Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Soccer Moms
This poem reminisces on everyday life among Cuban women in the midst of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Age of Empire: Spanish American War
Discusses the causes, events, and consequences of the Spanish-American War and how the United States acquired several territories in the aftermath. Includes questions for students at end.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: American Imperialism: The Spanish American War
This primary set uses photographs, letters, posters, and publications to explore the Spanish-American War. Review the sources in this set to gain insight into the motivations for US engagement. Includes teaching guide.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Influence of Folk
This site, which explores the influence of musical folk traditions in the poetry of Langston Hughes and Nicolas Guillen, provides lesson plans, a biography, examples of Hughes' poetry, and details about his meeting with Nicolas Guillen.
Other
The Center for Cuban Studies: Cuban Art Space
This site is devoted to telling us what to see and when, rather than showing us examples of Cuban art. However, if you click on "Current Exhibit", you will see the artwork of one Cuban artist.
Other
Weisbord Foundation: Perspectives of the Cuban Revolution
This site from the Weisbord Foundation contains the article "Perspectives of the Cuban Revolution" by Albert Weisbord (1962). Answers the question, "What are the economic and political perspectives entrained in this new and higher stage...
Mount Holyoke College
Memo. Within State Dept. Regarding the Bay of Pigs
This is a request from then Under Secretary of State Bowles to reconsider the covert action resulting in the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, 1898
A map from 1898 of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The map includes an inset map of Cuba and the Isthmus of Nicaragua. "The surface of the Rocky Mountain highland in Mexico is quite similar to that of the great plateau...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America and the West Indies, 1852
A map from 1852 of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. The map shows territorial boundaries at the time, including the Mexican States, capitals and major cities and ports, railroads, rivers, lakes, mountain systems, and terrain...
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Fidel Castro at a Summit in Cordoba, Argentina, July 20, 2006
An NPR site that links to more than a dozen NPR reports on Castro's health, his significance to Cuba's past, and a Cuba without him in the future.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Maximo Gomez
Maximo Gomez y Baez (November 18, 1836 in the Dominican Republic - June 17, 1905 in Havana, Cuba) was a Major General in the Ten Years' War (1868-1878) and Cuba's military commander in that country's War of Independence (1895-1898).
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Caribbean Travel & Ife
The Caribbean Online site provides detailed information on the various Caribbean Islands, including the neighbors of Cuba. It is worth checking out for information on the subject.
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Fodors Caribbean 2006 (Fodors Gold Guides)
The Caribbean Online site provides detailed information on the various Caribbean Islands, including the neighbors of Cuba. It is worth checking out for information on the subject.
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Caribbean Map
The Caribbean Online site provides detailed information on the various Caribbean Islands, including the neighbors of Cuba. It is worth checking out for information on the subject.
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Cruise Ship
The Caribbean Online site provides detailed information on the various Caribbean Islands, including the neighbors of Cuba. It is worth checking out for information on the subject.
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A Group of Rough Riders in Camp
This site gives a brief history of the Rough Riders, a group of voluntary men who fought with Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba during the Spanish American War.
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Rough Riders Grave Sites
This site gives a brief history of the Rough Riders, a group of voluntary men who fought with Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba during the Spanish American War.
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The Transport Service: Spanish American War
This site contains historical information on the transportation of soldiers who fought in the Spanish-American War. It discusses the difficulties of moving so many soldiers to Cuba and the Philippines.
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A History of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Check out this site to read a personal account of an infantryman whose unit saw action in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mexico, 1904
A map from 1904 of Mexico showing the states, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, and coastal features. An inset map shows the island of Cuba. "Mexico is divided into twenty-seven States with two Territories and the federal...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cortes in Mexico, 1519
A map showing the expedition of Hernan Cortes in 1519. This expedition was the third to the mainland and took him all the way into Mexico. This map shows the route from the Battle of Cintla (Tabasco) to Veracruz (Villa Rica de la Vera...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cortes' March to Mexico, 1519
A map of Mexico showing the sites of the Spanish Conquistador expedition under Hernan Cortes in 1519. The map shows Juanna (Cuba), Tabasco, Vera Cruz, and Mexico City (Tenochtitlan). An inset map details the route taken by Cortez from...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1910
A map from 1910 of North America showing the Dominion of Canada, Greenland, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, British Honduras (Belize), San Salvador (El Salvador), Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and the islands of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1783
A map of North America, Central America, and northern South America at the end of the American Revolutionary War (1783). The map is color-coded to show the territory of the United States at the time, British possessions in Canada,...
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