Castro

Agenda 11/29-12/5:

1. Students read excerpts by Eduardo Galeano about the Cuban Revolution.
2. Students read from Pearson and watched several film clips, contrasting Rebel Strengths and Batista's Weaknesses. Students determined why the rebels won.
3. Students read excerpts from Castro's famous, History Will Absolve Me speech. They looked for problems identified and solutions proposed in the document.
4. Students used the IB OPCVL protocol to analyze the speech.
5. Students took a vocab quiz over Castro.
6. Students read pages 75-80 in Pearson, taking notes about shifts in Cuban economic policy under Castro from free market to command economy reforms.