1. Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution

2. 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.

3. Che Guevara 4:52 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeISza-JQD4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeISza-JQD4

4. STOP Get up and grab a reading on Castro

5. 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

6. What is Cuba Like Today? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhkLWR axUJUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhkLWR axUJU 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?

7. What’s Next? Raul Castro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQROtOXx9rg (3:31) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQROtOXx9rg 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