1. History of Latin America
Connecting Theme: Conflicts and Change
(Continuation from the previous week)

2. Standards SS6H1 Explain conflict and change in Latin America.
I can explain the impact of the Cuban Revolution and describe the current relationship between Cuba and the United States.
January and February are exciting months when we learn about different people who made positive impacts on our world. Each six grade gifted/honor student will complete a “Biography Bottle Book Report” on a person who he/she feels is a role model and has made the world a better place.

3. Instructional Strategies
History Board:The teacher will print off the Cuban Revolution History Board handout for each student.The students will create a storyboard of the major events of the Cuban Revolution. The students will write a brief description under each caption and draw a colorful illustration for each event.
Get Your Game On:The students will create a video game about the Cuban Revolution. On the front (right side), they will design an all-encompassing cover about the Cuban Revolution. On the back (left side) they will draw one exciting “level” and summarizes it in the textbox.
A Cuban Refugee’s Postcard:The students will imagine that they are Cuban refugees who have escaped life in Cuba and are starting a new life in Miami. They will write a postcard to a family member or a friend still on the island & describe how different life is now that they are no longer living under Castro’s Communist regime.On the front, they will draw an illustration
Research/Complete/Present PopBottle: Students will present their findings.

4. Students will be celebrating
heritage month.

5. Integrating the Arts/Celebrating Black History Month
Students will be presenting their pop bottle presentations this week (FEB. 28).
This rubric will be used to grade each project (100 points):
 Submitted name of famous person approval on time (10
points)
 Turned in “Bottle Buddy” and report on time (10 points)
 “Bottle Buddy” represents famous person (30 points)
 Book report form completed correctly (30 points)
 Report is neatly written (10 points)
 Correct spelling (10 points)

6. Students completed this
assignment.

8. Formative Assessment
Comprehension Check:The students will complete this handout at the end of the lesson. The teacher will count this as a quiz!
Ticket Out the Door: Recycle It :The teacher will have the students connect today’s lesson with something that they’ve previously learned. *Most will make the connection between this information and what they learned about the Cold War. They will explain how the “recycled material” relates to the new concepts from today’s lesson.

9. Students
were able
To explain
the impact of poverty ,and the war on drugs