Alabama Social Studies SS24.WH.3a
The Standard
- SS24.WH.3
- Explain the causes and outcomes of the revolutions of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Identify the locations of colonial empires and post-revolutionary countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students locate major colonial territories in Latin America and the Caribbean on a dated map. They then find countries that gained independence and name the empires that had ruled them.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can place Mexico, Brazil, Haiti, and Gran Colombia on an 1825 map. They can identify Cuba as Spanish and Jamaica as British on that same map.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often color all of Latin America as Spanish, missing Portuguese Brazil and French Saint-Domingue. They may also assume every Caribbean island gained independence when Haiti did.
How to Assess It
- Give students blank maps dated 1800 and 1825. Ask them to label Spanish New Spain, Portuguese Brazil, and French Saint-Domingue in 1800, then Mexico, Brazil, Haiti, and Spanish Cuba in 1825.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs two dated maps and tracing paper. Have them outline colonial territories in 1800 and independent countries in 1825.
Show maps from 1800 and 1825. Ask students to write which places changed rulers and which remained colonies.
Play a map-label relay: teams place Mexico, Brazil, Haiti, Gran Colombia, Cuba, and Jamaica on an 1825 outline map.
Give students a current map and an 1825 map. Have them find Cuba and Jamaica and record their colonial rulers in 1825.
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Related Standards
- SS24.6.2c
Locate on a map of North America the areas of European colonization, including colonies of England, France, Russia, and Spain.
- SS24.WH.6c
Identify Western nations’ spheres of influence in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that resulted from nineteenth and twentieth century imperialism.
- SS24.WH.3
Explain the causes and outcomes of the revolutions of Latin America and the Caribbean.
- SS24.WH.6a
Trace the origins of late nineteenth century imperialism, imperialist ideology, and colonialism.
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