Eva and Propaganda

Agenda 11/19:

1. Students meet with me to discuss topics and research questions for the Internal Assessment.
2. Students participated in a Socratic seminar about propaganda in Argentina under Peron and the work of Eva Peron. They used a series of articles (1 and 2) to base their discussions.
3. Students then watched clips from the film Evita depicting major events from the Peron era.

HOMEWORK:

QUIZ - Peron - DUE - Monday 11/24
Finish Reading Pearson Chapter 2

Quiz Prompts:

• Account for the rise to power of Juan Peron and assess his impact upon Argentina.
• Evaluate the role did Eva Peron play in Juan Peron’s rise to power and during his presidency?
• Compare and contrast Peron to one other authoritarian leader (Stalin, Mao, or Castro). Select one element of society to compare and contrast (Rise to Power, Ideology, or Domestic Policies).

The Perons

Agenda 11/12:

1. Students were introduced to the IB Internal Assessment and encouraged to start thinking about an area that they want to research.
2. Students listened to a podcast about Eva Peron, taking notes.
3. Students read pages 10-17 in the Pearson text, taking notes about Peron's rise to power.
4. Lastly, they looked at a speech given by Peron, outlining his political philosophy. Students evaluated the points of the speech in terms of them being strong or weak in terms of real, enact-able government policies.

HOMEWORK:

Bring Pearson to class

Castro Quiz

Agenda 11/7:

Students tool the quiz on Castro, read an article about Castro by Alice Walker, discussing the idea of white male corporate dictatorship. After they watched a few clips from the film Evita. 

Castro Quiz

On Monday, students prepared for a simulation debating the future direction of Cuba. On Friday, they will be taking a quiz over the unit on Castro. Students will be asked to answer two of the following questions at random.

Castro prompts:

• Analyse the conditions and actions that helped Castro take power.
• How did Castro express his ideology in History Will Absolve Me?
• Why and how did the rebels win?
• Assess the methods used by Castro to eliminate opposition.
• How did Castro's reforms shift over time? Consider central planning versus free market policies.
• To what extent was Castro successful in achieving his aims?
• Examine the role of two of the following social policies in Castro's Cuba: women, education, arts, religious groups.

HOMEWORK:
Finish Simulation Preparation