This lesson would fit into your curriculum towards the tail end of your chapter or unit on U.S. imperialism. The students should have already been taught the goals of U.S. imperialism, the annexation of Hawaii, as well as the results of the Spanish American War including the ensuing war against the Philippines. This could be a one-day lesson with the extended response assigned as homework or it could be extended into a multi-day lesson if you wished to spend more time discussing the Pan-Americ