Frayer Model
DEFINITION
SENTENCE
relating to many nations
International
EXAMPLES/MODELS
QUESTIONS
1. What does it mean to be international?
2. Would you consider our school to be
international? Why or why not?
Frayer Model
DEFINITION
SENTENCE
establishment of political or economic control
over other countries
Imperialism
EXAMPLES/MODELS
QUESTIONS
1. Can you think of a time in history where
the United States wanted to
gain/acquire more land?
2. What does the image to left make you
think of???
Frayer Model
SENTENCE
DEFINITION
A canal that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
EXAMPLES/MODELS
QUESTIONS
1. Why was the Panama Canal so
significant to the United States?
2. Why do you think they chose to
dig a canal where they did,
rather than at another location?
Frayer Model
DEFINITION
SENTENCE
the World War I alliance that included Germany, AustriaHungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
Central Powers
EXAMPLES/MODELS
QUESTIONS
1. Which countries made up
the Central Powers?
Frayer Model
DEFINITION
SENTENCE
the World War I alliance that included Serbia, France, Great
Britain, Russia, Japan, and Italy; the United States joined in
1917
Allied Powers
EXAMPLES/MODELS
QUESTIONS
1. Which countries made
up the Allied Powers?
2. Which of the two (Allied
Powers or Central
Powers) had more total
land mass/countries on
their side?
Frayer Model
DEFINITION
SENTENCE
to remain isolated from a war; to not join the war
(the United States’ original goal during WWI as
it was seen as a European conflict)
EXAMPLES/MODELS
Isolationism/
Neutrality
QUESTIONS
1. What does it mean to “isolate”?
2. Why do you think many American
citizens wanted the US to remain
isolated or neutral during World War
I?
Frayer Model
DEFINITION
SENTENCE
a German submarine torpedoed and sank this
British passenger ship on its way from New York to
England. Hundreds died, including at least 100
Americans
Lusitania
EXAMPLES/MODELS
QUESTIONS
1. Why did a foreign attack on the
Lusitania upset many Americans?
2. Can you think of another time in
history where a country has
attacked the United States, leading
to a future war?
Frayer Model
DEFINITION
SENTENCE
The US discovered a telegraph being sent from Germany
to Mexico urging Mexico to join the Central Powers and
declare war on the US; in return, Mexico would regain
part of Southern US land (Texas, Arizona, and New
Mexico)
EXAMPLES/MODELS
Zimmerman
telegram
QUESTIONS
1. What does the political
cartoon on the left make you
think of? What does this
make you connect to?
2. What is the illustrator trying
to tell his or her audience in
this political cartoon?