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    • FICTION FOR THE MYD
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    • IB History >
      • 2016 - 18 >
        • Paper 1
        • Paper 2 >
          • P2 COLD WAR >
            • 1. Rivalry, Mistrust Accord >
              • Korea
              • The Thaw
              • End of the Cold War
            • 2. Cold War Leaders and Nations
            • 3. Cold War Crises
        • Paper 3
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          • China 1949 - 2005 >
            • Consolidation of the Communist State
            • Transition to socialism
            • Social Devleopments
            • Cultural Revolution
            • Foreign Policy
            • Post Mao
            • China under Deng
            • Developments in China 1989 - 2005
        • Cold War Conflicts in Asia >
          • Cambodia
          • Malaya >
            • VIdeo resource
            • Causes and course of the Conflict
            • Results and comparison with other CW Crises
          • Afghanistan
        • History Extended Essay
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      • The First World War >
        • World War One in film and documentaries
        • World War One books and additional reading
        • 1. Causes: The Alliance system
        • 2. Growth Tension, IGCSE
        • 3. Struggle Balkans, IGCSE
        • 4. Schlieffen Plan and Deadlock
        • 5. The War at Sea and Gallipoli
        • 6. The Defeat of Germany
      • Stalin's Russia >
        • Stalin at the library
        • Stalin at the movies
        • Background to Stalin
        • Leadership struggle
        • Collectivisation and 5YP
        • Purges
        • Life in the SU
        • Second World War and after
      • China IGCSE unit >
        • China Videos
        • China in Literature section
        • 1. China 1900 - 34
        • 2. China 1934 - 49
        • 3. China Under Mao 1949 - 63
        • 4. China 1965 - 76 Cultural Revolution
        • 5. China, 1976 - 89
      • USA: Divided Union 1945-74 >
        • Red Scare
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        • The impact of civil rights protests 1960-74
        • Protest Movements
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      • Year 7 - Native Americans >
        • 1. Introduction to discoveries
        • 2. Who were the first Americans?
        • 3. Discovery and wonder
        • 4. Sioux investigation
        • 5. Sources and assessment
        • 6. The loss of Native American land
        • 7. Why go west?
        • 8. The Oregon Trail simulation
        • 9. Encounters
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        • Unpacking the statement
        • Introduction to China
        • The research phase
        • PEAL
        • How do systems compare
        • Assessment
        • Reflection
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        • Vietnam homepage >
          • 1. Vietnam immersion
          • 2. Vietnam 1945 - 54
          • 3. The US invasion of Vietnam
          • 4. What was fighting like in Vietnam?
          • 5. The US soldier's experience
          • 6. Protests and legacy
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          • 2. The Modest Hero
          • 3. Genocide overview
          • 4. Causes of the Holocaust
          • 5. How could this happen?
          • 6. What happened at Auschwitz?
          • 7. Assessment
          • 8. Genocide in History
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    • Unit 1: Power, Sovereignty & IR >
      • POWER REVISION SECTION
      • 1.1 Defining Power
      • 1.2 Theories of Power
      • 1.3 Types of Power
      • 1.4 Defining legitimacy
      • 2.1 Emergence of Nation States
      • 2.2 Applying Sovereignty
      • 2.3 Social Contract
      • 2.4 Nation States and Political Systems
      • 2.4b Political Systems and states
      • 3.1 Inter-governmental Organisations
      • 3.2 Role and Existence of NGOs
      • 3.3 Violent Protest Movements
      • 3.4 Social Movements
      • 3.5 Political Parties
      • 3.6 Informal Forums
      • 4.1 Global Governance
      • 4.2 Treaties and Collective Security
      • 4.3 Economic Cooperation
      • 4.5 Interstate and Intrastate War
      • 4.6 Terrorism
      • Theory reading
    • Unit 2: Human Rights >
      • Human Rights websites
      • 1. Defining Human Rights
      • 2. UN Declaration on Human Rights >
        • Developments in Human Rights
      • 3. Human Rights as a Western Construction
      • 4. Multi-lateralism and bi-lateralism
      • 5. Non-governmental
      • 5a Other Rights Conventions
      • 6a) Codification of HR Law
      • 6. The ICC >
        • ICC Sudan Genocide case
      • 7. Claims on Human Rights
      • 8. Violations of Human Rights
      • 9. Violations of Human Rights
      • 10. Cultural Relativism
      • 11. Politicisation of Human Rights
    • Unit 3: Development >
      • 1.1 Defining Development
      • 1.2 Measuring Development
      • 2. Factors Affecting Development
      • Political Factors Affecting Development
      • 3.1 Models of development
      • 3.2 The Capability approach
      • 3.3 Approaches for Developing Economy
      • 3.4 Approaches for Developing Society
      • 4.1 Globalisation and development
      • 4.2 Sustainable Development
      • 4.3 Inequality and Development
      • Interesting video resources
    • Unit 4: Peace & Conflict >
      • 1. Contested meanings conflict >
        • Defining Peace
        • Conflict and Violence
        • Types of conflict
        • Balance of Power Theory
        • Justifications of violence
      • 2. Causes / Parties to conflict >
        • Causes of conflict
        • 2. Greed and grievance
        • 3. Parties to conflict
      • 3. Evolution of conflict >
        • Conflict dynamics and manifestations
        • Third party intervention
      • 4. Conflict resolution >
        • Peacekeeping and peacebuilding
      • Territorial Disputes
    • IA: Engagement Activity
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Castro's Rise to Power

consolidation
domestic impact

1. Getting an overview of Castro's Rise to Power

Research target: Cornell Note Taking Strategy                                                                                                                          Starter
a) Use the Cornell method to take notes from the audio visual source:
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b) Class discussion: can we identify any similarities with Hitler's Rise to Power? Use the following headings to help you:
WEAKNESS OF OPPOSITION, CONTEXT, CHARISMA OF LEADER/PARTY

2. Political changes in Cuba 1944-52: Batista's Coup

Thinking Skills: Working with Alternate View Points

Read the Document on Cuba under Batista for an overview of Cuba before Castro, to help give context for the changing governments activity. Then complete the "batista government and castro appeal sources" activity which explains more about Castro's RTP
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3. How did events in 1952-59 help Castro to power?


1. Make sure you finish completing your role cards from last lesson and add them to your Google Site.

2. Open the document  'Rise to Power 1952-9' (ignore the 'overview' section). 
i) Complete tasks 1-3 on the sheet, answering on your Google Site
ii) For Task 2 you will need a log in: wishistory & a password: history89 There is a cornell note taking frame belowto help you take notes. Your focus is events 1952-59.
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4. Developing analysis from the narrative: Context, Role of Leader, Weakness of Opposition/Alternatives

Research: Selecting and Categorising information when you have a defined analytical structure
a) What was the US' attitude to Castro's Rise to Power?
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b)  Download the 'Castro RTP Source Analysis' frame above.
i) Read ​Matthew’s article and analysis: annotate/highlight in 4 colours (role of leader, social divisions and economic factors, tactics (force, persuasion, propaganda) and ideology. 

ii) Watch the anti-Mathew's video. How does this affect our notions about him as a primary source? Add point of view to notes in a different colour.

​c) Using the sources available, find evidence to support/contradict the point of view of the Matthews article. Add them to your frame in a third colour.

d) Now organise each column into a 'claim' - 'counter-claim' structure through subheadings/cutting pasting.

e) Using your notes from previous lessons, develop each column.
f) Read pp 75 to 79 in the Gray text. In pairs, write a fictional, but historically accurate, conversation between Batista and Castro. It is a chance meeting in 1959 and the two are arguing about who should take power. Script this conversation. Include references to Operation Verano and M-26-7 urban cells. Perform your script with gusto. Concentrate on referring only to events in the years 1956 to 1959.
Some interesting activities to make your essays 'pop':
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