Essay Outline Homework

Be Like "Success Kid": Prepare for your Essay Test Next Thursday!

I Rule! A 7/7 Once Again!

The following is due at the beginning of class Next TUESDAY, October 1

Based on the handout I gave you in class on Friday, I want you to complete an outline based on the essay prompt. If you lost the document or were not here Friday, there is a copy of it in your shared reading folder. It is entitled, "Essay Test Modeling Exercise.pdf"

In order to provide significant details to support each main point, please read "Part 2 - The Spanish American War" (Page 12 to the first paragraph on page 17) and re-review your answer to the 18-2 worksheet that you did for homework this week. 

Your outlines should be in short sentences and can be typed or handwritten. I want to see it by Tuesday.

Spanish-American War Homework

U.S. Imperialism

The Spanish-American War

A Catalan [Spain] satirical drawing published in La Campana de Gràcia (1896), criticizing U.S. behavior regarding Cuba. Text below reads: "Keep the island so it won't get lost."

Due tomorrow at the beginning of class: Please complete the reading, "The Spanish-American War" and the handout that came with it. It is a two-sided worksheet. There is a copy of both in the shared Imperialism file folder.

Quiz Tuesday on Imperialism Causes

There will be a Double Quiz on Tuesday. (There will NOT be an essay test until Thu. Oct. 3)  Make sure you know the following for tomorrow:

• Know the five major causes of Imperialism

• Know how and why was Hawaii obtained by the United States

• There will be at least two O and P documents. That is two Os and two Ps. Make sure you know what to look for to determine the Origin of a document.

• Make sure you know the answer to question # 9 on last week’s homework assignment: 9. Why did the United States become involved in several Latin American nations in the nineteenth century? Summarize why the United States became involved in Samoa, Hawaii, and other Latin American nations.