Cuba

    Dr. Walter Reed discovered a cure for yellow fever. Theorized that mosquitoes carried the disease.

   

Platt Amendment gave Cuba its independence

   Guantanamo Bay U.S. military base in Cuba. 

Fidel Castro seized control of Cuba in 1959

 
Philippines prospered under American rule.

    William Howard Taft set up a civil
government and became the first civil
governor of the Philippines.

Watch Liberty of Contract video 7 min

    Read page 438 and list four ways the
Philippines benefited under American rule.

    During W.W.II the Japanese conquered
                        the Philippines 

General  Douglas Mac Arthur "returned"
                    and re-conquered the islands

  Watch Cook and Peary 3 min video

    Read pages 439-440
        Answer questions 7-11p 440

    7.  What act declared Puerto Rica an
                unorganized territory?
    8.  In what year did Puerto Rico
                become a U. S. commonwealth?
    9.  What were the difference between
            the Jones Act for the Philippines
            and the Jones Act for Puerto Rico?
    10.  What court cases determined whether
            or not the American possessions were
            extended the privileges of the
            Constitution?
    11.  In what year did Guam become a
            territory of the United States?
        How is Guam important to the
        United States?

Photo Credits:

Reed: childsdoc.org/ spring2001/stamp-reed.jpg

Mosquito: scarab.msu.montana.edu/.../ Aedes_aegypti.jpg

Guantamo Bay: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_cities/guantanamo.jpg

Castro: southamericanexperience.co.uk/ cuba/images...

Platt Amendment: www.harwich.edu/.../ pp/imperialism/img028.jpg

Mac Arthur: http://www.afterimagegallery.com/lifemydansmacarthurl.jpg

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.