The Cuban Revolution: The Conditions that Produced and Single-Party State

Agenda 11/2-11/8:

1. Students read an article about pre-Revolution Cuba.
2. Students watched a short clip from the film Fidel, focusing on the conditions in Cuba prior to the revolution. They made a concept map of pre-Revolution conditions, focusing on 1)Education; 2) Government; 3) Society
3. Students read Fidel Castro's speech History Will Absolve Me, highlighting the conditions which Cubans lived under.
4. Students read in Pearson pages 62-65 and watched several more film clips, taking notes on a t-chart, labelled Batista Weakness   |   Rebel Strengths.
5. Students also identified major events that helped solidify the Cuban-Soviet relationship [see below].

Pearson Worksheets:

3.1, 3.2

3.2, 3.3, 3.4

Castro's Rise to Power: