Lesson 4.2-3: Resistance in Latin American and Puerto Rican History: Timeline of the Movers and the Shakers
Overview
Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms
Resistance heroes and sheroes (some examples)
Pedro Albizu Campos
Hernan Badilla
Ramon Emeterio Betances
Miguel Hidalgo
Jose Marti
Vidal Santiago Diaz
Arturo Schomburg
Lolita Lebron
Blanca Canales
Marianna Bracetti
Dominga de La Cruz Becerril
Isabel Rosado
U.S. relationship with resistance heroes
Materials/Resources/Speakers
Pedro Albizu Campos leads the Puerto Rican independence movement
BIOGRAPHY – PEDRO ALBIZU Book: CAMPOS
Chapter 12: The Nationalist from War Against all Puerto Ricans. Author: Nelson A Denis
Pedro Albizu Campos - Lessons in Independence |
Who is Albizu Campos (Trailer)
José Martí - Poemas de José Martí
Nuestra América and Nuestra América (English Version)
Juan Santamaria History(Costa Rica)
Lolita Lebron - Person of the Year 2010 - TIME
The Defense of Lolita Lebron: An Interview With Conrad Lynn
Remembering Puerto Rican Activist Lolita Lebron
What We Can Learn From The 1954 Capitol Attack By Puerto Rican Nationalists
Recommended Learning Activities, including UDL Principles/Scaffolded Supports and Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning Opportunities
Day 1
Initiation: Using background information on Pedro Albizu Campos, invite students to investigate other figures from Latin America (some figures listed above). Have students generate questions that they would like to answer about these heroes and sheroes.
Activity: After students generate questions about one of the figures above, have each student choose one person, and find information and a biography by doing research. Have students use a graphic organizer to organize their learning. Students write a monologue about the person they chose and read the monologue to the class or record ahead of time and share. Students share monologues/recordings.
Alternate Activity: Pedro Albizu Campos- War Against All Puerto Ricans: Inside the U.S. Crackdown on Pedro Albizu Campos & Nationalist Party - YouTube (26:11). Ask students to answer and discuss the following questions with each other: Who was Pedro Albizu Campos? Why is he so important not only for Puerto Ricans, but for All of the United States? In the video when Nelson Denis said, “What happens in Puerto Rico never happened at all?”, what does he mean?
Closing: Students discuss and reflect what surprised and inspired them about “these Movers and Shakers.”
Home Links/Reflections to Affirm Identity
Watch The Chicana Experience in the Chicano Movement with family member or friend and discuss “movers and shakers” in your family and community.
Options for Content Continuity Across History Courses and Interdisciplinary Integration
English
Spanish
Humanities
Sociology
Anthropology
Extensions/Experiential Opportunities
Exploring coexistence through resistance and revolution. The Dominican Republican and Haiti are two halves on a whole island.
Read Haitian and Dominican Freedom Struggles in the Nineteenth Century
Students research how the themes of resistance and revolution have manifested in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Have the two cultures worked with and against one another to achieve freedom? Explain why or why not.