Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Latin American Revolutions/Crash Course World History

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

9

Overview

John Green talks about the many revolutions of Latin America in the 19th century. At the beginning of the 1800s, Latin America was firmly under the control of Spain and Portugal. The revolutionary zeal that had recently created the United States and had taken off Louis XVI's head in France arrived in South America, and a racially diverse group of people who felt more South American than European took over. John covers the soft revolution of Brazil, in which Prince Pedro boldly seized power from his father, but promised to give it back if King João ever returned to Brazil. He also covers the decidedly more violent revolutions in Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina. Watch the video to see Simón Bolívar's dream of a United South America crushed, even as he manages to liberate a bunch of countries and get two currencies and about a thousand schools and parks named after him.

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    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 9 - World History

    SS10.WH.8

    Compare revolutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Haiti, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.WH.8

    Vocabulary

    • revolutions
    • Latin America
    • Creoles
    • Mestizos
    • plantation
    • Cabildos
    • Indians
    • class system
    • maroons
    • voodoo
    • "Night of Fire"
    • mulattos
    • yellow fever
    • liberator
    • royalist
    • campaign

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The location Latin American and Caribbean countries, including Haiti, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.
    • Contributing factors in revolutionary movements, including causes, outside and internal influences, political thought, social changes, and any other factors important to a particular revolution. Social and political realities of indigenous populations in Latin American and the Caribbean.
    • Leaders of the Mexican revolutions such as: Miguel Hidalgo, Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Jose Maria Morelos, Santa Anna, Benito Juareze, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata; liberator Simon Bolivar; in Haiti ,Toussaint L'Ouverture, Jean Jaques Dessalines, Jose Tomas Boves.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Utilize maps of various types for appropriate purposes.
    • Compare and contrast historical events using a variety of secondary and primary resources.
    • Use maps, globes, and other geographic tools to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There were both similarities and differences among revolutions that occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Audio/Video

    Resource Provider

    PBS
    Accessibility

    Accessibility

    Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
    License

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    Custom
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