THE OPEN DOOR POLICY

                 

Blog Address: http://ushistoryopendoorpolicy.blogspot.com/

Subject Matter: United States History

Grade Level: 11^th Grade

Lesson Objective:

Learners will demonstrate an understanding of the United States efforts and reasoning for the the Open Door Policy with China.

Subject Matter Content Standard:

List the purpose and the effects of the Open Door Policy. California Performance Standard 11.4.1

(California - http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/index.asp).

Website Addresses Used as Resources:

This website is the Britannica Encyclopedia. The information provided beginning with a thorough background, highlighting important figures and effects of the Open Door Policy.
http://www.britannica .com/EBchecked/topic/429642/Open-Door-policy2.
This is the United States Department of State, Office of the Historian. The goal of the site is to highlight major milestones including the Open Door Policy and events surrounding it.
http://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/HayandChina

Student Research Questions:

Essential Question:

Explain how the foreign trade issues in China encourage the United States efforts to implement the Open Door Policy?

Subsidiary Questions :

1. Why was it essential to the leaders in the US to gain the Chinese trading market?

2. How did the short term remedy for American trade have on Chinese citizens?

3. What problems within China occur due to the Open Door Policy?

4. Explain the reasoning that ignited the Boxer rebellion.

5. What country benefited the most from the Open Door Policy?

6. How did other countries desiring to trade with China react to the Open Door policy?

7. What role did Japan have and how did it effect the efforts to implement he Open Door Policy?

8. How did the short term remedy for American trade have on Chinese citizens?

9. How did the US encourage the acceptance of the Open Door Policy?

10.How did the Open Door Policy shape the US foreign policy in the years following?

Assessment: In what ways did the use of the Internet promote student learning? How will you assess student learning with this assignment?

The use of the internet promotes student learning as it it is an avenue that they are familiar with. The internet appeals to this generation of students as it offers fast and plentiful array of research and information. I will assess student learning with this assignment by using a rubric to determine how will and thorough that they fulfilled the essential parts of the questions asked. I will also possibly follow up on this assignment with an in class short essay on the purpose and effect of the Open Door Policy.