americanforeignpolicy-1920to1941
Socratic Circle is going to be about whether the United States should be neutral or not during the 1930s and very early 1940s. FDR Shadow of War Primary and Secondary Docs 1, and FDR Shadow of War Primary and Secondary Docs 2
Here is the rubric for everything: Progressive Era Socratic Circles Rubric (includes all 3 discussions)
For the first Socratic Circle the prompt is: Were the Progressive Era presidents (Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson) progressive? Did they change society for the better?
Here are the participants:
1st hour: Zach Alabakoff, Ali Altamimi, Marwan Bazzi,Yousef Chamas, Zeinab Elsaghir, Maya Hamka, Nooraldin Kamalaldin, Amar Mashour, Seraj Noureddine, Serena Safawi, Lamar Thornton
3rd hour: Laureen Bazzi, Josephine Bryan, Mohamed Darwiche, Ali Haidous, Ahmad Kassir, Hannah Pfeiffer, Youseph Saad, Abbass Srour, Julianna Wozniak
4th hour: Mauda Abdulla, Sawsan Alzubaidy, Hussein Chaaban, Aya Chibib, Scout Greimel, Layla Jawad, Anna Karoub, Danya Obeid, Bryn Schobert
Additional Resources: Look at the previous blog post about the Woodrow Wilson article as well as the in-class assignments.
For the second Socratic Circle the prompt is: Explain the Progressive Era president’s foreign diplomacy and the effectiveness of those policies. Did it show America in a positive or negative light?
These are the participants:
1st hour: Mohammad Alkawasmie, Duaa Ballout, Zane Berry, Malik Elder, Kassem Habhab, Fatime Jomaa, Mya Makled, Celine Nasser, Sebastian Rivera Mendoza, Adam Sleiman
3rd hour: Adam Bazzi, Madison Brodoski, Graham Dallas, Adriana Fahs, Brandon Hestand, Ryan Montierth, Lielle Saad, Caroline Sekulidis, Alexandra Turfe
4th hour: Amani Abuelenain, Matthew Apostle, Adam Chatila, Ali Dakroub, Hassan Hamade, Samuel Joachim, Fatima Kourani, Fadi Rakine, Hanen Sobhe
Additional Resources: Teddy Roosevelt Foreign Policy, William Taft Foreign Policy, Woodrow Wilson Foreign Policy, and Progressive Foreign Policy
The 3rd Socratic Circle’s prompt is:
Discuss whether or not the United States should have joined WWI. Think about the positive and/or negative aspects of the war
The participants are:
1st hour: Zeinab Alrubaiee, Kassem Bazzi, Anna Rose Boyer, Ayah Elhady, Mohamed Ali Jawad Makki, Aurora Liepe, Zahrah Naseer, Zachary O’Brien, Alyaa Saleh, Quinn Whittaker
3rd hour: Nadine Bazzi, Brent Chadha, Case Dekoning, Ali Hamandi, Ali Khreizat, Emily Roth, Benjamin Schondorf, Areha Sufian
4th hour: Nour Almachy, Laura Bazzi, Allen Chehimi, Maya Fares, Aya Ismail, Sabrina Jouney, Nadine Makki, Natalie Rios, Malik Yehia
Additional Resources are: DBQAmericaentersWWI, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/07/11/commentary/world-commentary/what-if-u-s-had-stayed-out-of-wwi/#.VrukcvkrJdg, A couple WWI docs (scroll down), and https://newrepublic.com/article/118435/world-war-i-debate-should-us-have-entered.
There were way more than enough copies for everyone. If there weren’t you were all not paying attention to the appropriate directions and left a mess.
Here is the Woodrow Wilson article about his possible racism: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/wilson-legacy-racism/417549/
I apologize for the spelling. These were made by students.
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Like I’ve established weeks in advance, the test is 20% of your grade.
It was worth 75 points overall and each part was weighted differently as in the College Board’s grading process.
Multiple choice is worth 40 points
Short Answer is worth 20 points
Long Essay is worth 15 points
Add them all together and you get 75 and that is weighted as 20% of your final grade for first semester.
The average grade for first hour APUSH on the very tough final was an 80%! That is a GREAT average grade for a class of this caliber. Awesome job everyone.