Curated OER
History of Modern Cuba
Set the context for the often-strained relationship between the US and Cuba with this informative and entertaining presentation. From political cartoons to photographs of Fidel Castro and Fulgencio Batista, as well as heartbreaking...
Curated OER
Big Trouble in the New Frontier: The Bay of Pigs
Eleventh graders explore the Bay of Pigs invasion and defend both sides of the issue.
Curated OER
Fulgencio Batista
The BBC provides a timeline of key events in Cuban history starting in 1492 when Christopher Columbus claimed Cuba for Spain until the present. Video and audio news included.
National Archives (UK)
Learning Curve: Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis
This resource provides information about Cuba's history and Castro's rise to power, the development of the relationship between Cuba and the USSR, a description of the events of the crisis, Kennedy's response to the discovery of Soviet...
BBC
Bbc: News: Timeline: Cuba
The BBC provides a timeline of key events in Cuban history starting in 1492 when Christopher Columbus claimed Cuba for Spain until the present. Video and audio news included.
Read Works
Read Works: Honeymoon in Havana
[Free Registration/Login Required] An interview with Monica Rossi who was traveling to Cuba during Castro's revolt in 1959. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Fidel Castro 2nd Declaration
This site contains the text of a speech delivered by Castro on February 4, 1962 titled "The Second Declaration of Havana." In this speech you can see Castro's Marxist-Leninist ideology.
Other
Cuba 100 Anos Despues: Sumario 1895 1959
Online summary in Spanish of the history of the Republic of Cuba from 1895 to 1959.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Fidel Castro
This site contains the text of Castro's speech "On the Export of Revolution." Castro talks about what he believes the Cuban revolution has taught the world.