For UPA 4 you'll create a booklet to debate a partner.

Your question is, "After WWI, should the U.S. follow 'isolationist' or 'interventionist' policies in world affairs?"

Steps to do the UPA:

1. Get a partner you can work with. If you want to do it on your own, that's fine.
2. Decide who'll do which side:
1. Isolationist - argues that the U.S. should worry about ourselves only. Your main argument--we refuse to get sucked into and bogged down into other nations conflicts ever again. It's already happened in the War of 1812 and in World War I and we've learned our lesson.
2. Interventionist - argues that the the U.S. will do whatever is in our best interest, including getting involved in other countries if we decide that's the way to go. Your main argument--we know that ignoring foreign issues usually means we have to join the conflict later, rather than sooner. It's better to "nip a problem in the bud" rather than to try to "clean up" afterwards. The War of 1812, and especially World War I, are great examples.
3. There are 2 ways to approach this booklet.
1. Option A: use your laptop to basically make an "eBooklet". You can use the program called "Pages" (in "iWork" folder) to make it look nice. Or, you can use Microsoft Word
2. Option B: Get 2 sheets of paper, fold it "book style." This will give you 6 "pages" in your book. Put a couple of staples in the middle to hold it together.
4. Your booklet should include:
1. Cover - you design it as you wish. Ideas for a title: To Get Involved (or Not), Isolation or Intervention, Should We Worry About Other Nations?, or make your own title.
   
2. Pages 1 & 2 - an essay outlining the argument for the isolationist side. Be sure to put your name on it.
3. Page 3 - a bullet point list summarizing the arguments for the isolationist side; you can add a picture on this page if you wish to fill the space
4. Page 4 - a bullet point list summarizing the arguments for the interventionist side; you can add a picture on this page if you wish to fill the space
5. Pages 5 & 6 - an essay outlining the argument for the interventionist side. Be sure to put your name on it.
6. Back - you can do whatever you wish here. A picture? A map? Timeline? Graphic? List? It's up to you.
5. Ideas for each side:
1. Isolationist side
1. define the term
2. explain how the U.S. helped turn the tide of war (how we helped our side win)
3. explain how WWI affected American society. Ideas include the movement to shut down immigration (with Emergency Quota Act) and distrust of anyone who was newly immigrated (see Sacco and Vanzetti), more jobs for women such as secretaries, clerks.
4. terms of the Treaty of Versailles
5. America has a tradition of neutrality; research George Washington's farewell address and the Monroe Doctrine
6. argue that the U.S. was sucked into the War of 1812 and World War I and argue that both wars were European matters and we had no business in them
2. Interventionist side
1. define the term
2. explain how the U.S. helped turn the tide of war (how we helped our side win)
3. explain how WWI affected American society. Ideas include the movement to shut down immigration (with Emergency Quota Act) and distrust of anyone who was newly immigrated (see Sacco and Vanzetti), more jobs for women such as secretaries, clerks.
4. discuss the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
5. argue that waiting too long in the War of 1812 and WWI merely made things worse for the U.S. when we finally did have to enter the war
6. argue that the U.S. should be free to do anything she sees beneficial to the nation, including intervening in other nation's conflicts

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