Cuba Journey: The Experiences of Two U.S. Journalists Living in Havana, Cuba from 2002 – 2007

Lesson Plans

Guantanemera and the Cuban Revolution
http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/pier/resources/lessons/caribbean/guantamera.htm

U.S.- Cuban Relations
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/us-cuba/#sug

Maps of Cuba

http://www.bugbog.com/images/maps/cuba_map.jpg
http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Havana/cuba-map.jpg

Historical Resources

http://www.historyofnations.net/northamerica/cuba.html
Brief History of Cuba from its discovery until today.

http://www.turnerlearning.com/cnn/coldwar/cuba/cuba_tml.html
Timeline of U.S.-Cuba relations beginning with the Cuban Revolution.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04558c.htm
1908 Catholic Encyclopedic entry on Cuba, Cuban statistics, cultural characteristics, and its history as of 1907

Videos Available from Kellogg Institute Lending Library

Che Guevara: Restless Revolutionary
An A&E documentary surrounding Guevara’s life, involvement in forming Castro’s Cuba, and his iconic status today. 50 minutes.

Cuba and Haiti
A Lonely Planet documentary following a man as he ventures through the undeveloped realities of modern Cuba. 48 minutes.

News Matters: Cuba and the U.S.— Feuding Neighbors
Using the Elian Gonzalez controversy to focus interest and provoke discussion, this program reviews the main developments in Cuban-American relations since Castro's overthrow of Batista. 18 minutes.

Other Resources

List of Cuba-related resources (cultural, political, historical) in Spanish
http://clas.osu.edu/cyberspace/cuba.html

Notre Dame Faculty List

Thomas Anderson
Associate Professor; Undergraduate Coordinator, Program in Iberian and Latin American Studies
tanders6@nd.edu
www.nd.edu/~romlang/faculty/anderson.html
Geographic focus: Latin America (Caribbean)
Thematic interests: Hispanic Caribbean literature; postrevolutionary Cuban fiction.

Rev. Robert Pelton, csc
Concurrent Professor, Theology; Director, Latin American/North American Church Concerns
rpelton@nd.edu
www.nd.edu/~theo
Geographic focus: Latin America
Thematic interests: The Catholic Church; ecclesial base communities; liberation theology; the Cuban Church.