Cuba Outline
What factors led to the Cuban Revolution?
How was Castro able to succeed against seemingly impossible odds?
What role did the United States play in the lead up to the Revolution and after the
Revolution was in power?
WEEK 1
Monday 2/24 Current Event/Debate
Tuesday 2/25 Capitalism and Socialism and The Cold War Please read Zinn 424-442
for Thursday Quiz.
Wednesday 2/26 Reading Day on Zinn
Thursday 2/27 Quiz on Zinn pages 424-442
Friday 2/28 CIA Archives- Guatemala
WEEK 2
Monday 3/3 Historical Investigation Due! Please read ‘The Cold War at Home’
955-962 for Tuesday
Tuesday 3/4 Quiz on The Cold War at Home
Wednesday 3/5 Assign Groups for Cuban Project
Video-Fidel!
Read Skidmore/Smith 259-269 for Thursday.
Thursday 3/6 Quiz on Skidmore Smith 259-269
Friday 3/7 Current Events/Debate: “The 1950’s domestic threat to national security was
based on irrational paranoia.”
WEEK 3- Mr. Johnson is the best sub ever!
Monday 3/10 Research day on Cuba Project
Tuesday 3/11 Research day
Wednesday 3/12 Castro Video
Thursday 3/13 Finish video- one page typed write-up on this film due Monday, March
17!
Friday 3/14 Current/Debate:” U.S. government involvement in Cuba has been
counterproductive and has served to radicalize the revolution.”
WEEK 4
Monday 3/17 Gather in groups for Tuesday presentation
Tuesday 3/18 Groups present
Wednesday 3/19 Groups Present
Thursday 3/20 Professor Delaney- St. Olaf College
Friday 3/21 Current/Debate: “The Cuban Revolution has been a success and should
serve as a model for other developing countries.”
Read Skidmore/Smith for Monday quiz/Discussion
WEEK 5
Monday 3/24 Quiz/Discussion on Skid/Smith 269-288
Tuesday 3/25 Exam review
Wednesday 3/26 exam review
Thursday 3/27 Essay Exam (This exam will be graded for 4th Quarter)
Friday 3/28 Snow Day make-up
Possible Essay Questions
1. Analyze the successes and failures of Fidel Castro’s social and economic policies in
the period 1960-1990.
2. How did the Cold War affect Fidel Castro’s rule?
3. “Cuba, unlike other Latin American countries, has created a true social revolution.”
How valid is this assessment of the impact of Castro’s regime upon Cuba?
4. To what extent has the history of the U.S. – Cuban interactions help create Castro’s
Cuba?
5. How successful has the U.S. been in its economic embargo against Cuba?
6. What historical social and economic factors contributed to the Cuban revolution?
7. Analyze Cuba – U.S. relations from 1930 – 1965
8. Discuss the impact of foreign influences upon the Cuban Revolution.
9. Analyze the evolution of the leadership of the revolutionary Cuban government from
its 1959 origins to 1962.
10. Evaluate the success of the Cuban Revolution.
11. Assess the reasons for the long survival of Fidel Castro’s regime in Cuba.