Cuba-US history
Fidel Castro has been in the news lately. He's quite elderly now and not in the best health. The U.S. has a long history with Cuba, dating way back. After all, Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida, which means that if it's an enemy, it's pretty close.
Discovery has a lesson plan about our history with Cuba which is pretty interesting. US-Cuba relations covers a time from 1492 to about 1999, giving resource sites, teaching plans, extension plans, discussion topics, further reading suggestions, timeline, and vocabulary.
Now your students can learn about trade relations, or lack thereof, with Cuba, the people and culture of Cuba, whether Mr. Castro smokes cheap cigar brands, and why their economy may struggle even more than ours does.
I found two interesting, though contradictory, quotes from Fidel Castro:
I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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posted by Ann crum @ 9:52 AM
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