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Latin American Independence Movements

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Latin American Independence Movements

URL:

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-3/social-consequences-of-revolutionary-ideals-lesson/v/latin-america-indepence

Content Source:

Other
Khan Academy

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

This video from Khan Academy is an overview of a series of independence movements in the Americas in the late 1700s and early 1800s which were sparked by the Enlightenment and conflict in Europe. This includes revolutions that will lead to the United States, Haiti, Mexico, Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina. The video can be used to introduce a lesson on comparing revolutions in Latin America and the Caribbeans. The video is 5 minutes and 48 seconds in length.

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 9
World History: 1500 to the Present

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

• Identifying the location of countries in Latin America

Unpacked Content

Strand: Geography, History, Civics and Government

Course Title: World History: 1500 to the Present

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Compare and contrast similarities and differences among revolutions that occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Teacher 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.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.9.8- List the causes and effects of the revolutions in Latin America and the Caribbean including Haiti, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.

Tags:

Chili, Haiti, Mexico, revolutions in Latin America and the Caribbeans, Venezuela

License Type:

Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
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Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

Comments

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

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Latin American Independence Movements