Curated OER
Refugees from the Caribbean: Cuban and Haiti "Boat People"
Students investigate the plight of Cuban and Haitian refugees. In this refugee lesson, students discover the history of "boat people" and U.S. policies regarding refugees. Students role play presidential advisers that must recommend new...
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Cuban Rafter Crisis
Phenomenal site that explores the Cuban raft crisis of 1994 and the experiences of the thousands of Cuban refugees who left Cuba by raft. Included are videos, pictures, primary source documents, timeline of key events, and more.
Mount Holyoke College
International Relations: Memorandum of Discussion: January 28, 1961
The text of a conversation between President Kennedy and his advisors concerning the "prospects for success" of an American plan to send American-trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba.