11/6-Students finished the assignment in the beginning of class from yesterday. After that I finished talking about how the war came to an end. It was very quick and America was able to gain new "colonies" from the war. Suddenly America was now an Imperialist nation. The only problem is some of those nations didn't want us to take them over. So America would have to teach them a lesson.
11/7-Students looked at the Philippine American War that broke out following the Spanish American War. We had a quickwrite below. I compared America's interactions with these nations to a parent trying to put their child on the right course even if the child isn't interested in what the parent is saying.
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a parent thinks they know best for their child should they impose their will on
their child? Is it up to the parent to ensure a kid(1-17 years old) follows the
best standards, rules, expectations and protect them, so that the rest of their
life goes well? Or do you think children/teens should have the freedom to
figure some things out on their own. See what works and what doesn’t. Should
parents be more like bumpers at the bowling alley for their kids in life, or
like a train track for their kids where nobody moves off the track much?
11/8-We were looking at political cartoon that were published at the time and the controversy. The cartoons are below if you need to look at them, but get the paper from me. We also reviewed some of the documents that were discussed during the Phillipine American WarPolitical cartoons
