Birth of a Super Power
From the sinking of the Maine to the charge up San Juan and Kettle Hills to the Navy battles in Manila Bay, American became a super power and was now playing with the "big boys."
This was a relatively short unit.
Please see the General History page for more books and links.
| Resources--books | Resources--websites | Projects | Writing assignments |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
 | Battles of the Spanish-American War by Diane Smolinski (Heinemann, 2003; ISBN 1403401705) KR |
| Roosevelt's Rough Riders by Andrew Santella (Compass Point, 2006; ISBN 0756512689) |
| Soldiers of the Spanish-American War by Diane Smolinski (Heinemann, 2003; ISBN 140340173X) KR |
| Spanish-American War by Kathlyn and Martin Gay (Twenty-first Century Books, 1995; ISBN 0805028471) |
| Spanish-American War by Michael Golay (Facts on File, 2003; ISBN 0816049351) |
| The Spanish-American War by Alden R. Carter (Franklin Watts, 1992; ISBN 0531200787) |
| The Spanish-American War by Edward F. Dolan (Millbrook Press, 2001; ISBN 0761314539) |
| The Spanish-American War by Carl R. Green (Enslow, 2002; ISBN 0766050912) |
| The Spanish-American War by Audrey Kupferberg (Blackbirch, 2005; ISBN 1567119247) |
| The Spanish-American War by John R. Wukovits (Lucent, 2002; ISBN 1560066822) |
| The Story of the Rough Riders by Zachary Kent
(Children's Press, 1991; ISBN 0516047566) |
Activity Books:
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Fiction:
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Audio/visual:
| The Spanish-American War: Birth of a Superpower (History Channel, 2005) |
| Unsolved History: Death of the USS Maine (Discovery Channel, 2004) |
Websites
| Centennial Website for the Spanish American War |
| Spanish American War from History Central |
| Crucibles of Empire; The Spanish American War Spanish American War in the Philippines from PBS |
| Theodore Roosevelt Association's Rough Rider |
| Spanish American War from small planet communications |
| The Battle of Manila Bay from the War Times Journal written by Admiral Dewey himeslf |
| Biography of Theodore Roosevelt from The White House |
| The Press and the Spanish-American War by John Baker |
| Sinking of USS Maine from the Department of the Navy |
| USS Maine from Wikipedia |
| Remember the
Maine from the Library of Congress |
Projects
This was a very short unit so we didn't have any major projects.
Writing assignments
| Was the war justified? |
| How did the press play a part in the war? |
Completed: September 2006
Last update: November, 2006
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