Calendar 2017-18 11 CP History Unit 3: Between World Wars: FDR and the Age of Isolationism 1 & 3 White Tuesday 10.31 In Class: Common Assessment 4 BLUE Wednesday 11 Homework: Assignment 1 1 & 3 White Thursday 12 Due: Assignment 1 4 BLUE Friday 13 In Class: Review reading In Class: Working with primary sources on the Great Depression Homework: Assignment 2 1 & 3 White Monday 16 Due: Assignment 2 4 BLUE Tuesday 17 In Class: Homework: Assignment 3 1 & 3 White Wednesday 18 Due: Assignment 3 4 BLUE Thursday 19 In Class: Prepare for Role-Playing the Three Options Homework: Assignment 4: Individual preparation for role-play 1 & 3 White Monday 113 Due: Assignment 4: Individual prep work 4 BLUE Tuesday 114 In Class: Role-Playing the Three Options Homework: Assignment 5 1 & 3 White Wednesday 115 Due: Assignment 5 4 BLUE Thursday 116 In Class: Examination of President Roosevelt s Four Freedoms Welcome to Quarter 2! Late Policy: All work is due on the due date. Any work received after that due date will receive a zero. We will be using a Choices Program source for this unit, Between World Wars: FDR and the Age of Isolationism. The readings for this unit are located in www.nixonland74.com. The homework assignments can be found in our google classroom. The homework assignments will be graded as homework, so please share them with me after you have completed the questions and edited your work for grammatical and mechanical errors. The culmination of this short unit of study will be a role-play simulation on the debate over the U.S. Lend-Lease Bill. (Does it get any better than this! :)) Background The period between world wars reveals the conflicting impulses and forces that shape the U.S. to this day. The debate that took place over how to respond to the gathering storm in Asia and Europe is often forgotten, but the questions of presidential power in conducting foreign affairs, and what role the U.S. should play in the world remain important, even today. The readings and role-plays in this unit allow you to consider the impact of the Great Depression and the disillusionment after the First World War. You will explore the competing values present in American society and the impact of this turning point in the history of American foreign policy. 1
Assignment 1: Due: 1 & 3 White - Thursday, 12 AND 4 BLUE - Friday, 13 This background reading is designed to give you information in order to understand the competing ideas at play in the U.S. leading up to its entry into the Second World War. Part I examines the domestic and international legacies of WWI and the Treaty of Versailles, as well an exploration of the impact of the Great Depression. Please read pages 1-12, Introduction: The Great Debate, and Part I: After the Great War (1918-1935) found in http://www.nixonland74.com/. Please also read Toolbox: Understanding the Political Spectrum found in this syllabus. Please compose complete responses to the questions found in our google classroom. 3. Please share your work with me after you completed all of the questions and edited your work for grammatical and mechanical errors. 4. Please take note of the key terms listed in this syllabus. Assignment 2: Due: 1 & 3 White - Monday, 16 AND 4 BLUE - Tuesday, 17 This background reading is designed to give you information in order to understand the competing ideas at play in the U.S. leading up to its entry into the Second World War. Part II reading explores the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the U.S. response to the gathering storm in Asia and Europe. Please read pages 13-24, Part II: Isolationism and Franklin Roosevelt (1935-1941) found in www.nixonland74.com. Please compose complete responses to the questions found in our google classroom and share your work. 3. Please take note of the key terms listed in this syllabus. Assignment 3: Due: 1 & 3 White - Wednesday, 18 AND 4 BLUE - Thursday, 19 Please read pages 25-27, January 1941: The Moment of Decision, and Options in Brief, and on pages 51-53, The Lend-Lease Act found in http://www.nixonland74.com/. As you read, take notes and be prepared to answer the following questions in class: Analyze the issues that formed the debate over the Lend-Lease Bill. Identify the core underlying values of the different options from Options in Brief. 3. Think about the options considered in the context of this turning point in the history of the U.S. and the world. (WWII) 3. Students will be divided into 4 groups for our role-play; 3 groups will present their options to the 4 th group, the Undecided Members of the Senate, who will listen to the 3 groups present their options and then ask clarifying questions concerning each option. Assignment 4: Due: 1 & 3 White - Monday, 113 AND 4 BLUE - Tuesday, 114 Role-Playing the Three Options: Debate and Discussion Be prepared to present your option to the class in a role-play simulation on the debate in the U.S. on the Lend- Lease Bill. Be prepared for a member of your group to be absent, just in case. If someone is absent, they need to see me about doing an alternative assignment. Procedure: The simulation will begin with 3-5 minute presentations by each of the 3 option groups. (Be sure not to include any information about events that took place after March 194) After the 3 groups have presented, the undecided Senators will ask questions in hopes to gain a better understanding of which option they think is best for the nation at this time. 3. During this cross-examination, any member of the option group may respond (See assessment). 4. If time permits, members of the option groups may challenge the positions of the other groups. Assignment 5: Due: 1 & 3 White - Wednesday, 115 and 4 BLUE - Thursday, 116 Please read pp. 37-43, Epilogue: The Legacies of FDR and Isolationism. Please compose complete responses to the questions found in our google classroom and share your work. 2
Assignment 1: Due: 1 & 3 White - Thursday, 12 AND 4 BLUE - Friday, 13 Please read pages 1-12, Introduction: The Great Debate, and Part I: After the Great War (1918-1935) found in http://www.nixonland74.com/. Please also read Toolbox: Understanding the Political Spectrum found on page 4 of this syllabus. Please list two reasons why the U.S. entered WWI, according to this reading. 3. Explain why President Wilson s fourteenth point was considered the most radical. 4. Allied treatment of Japan at the Paris Peace Conference: a. What were the dangers of the Allied leaders showing racist discrimination of the Japanese people to establishing a peaceful world? b. Explain how that kind of treatment would relate to U.S. foreign policy today. 5. The U.S. Senate s willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1929 reflected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they? 6. Please list two ways that the Great Depression affected Americans. 7. What was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930? Impact? 8. Please list three ways that President Roosevelt began to restore confidence in the economy with his New Deal. 3. 9. Why did Adolf Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Please list three reasons. 3. 10. Please describe the major similarities and differences among liberal democracy, fascism, and socialism. 3
Assignment 2: Due: 1 & 3 White - Monday, 16 AND 4 BLUE - Tuesday, 17 Please read pages 13-24, Part II: Isolationism and Franklin Roosevelt (1935-1941) found in www.nixonland74.com. Explain what the goals of isolationists were. Explain why isolationism is a misleading term. 3. What were the purposes of the Nye Committee hearings (1934-1937)? 4. Please list two impressions that the Nye Committee hearings created. 5. After reading the text and looking at the information in the box on page 16, explain the purposes of the Neutrality Acts (1935, 1936, and 1937) and why U.S. congressmen believed they would work. (Be sure that you understand the differences between the actions by the private sector and those taken by the U.S. government.) 6. Summarize President Roosevelt s views on international affairs in the 1940s. 7. What was the massacre of Nanking? 8. What was Cash and Carry? Explain why interventionists pushed for its passage in Congress. 9. What factors contributed to Japan s decision to occupy French Indochina? How did the U.S. respond? 10. What was the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere? 1 The America First Committee: Majority of members came from: What did they distrust: 3. No need to help the U.K. - why? 4. Opinions on the Nazis: (Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) began his career as a political cartoonist. He was anti-fascist, anti-nazi, and opposed to those people who would hide their heads in the sand to avoid war. ) 4
Assignment 3: Due: 1 & 3 White - Wednesday, 18 AND 4 BLUE - Thursday, 19 Please read pages 25-27, January 1941: The Moment of Decision, and Options in Brief, and on pages 51-53, The Lend-Lease Act found in http://www.nixonland74.com/. Take notes on the reasons why the idea of a Lend-Lease Bill came about. Take notes on what the bill included. 3. Be sure to read the whole law, found on pages 51-53 for your role-play. Assignment 5: Due: 1 & 3 White - Wednesday, 115 and 4 BLUE - Thursday, 116 Please read pp. 37-43, Epilogue: The Legacies of FDR and Isolationism. Why did Japan and the U.S. begin diplomatic negotiations in March 1941? Were they successful? Explain. What happened on December 7, 1941? How did it affect the America First Committee? 3. Explain the steps that President Roosevelt took to ensure that the aftermath of WWII was unlike the aftermath of WWI. 4. Why did the U.S. emerge as the leading world power after WWII? 5. What affect did the Cold War have on isolationism? 6. What parallels are there between The Great Debate of 1941 and the 2006 debates on the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq? (That invasion was a pre-emptive strike; Iraq did not pose a danger to the U.S.) 5