Student Learning Objective (SLO)

High-Risk Issue (Why is it difficult for the students?)

Enhanced Academic Support (activity or way that the SLO is presented?)  Be specific

Evaluation (How will you measure?)  Be Specific

Evaluate the principal changes of U.S. foreign policy from 1876 to the present.

Students lack experience in understanding of changes in US role in foreign affairs.

Students will read one of the following articles and write a review to be graded by a rubric.

“The Anti-Imperialists and the Inequality of Man” by Lasch

“Woodrow Wilson Wouldn’t Yield,” by Bailey

“The Innocent Bystander” by Divine

Post Test Questions 3, 6, 12, 14, 15

Reviews to be graded by rubric (attached)

Analyze the main reform movements of the 19^th and 20^th centuries

Students fail to connect past reforms with present policies

Students will read one of the following articles and write a review to be graded by a rubric.

“Progressivism” by Crunden

“The Revolution in Manners and Morals,” by Allen

Post Test Questions 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 16, 18

Reviews to be graded by rubric (attached)

Summarize the causes and consequences of the major foreign wars of the United States from 1876 to present.

Students have difficulty understanding the expanding role of the United States in world affairs.

“Why Did the United States Fight Spain in 1898?” by Offner

“The Biggest Decision:  Why We Had to Drop the Atomic Bomb,” by Maddox

“Vietnam:  A Necessary War” by Lind

Post Test Questions 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17

Reviews to be graded by rubric (attached)

Explain the rise of big business and labor unions in the 19^th and 20^th centuries

Post Test Questions – 5, 6, 7, 8, 18

Examine the major social and cultural issues of the 19^th and 20^th centuries

Post Test Questions – 3, 4, 6, 9, 21, 25