American Imperialism

“Project Based Learning Activity”

Objective: To understand how individuals and events moved the United States into the role of world

power and to recognize the effects of economic policies on U.S. diplomacy.

Task: To develop and create a project which reflects your knowledge and understanding of American

Imperialism.

The Choices: Based on your interests, choose from the list of project choices below which one you

would like to develop and create as your project.

  • Design and create a newspaper detailing and illustrating each category.
  • Create a movie/documentary that discusses each category.
  • Create an illustratedtimeline which depicts and explains the events, causes, and outcomes for all the categories below.
  • Design a tri-fold posterdescribing each category.
  • Create Scrapbook detailing each category.
  • Create a PowerPoint or Prezi to detail each category below.
  • Role-play or simulate various aspects of each category (tape/record).
  • Build a board game centered on the various aspects of each category.
  • With a partner conduct an interview of a nation’s leader discussing each category (record on video theinterview).
  • Create your own personalized project which includes each category and describe your feelings about your project and results.
  • Create and Plan an outdoor field trip to take throughout each nation America will become involved with which will discuss and describe each category.

My Choice: ______

Categories which Must Be Included in Each Project Choice:

  1. Reasons for the Growth of American Imperialism
  2. America’s acquisition of Alaska
  3. America’s acquisition of Hawaii
  4. The Spanish-American War causes, public opinion, events, and outcomes
  5. America and Puerto Rico
  6. America and Cuba
  7. America and the Philippines
  8. America and China
  9. Theodore Roosevelt and the Worldhis foreign policy and outcomes/impacts
  10. Woodrow Wilson and the World his foreign policy and outcomes/impacts

Components to be Turned in:

Your Completed Project (all categories included)

Notes (all categories included from L8 & R8)

Total Value: 60 pts_

Due Date: ______

American Imperialism Project Based Learning Assignment

Grading Rubric

Completed Chapter Notes0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Category 1 Reasons for Imperialism0 1 2 3 4

Category 2 Acquisition of Alaska0 1 2 3 4

Category 3 Acquisition of Hawaii0 1 2 3 4

Category 4 Spanish-American War0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Category 5 America & Puerto Rico0 1 2 3 4

Category 6 America & Cuba0 1 2 3 4

Category 7 America & the Philippines 0 1 2 3 4

Category 8 America & China0 1 2 3 4

Category 9Roosevelt & Foreign Policy0 1 2 3 4

Category 10Wilson & Foreign Policy0 1 2 3 4

Neatness and Creativity0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Comments:

Total Earned ______

Total Value  60 pts.