Today our focus was on Just War Theory. We watched this video:
Following that, we worked in small groups to discuss the ways in which the events of the Spanish-American War and the War in the Philippines fit into the "jus ad bellum" sections of Just War Theory.
We finished the period by discussing the handout, "Lessons from the Age of Imperialism." We moved around the room to physically take a stand agreeing or disagreeing with some of the statements we read, as we continued to raise and answer questions about the role of the U.S. in world affairs. Each of those activities can be found in this DOCUMENT
