Topic: The War to End War
- War in Europe and the impact of war on the home front involved issues of propaganda and civil liberties. Wilson faced the political frustrations of helping to create the Treaty of Versailles and then seeing its rejection by the US Senate.(WOR4) (WOR6) (WOR7) (POL6)
- World War I and its aftermath led to further questions about the nation’ role in the world and how to achieve national security and pursue national interests.(WOR4) (WOR7) (ID-30 (ID6) (POL6)
- Xenophobia swept the United States as the global impact of World War I became evident through social tensions over immigration issues involving Europe and Asia and the restrictive legislation that resulted. (WOR4) (PEO2) (PEO6) (PEO7) (POL7)
OBJECTIVES:
- Evaluate Wilson’s reasons for going to war and his hopes for what US involvement would bring about at the war’s conclusion. Was he a realist or an idealist and why?
- Assess the seeming paradox between Wilson’s stated objectives and the economic statistics on trade in the time period 1914-1916.
PROCEDURE:
1. Fact Check Quiz
2. Critical Viewing: WWI Completion
2. Critical Viewing: WWI Completion
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