Grade Range: 9-12Resource Type(s): Lessons & ActivitiesDuration: 100 MinutesDate Posted: 7/7/2008
In this lesson plan, students will research the events of the Cuban revolution and their effect on U.S.-Cuban relations and U.S. foreign policy by utilizing Celia Cruz's personal experience. They will then prepare a story about the revolution as if they were members of a television news team reporting on the events of the time. This lesson is a resource included in the online exhibition entitled ¡Azúcar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz.
Discovery learning, Multimedia instruction, Museum education, Large Group instruction
This is a Bata Cubana, or Cuban Rumba dress, donated to the Smithsonian by Celia Cruz, the great ...
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