Focus: Cuba during the 1990’s Special Period of economic crisis after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Perspective: American cartoonist, Bill Griffith
Teacher Instructions
Student Activities
English Student Activities
Activity 1 – Cuba: The Reality Tour
Spanish Student Activities
Supplements to Activities
Cuba: The Reality Tour (cartoon for Activity 1 (English) and and Actividad 4 (Spanish))
Reading on the Special Period (reading for Activity 2)
Cuba Uncovered: Zippy Goes to Cuba (cartoon for Activity 3)
Silvío Rodriguez sings of the Special Period
Silvío Rodríguez, Singer and Author: The History, Culture, and Legacy of the People of Cuba