Introduction to Castro

Agenda:

1. Students were given the vocabulary list for the unit on Castro.
2. Students read about Cuba before the revolution. The read an article and contrasted how Americans saw Cuba from the outside versus how Cubans saw it from the inside.
3. Students participated in a mixer, learning about a variety of individuals involved in the Cuban Revolution.
4. Students watched a clip from the documentary Fidel Castro [below - watch first 20 minutes]

DUE:

Read Chapter 3.1 in Pearson

Fidel Castro:

Mao Quiz

There will be a quiz over our unit on Mao. Tentatively, the quiz is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 15. You will answer TWO of the following prompts, giving to you randomly in addition to a document-based question.

• Discuss the conditions that produced the Chinese Communist Party and the leadership of Mao Zedong.
• Examine the successes and failures of ONE of Mao Zedong’s economic policies.
• In what ways did Mao try to use education to support his regime?
• By what methods, and with what success did Mao Zedong try to eliminate domestic opposition?

DUE: Mao Domestic Policy Creative Interpretation