Cuba at the Crossroads was prepared by Elise Weisenbach for Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies Summer Teacher Institute, Havana, Cuba, 2016 

Unit Introduction and Credits

Lessons

Lesson 1 90 Miles Eleguá
Focus: Cuban culture, migration, music; Afro-Cuban contributions to music and religion
Perspective: Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan

Lesson 2 Cuba: The Reality Tour
Focus: Cuba during the 1990’s Special Period of economic crisis after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Perspective: American cartoonist, Bill Griffith

Lesson 3 Superheroes of the 21st Century
Focus: normalization of US relations with Cuba
Perspective: Cuban artist Pablo Borges; Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco

Note to Teachers
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