Lesson Plans

Charles Young Photographs

Author: Jenny Plemel

Grade(s): 9, 10
Suggested Time: 20-30 minutes

Materials

• LCD projector
• Copies of the first Charles Young photograph
• The Americans. Danzer, Klor de Alva, Wilson, Woloch. McDougal Littell. Evanston, IL. 1999

Core Instruction

Students are to read Chapter 10, Section 2, "The Spanish-American-Cuban War," in The Americans. As an introduction to the Spanish-American War, students will study the two (2) photographs and learn how to decipher photos to use on document-based questions for Advanced Placement tests.

1. Use an LCD projector and access the Ohio Memory site.
2. Photocopy photo 1 for the students.
3. Use the photo to try to decipher the time period and who was Charles Young.

Ask the following questions:

Level 1:

• Describe the photo.

Level 2:

• What is the time period, location and reason the photograph was taken?
• What are your clues concerning the time period?
• What questions would you ask the young man in the photo in an interview?

Level 3:

• What else would you like to know?

Assessment

Extended Response Question:
To what extent was the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century United States expansionism a continuation of past United States expansionism and to what extent was it a departure?

Standards

• History 9-10, Benchmark C: Analyze the reasons that countries gained control of territory through imperialism and the impact on people living in the territory that was controlled.
• Indicator: Grade 9, GLI 4. Describe the political, economic and social roots of imperialism.
• Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 5. Trace the development of the United States as a world power with emphasis on: a. The Spanish-American War.

• The United States in the World: American Foreign Relations

• Charles Young Photograph
• OhioPix
• Ohio Memory
• Ohio Historical Society Online Collection Catalog