Isolationism and World
War
Lesson Plans | Primary
Sources |
Lesson Plans:
Isolationism
vs. Internationalism/Interventionism - Students will Analyze and
interpret arguments of both the American isolationists and the internationalists
/interventionists prior to World War II. Identify facts and feelings
in various primary resources and documents (the song, the political
cartoons and text). Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the pro-isolationist
movement arguments and the strengths and weaknesses of the anti-isolationists
(or internationalists’) arguments.
The
Debate in the United States over the League of Nations - Students
will Describe Wilson's concepts for peace and the League of Nations
and efforts to foster American support for it. Discuss the opposition
to the League in the Senate and read the words and listen to the voices
of some central participants in the debate over the League of Nations.
Primary Source Documents:
Debate:
Isolationism as it relates to FDR and Pearl Harbor - Using primary
resource documents and knowledge of the period 1921-1945, students
will assess the validity of a statement about FDR and his knowledge
of Pearl Harbor.
Great Discussion Question, with excellent supporting evidence.
Woodrow Wilson's First Innaugural Address - Woodrow Wilson's first
innaugural address, March 4, 1913.
Isolationism:
Opposing Viewpoints: provides an excellent balance of primary
sources for research. Includes excerpts of speeches from politicians
as well as editorials and essays espousing and opposing isolationist
views, mostly from 1914-1950. Clear and succinct prefaces to each
chapter place the selections in historical context. Especially notable
is his evenhanded treatment of the commentators and his careful definitions
of isolationism.
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