The Crucible of Empire: PBS
Finish Film: continue annotating with attention to 1) its rhetoric 2) the ideology contained in its rhetoric 3) important details about the war and the reasons for getting involved in it
Discussion: Explore both sides of U.S. involvement in the Spanish-American War.
Essential question: Is democracy compatible with imperialism?
Homework: Assigned readings. For each, annotate and answer the question: What ideology is reflected by the rhetoric of the document?
"Senator Albert Beveridge Calls for an American Empire" (1900)
"Platform of the Anti-Imperialist League" (1899)
Honors: In addition to the other two readings, read one or both of the following, based on the angle you would like to take with your writing assignment.
Mark Twain, "To the Person Sitting in Darkness" (1901)
Theodore Roosevelt, Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904)
Weekend Writing Assignment