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Cuba in the Classroom

• Crystal Dunkin
• St. Marys Ryken High School
• Lindsay Emple
• Charles County

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Cuba How and Why
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Cuba
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Activities

• Hemingway Day
• Cuban Museum of Art
• Visit to Havana University
• Boat ride through a cave
• Tour of coffee cigar plantations
• Cigar rolling factory
• Lectures speakers
• Visits to markets
• Visit an elementary school, geriatric center
  neighborhood doctor
• Museums, shows restaurants

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Lesson Plan Ideas

• Take Me to Cuba
• Mercado experience
• Jobs currency
• Music Art

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Activity 1 setting the stage

• Take Me to Cuba Travel Guide
• travel guides using the internet
• following prompts guided notes
• i.e. Things to think about transportation
  issues etc.
• Students used authentic materials
• Real life skills
• Ownership investment

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Mercado Experience
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Mercado Activity

• Lesson Objective
• Students will interpret the Cuban currency
  system.
• Students will negotiate for fruit and vegetable
  prices using Cuban currency in the target
  language.
• Lesson Procedures
• The teacher will give direct instruction on the
  two types of currency in Cuba (CUC and CUP)
  including how to convert prices from the United
  States into the Cuban currencies.
• After some practice, the teacher will begin a
  market skit in the target language. The teacher
  will ask students to arrange the desks into a
  giant U shape. The students will be split into
  two groups salesmen (vendedores) and clients
  (clientes).
• Each client will be given a shopping list that
  will include many of the agricultural products
  grown in Cuba. The shopping list will also give
  the shopper a total budget in CUCs.
• Each vendor will get a product card that shows
  what theyll be selling. The vendors will also
  get a profit goal for the day, but that will be
  listed in CUPs.
• The vendors will take their places behind their
  store, and the shoppers will purchase items on
  their lists. They will have 25 minutes to get
  their shopping done. During this time, they may
  not speak any English.
• Finally, The students will write a reflection on
  their mercado experience

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Which profession would you choose?
Teacher
Bus driver
Doctor
entertainer
Model
Police officer
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Vamos al cine

• Authentic material! (zachary-jones.com)
• Plan a date to the movie, determine cost of
  tickets and snacks.
• How many hours would you work to be able to
  afford our date?

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Guantanamera
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Trip to Adult Day Care
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Guantanamera

• Lesson Objective Students will analyze and
  interpret Cuban poetry and music.
• Lesson Procedures
• First, the teacher will hand out lyrics in
  English and Spanish to the song Guantanamera.
• Next, teacher will lead a listening comprehension
  activity using the lyrics.
• Then, the teacher will review José Martís role
  in the creation of Guantanamera.
• The students will be split into groups.
• First, the student groups will be assigned a
  verse of Guantanamera. In groups, they will
  analyze their verse before sharing with the
  class.
• Then, the teacher will discuss how the Cuban
  people used Guantanamera to share information.
• Each group will write and perform their own verse
  to Guantanamera in Spanish.
• Finally, Students will explain whether it was
  difficult or easy for you to write your own verse
  to Guantanamera.

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Te toca!
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Contact Us!

• Crystal Dunkin
• St. Marys Ryken High School
• Crystal.dunkin_at_smrhs.org
• Lindsay Emple
• Charles County
• Lemple_at_ccboe.com