Cuban Revolution and Missile Crisis Interactive Lesson
By Micah's Learning Resources
An interactive lesson on the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis for grades 8 to 12. Students follow Cuba from Batista's 1952 coup to the thirteen days of October 1962 through a timeline, a clickable map of the crisis, six primary source documents and a self-grading quiz. A printable worksheet with a separate answer key and a full teacher page are built in. What's Included: - A timeline of 16 events from Batista's coup in March 1952 to Operation Anadyr in 1962, with a debate on whether the US pushed Castro toward Moscow - A day-by-day account of the thirteen days, October 16 to 28, 1962, including Black Saturday - An interactive map of 14 locations: the missile sites, the quarantine line, submarine B-59, Washington, the United Nations, Moscow and the Jupiter missiles in Turkey, with filters for missile, naval and diplomatic sites - Six primary source excerpts: Castro's "History Will Absolve Me", Kennedy's October 22 address, Khrushchev's October 26 letter, Robert Kennedy's memoir, Adlai Stevenson at the UN and Castro's letter to Khrushchev, with six analysis questions - A 15 question quiz drawn from a bank of 25 that grades itself and explains every answer - A printable worksheet: 10 multiple choice, 10 events to put in order, 3 short answer questions and a document analysis, with the answer key printed separately - A teacher page with learning objectives, a three-day pacing plan, six topics with talking points, four discussion questions with suggested answers, 12 v
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