Viva La Revolucion-Honors World Studies
After the Spanish conquistadors colonized Central and South America there were many social and
political changes for the people that lived there. Leaders arose during this time starting many political
and cultural revolutions along with social changes. As a class we will create a timeline of Latin American
revolutionaries the final assignment will be a picture of your revolutionary with a Thesis statement
answering the question. “Was this person a revolutionary?” You will also need 5 pieces of evidence to
prove your thesis to be true.
Assignment 1: Type your answers in the Word Document and place them in my
dropbox. Go to Homedirs, Revolutionary project, Assignment 1
Definitions
10 facts each about 2 Latin America figures from the list
Due:_____
Before you can research these revolutionary people you must first define the vocabulary. Write all of
your answers on a separate piece of paper.
KCLS data bases that might help:
Latino American Experience
American Indian History Online
***You can also use other data bases or Encyclopedias (World book , ABC Cleo or Culture Grams)
Define:
1) Political Revolution:
Describe 2 historical examples of political revolutions:
2) Cultural Revolution:
Describe 2 historical examples of cultural revolutions:
3) Social Change:
Describe 2 historical examples of social change:
Now you will choose 2 important Latin American leaders from the attached list spend some time
researching them and choose one (you researched 2 in case you don’t get your first choice). Once you
have chosen you will sign up for that person and answer the following questions about them.
List of leaders:
Salvador Allende – First Democratically Elected
Marxist Chilean President
*Tupac Amaru II – Indigenous Leader in Peru against
Spanish
*Jose Maria Morelos – Mexican Priest and
Revolutionary
*Mariano Moreno – Argentine Writer and Lawyer
*Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Ayala – Charismatic Colombian
Politician
*Simon Bolivar – Leader of Latin America’s
independence movement from Spain
*Bernardo O’Higgins – Chilean landowner fought the
Spanish for Chilean Independence
*Jose Antonio Paez – Venezuelan General and
President
*Jose Miguel Carrera – Chilean Hero of
Independence
Eva Peron – First Lady of Agentina
*Fidel Castro – Cuban Revolutionary and Politician
Juan Peron – Argentine President
*Camilo Cienfuegos – Cuban Revolutionary
Augusto Pinochet – Chilean Army General
Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia – First Leader of
Paraguay after independence
Carlos Prats Gonzalez – Chilean Army Officer and
V.P.
*Che Guevara – Argentine Marxist Revolutionary
*Diego Rivera – Mexican Painter and Muralist
*Miguel Hidalgo – Mexican Priest and Leader
*Augusto Cesar Sandino – Nicaraguan Revolutionary
*Agustin de Iturbide – Leader in the fight for
Mexican Independence
*Jose de San Martin – Liberator of Argentina and
Chile
*Benito Juarez – Mexican Lawyer and Politician
*Francisco de Paula Santander – Colombian Lawyer
*Toussaint L’Ouverture – Freedom Fighter in Haiti
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna – Mexican Emperor
*Jose Carlos Mariategui – Peruvian Journalist
considered to be the founder of the
Communist party of Peru
*Raul Sendic – Tupamaro Leader
*Farabundo Marti – Social Activist and Revolutionary
Leader in El Salvador
*Jose Marti – Cuban Revolutionary and Poet
*Francisco de Miranda – Venezuelan Patriot and
Revolutionary
*Pancho Villa – Mexican Revolutionary General
*Emiliano Zapata – Leader in the Mexican Revolution
Can you think of other leaders/revolutionaries which
may work for this project?
Assignment 2: : Type your answers in the Word Document and place them in my
dropbox. Go to Homedirs, Revolutionary project, Assignment 2
Answer the questions below
Write and answer 3 of your own research questions and answer them
Due:____
Essential Question: Is this person revolutionary?
Questions to ponder as you do research: Which type of revolutionary? How did they impact the
people in their country? Why did they react the way they did? What if they had not been born?
Mrs. Olsson- 1st step of thesis:
Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper:
1) What type of revolutionary was your person?
2) What was happening in the country of your revolutionary during their lifetimes?
3) How did they become involved in the change?
4) How did your revolutionary influence the change?
5) What were the lasting consequences of your revolutionary’s life?
6) Write your own questions:
Write 3 questions that came up as you were researching and label whether you think they are organizing
questions or elaborating questions.
Assignment 3: : Type your answers in the Word Document and place them in my
dropbox. Go to Homedirs, Revolutionary project, Assignment 3
1) Write your thesis-due 10/28
2) Write 5 pieces of evidence to support it- Due 10/30
What is a thesis statement?
When you present a project, you must make a point about your topic. To do this, you must develop your
own argument of the historical impact of the person, event, pattern or idea you are studying. The point
you make is called a thesis statement. A thesis statement is not the same as a topic. Your thesis
statement explains what you believe to be the impact and significance of your topic in history.
Topic: Thomas Paine
Thesis Statement: Thomas Paine’s tract “Common Sense” became one of the most influential pieces of
writing in history. Not only were the words “sovereignty of the people and written constitutions together
with effective checks and balances” revolutionary in thought, but they also became those which sparked
the American Revolution.
A good thesis statement should answer yes to the following questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Is it about a subject where reasonable people could disagree?
Is it a subject that I can deal with in this assignment?
Does it express one main idea?
Does it assert conclusions about a subject?
Choose your topic:
Thomas Paine.
This fragment isn’t a thesis statement. Instead, it simply indicates a general subject. Furthermore, your
reader doesn’t know what you want to say about Thomas Paine.
Narrow your topic:
After reading about Thomas, I have come to several conclusions about him as a revolutionary. Now my
thesis statement looks like this
Thomas Paine’s writing was influential to the American Revolution.
This fragment not only announces your subject, but it focuses on the fact that you think he was
revolutionary in some way. Furthermore, it raises a subject upon which reasonable people could
disagree, because while most people might agree that he was influential in the American
Revolution, some may not. You should note that this fragment is not a thesis statement because
your reader doesn’t know your conclusions on the topic.
Take a position on the topic:
After reflecting on the topic a little while longer, you decide that what you really want to say
about this topic is that Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” stirred up the colonists and created the
first successful anticolonial action in modern history.
You revise your thesis statement to look like this:
Thomas Paine’s tract “Common Sense” became one of the most influential
pieces of writing in history. Not only were the words “sovereignty of the
people and written constitutions together with effective checks and balances”
revolutionary in thought, but they also became those which sparked the
American Revolution.
Notice how the thesis answers the question, “In what ways was Thomas Paine a revolutionary?”
When you started thinking about the paper, you may not have had a specific question in mind,
but as you became more involved in the topic, your ideas became more specific. Your thesis
changed to reflect your new insights.
Assignment 4:
Due: 10/30
Final revolutionary assignments:
Please turn your final assignment in to turnitin.com
Your final assignment will include the following information:
3 revised research questions
Thesis
5 pieces of evidence
Ex.
Name:
1) research questions
2) Question
3) Question
Thesis:
Evidence:
1) Fact
2) Fact
3) Fact
4) Fact
5) Fact
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