Cuba Super Webquest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbrdpr7xtY0

Welcome to Your "Super Cuban Webquest". In this lesson you will explore key facts about this wonderful island which is firstly the largest island in the Caribbean and our nearest neighbour. This lesson will seek to incorporate all branches of Social Studies. These are : History, Geography and Social Studies

After lesson you should be able to:

- explain the history of cuba

- describe cuba's natural resources and culture

- identify Cuba on a map

Get together in pairs.

Firstly, work together with your partner and view the map of the caribbean

Working with your pair, identify Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands,The Gulf Of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea

Today We will be keying in on the island Cuba. After watching this video, please recall at least three resources of Cuba.

Also Take a look back at the map of the Caribbean. Identify the grid address of Cuba in terms of longitude and latitude. Please feel free to revise the concept.

Also in your pairs identify the natural resources of cuba

- Four national  symbols of Cuba

- The government system of cuba

Finally create a song or poem about Cuba

Please complete evaluation by reflecting on what you learnt throughout the lesson.

After lesson I learnt that:

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 In 1895,José Martí led Cubans in a fight for independence from Spain.With aid from the United States,Cuba gained its freedom.After the war,U.S.Army forces remained in Cuba. Most Cubans wanted to rule themselves.In 1902,the U.S. Army withdrew from Cuba,but the Navy kept a large base there. For many years,dictators ruled Cuba.In the 1950s,Fidel Castro began a revolutionary movement.He became the head of the Cuban government in 1959. He promised that Cuba would have no more dictators.

Castro took power during the Cold War,when the United States and the Soviet Union struggled for worldwide power. The Soviet Union provided Cuba with weapons.The Soviet Union practiced Communism.Castro soon adopted Communist policies,too.The Cuban government took over many businesses that had been owned by United States companies.

The island is 1,250 km long and 191 km across its widest point.

The three blue stripes are the symbols of the original three provinces. The triangle is a masonic symbol, here signifying liberty, equality and fraternity. The red colour is the blood sacrifices by the Cuban patriots.

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