1. Article Quest Learning Centers
Latin American Issues
Article Quest Learning Centers

2. Today you will: Learn about the issues Latin America faces.
Read an article at each of the five learning stations and complete the activity that goes with it.
Be thorough as these articles relate to questions on the unit test.
Articles will be on blog, so what you do not finish in class you will need to access at home and complete.

3. Introduction to the Issues
How doo Drug Cartels in Mexico Impact American Lives?

4. Issues/Center Drugs (take notes) Corruption (questions)
Gangs (take notes)
Corruption (questions)
Child Migrants (questions)
Environmental (mind map)
Urban Issues (Make an open-ended Socratic Seminar question using the “12 Powerful Words” and ANSWER your question)

5. Corruption ?’s Child Migrant ?’s
Explain political corruption.
Identify the levels of corruption. List the top 3 MOST corrupt and the 3 LEAST corrupt (see the chart and do NOT use the US and Canada)
Explain the factors that have contributed to the corruption in Latin America?
Explain how Mara Salvatrucha contributes to child migrants.
Identify three reasons why child migrants come to the United States.

6. Rio’s Favela Wars Part I: ( 8 minutes) https://www. youtube. com/watch
60 Minutes:  Mexico’s Drug War. (11 minutes)   
Guatemala’s Corrupt Prez (short video link at bottom…2 minutes)