provide examples of the manner in which the foreign policy United States continues to maintain vestiges of imperialism when acting out of national self-interest.
3. The students will be able to explain how economic domination and guaranteed access to precious finite resources has replaced outright colonization for most of the major world powers.
4. The students will be able to be more confident in participating in content driven class discussions than they were at outset of the unit.
5. The students will be able to synthesize course content into clear and well thought out paragraphs that are of a higher quality than at the outset of the unit.
1. The students will be able to explain how economic, military, nationalistic, and cultural factors led many nations, including the United States to acquire colonies in latter half of the 19th and early 20th century.
2. The students will be able to articulate and provide examples of the manner in which the foreign policy United States continues to maintain vestiges of imperialism when acting out of national self-interest.
3. The students will be able to explain how economic domination and guaranteed access to precious finite resources has replaced outright colonization for most of the major world powers.
4. The students will be able to be more confident in participating in content driven class discussions than they were at outset of the unit.
5. The students will be able to synthesize course content into clear and well thought out paragraphs that are of a higher quality than at the outset of the unit.
This unit was designed for and originally taught at an excellent alternative school in Springfield, Oregon. Some of the directions in the lesson plans are designed to cater to the specific needs, habits, personalities of my pupils, however the curriculum presented on this website can easily be utilized in a conventional secondary school with little or no modifications. This website is designed so that instructors may utilize the lesson plans and materials in their own classrooms as well as providing students with all of the materials to complete an assignment if they miss classes while their instructor is teaching this curriculum.
This website is dedicated to the University of Oregon, UOTeach Class of 2013, Cohort Four. Keep teaching, growing, and working for change in our schools.
This website is dedicated to the University of Oregon, UOTeach Class of 2013, Cohort Four. Keep teaching, growing, and working for change in our schools.
CURRICULUM AUTHOR/INSTRUCTOR- Benjamin Louis Lesco
Instructor Profile:
I am thirty-one years old and a teacher with four years of teaching experience in secondary schools. I have a Bachelor's degree from Roger Williams University where I majored in History. I went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in Modern European History, with a specialization in Holocaust Studies from Providence College. Additionally I have recently earned a Master's in Education Studies from the University of Oregon and am a fully licensed in the state of Oregon. Currently I specialize in teaching secondary social studies and language arts classes. I spent several years as an instructor at an elite private preparatory school in New England before moving to the west coast in 2009. I have also spent one year teaching in the Oregon public school system. I have also taught at a community college in southwestern Oregon. I am married to a wonderful woman who I love with all of my heart. We have two dogs, a Pit-Bull/Lab mix named Darla River and a Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua/French Bulldog(we call him a Teacup Pit-bull) named Captain Jack. I enjoy camping, snowboarding, lacrosse, hunting, snorkeling, kayaking, writing fiction, and baseball.
I am thirty-one years old and a teacher with four years of teaching experience in secondary schools. I have a Bachelor's degree from Roger Williams University where I majored in History. I went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in Modern European History, with a specialization in Holocaust Studies from Providence College. Additionally I have recently earned a Master's in Education Studies from the University of Oregon and am a fully licensed in the state of Oregon. Currently I specialize in teaching secondary social studies and language arts classes. I spent several years as an instructor at an elite private preparatory school in New England before moving to the west coast in 2009. I have also spent one year teaching in the Oregon public school system. I have also taught at a community college in southwestern Oregon. I am married to a wonderful woman who I love with all of my heart. We have two dogs, a Pit-Bull/Lab mix named Darla River and a Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua/French Bulldog(we call him a Teacup Pit-bull) named Captain Jack. I enjoy camping, snowboarding, lacrosse, hunting, snorkeling, kayaking, writing fiction, and baseball.