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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Soccer Moms

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem reminisces on everyday life among Cuban women in the midst of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Age of Empire: Spanish American War

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: American Imperialism: The Spanish American War

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Influence of Folk

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Website
Other

The Center for Cuban Studies: Cuban Art Space

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Article
Other

Weisbord Foundation: Perspectives of the Cuban Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Primary
Mount Holyoke College

Memo. Within State Dept. Regarding the Bay of Pigs

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a request from then Under Secretary of State Bowles to reconsider the covert action resulting in the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America and the West Indies, 1852

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Fidel Castro at a Summit in Cordoba, Argentina, July 20, 2006

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Maximo Gomez

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Caribbean Travel & Ife

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Fodors Caribbean 2006 (Fodors Gold Guides)

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Caribbean Map

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Cruise Ship

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

A Group of Rough Riders in Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Rough Riders Grave Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

The Transport Service: Spanish American War

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

A History of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mexico, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cortes in Mexico, 1519

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cortes' March to Mexico, 1519

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
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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