Fidel Castro and the Cuban

Revolution

Castro’s Rise to Power• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ24jmIHIUk

• Explain Castro’s educational career.• Besides getting a law degree, what else do you think he

learned in college?• Explain how Castro seized power including over whom.• What caused tension between the USA and Cuba in the

early 1960s? WHY?• What were some positive contributions of Castro in

Cuba and outside Cuba?• Why did Cubans flee Cuba to come to the USA?• Is Castro a totalitarian dictator? EXPLAIN FULLY.

Che Guevara

4:52 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeISza-JQD4

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• Get up and grab a reading on Castro

Castro• Cuban dictator who took power through his

military and revolutions by overthrowing Batista• Brought communism to Cuba (what does that

give the people?)• SUPPORTED by the Soviet Union• Conflict with USA – Cuban Missile Crisis• Helps countries in Africa • 2006 turned power over to his brother…will

things change or get better in Cuba? This is still unclear.

• Fidel Castro was leader from 1959 to 2006

What is Cuba Like Today?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhkLWRaxUJU

• Describe Cuba today. • Why are people in Cuba worried or

uncertain now that Castro has not been in the public eye so much?

• Why is Cuba “frozen in time?”• What is rationing in Cuba?• How does the Cuban economy survive?

What’s Next?• Raul Castro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQROtOXx9rg

(3:31)

• Relations with the US • Raul Castro Calls for Change at the Top in Cuba • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO3PNsl5Z_0• Raul Castro re-elected as Cuban President Speech 1 Min 7 sec• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S902-r8vYp4• Raul Castro Calls for better US relations 2013 - 2 min 28 sec *very

informative• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OZdB-9H1os• Cubas Raul Castro announce retirement in 2018- Future leader

introduced 53 seconds • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwMfwtxdNBo