WELCOME!!

Audrey Jameson, Nick Barcinski, Joshua Ecton,

Leora Ammerman, Ryan Kern
Start by Making a Name Plate
Fold a piece of paper 3 times “hamburger” style

On the side facing us write your name

On the flap facing you write:

● 1 fact you know about Argentina

● 1 fact you know about Che Guevara

It’s ok if you don’t have a fact for either!

Background Information
We read the book The Motorcycle Diaries, by Ernesto
“Che” Guevara, and watched the movie El Che,
directed by Matias Gueilburt. We learned about the
major issues South America faced during the 1900’s
and the events surrounding one of the most influential
revolutionaries in Latin American history.
Think about someone in your
life who is important to you,
but maybe not to others.
... Or someone that is important
to your country?
Do you recognize the person in this
image?
 Ernesto “Che”
Guevara Early Life

June 14, 1928: Born in Rosario, Argentina

Throughout youth battled asthma, keeping him from regularly attending

elementary school

1948: Begins studying Medicine in Buenos Aires

1951: Begins cross-continent trek with Alberto Jiménez; The Motorcycle Diaries
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/taibo-che.html http://www.totallytimelines.com/che-guevara-1928-1967/
Motorcycle Diaries
➔ Novel by Ernesto Guevara
➔ Highlights his travels through South America to
Florida by motorcycle
➔ Travels with fellow medical student Alberto
Jimenez
➔ Begins studying marxism and realizes the
negative effect of the capitalist government
under Batista
➔ Joins the 26th of July movement with Fidel
Castro and sailed to Cuba on Granma

http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/chebio.htm
Let’s Play A Game!
Capitalism-Communism Game
(Just kidding, it's not Fortnite.)

Each student receives 2 hershey kisses (do not eat!)

Battle each other in rock-paper-scissors (Just one

game!)

Rules-

● Loser gives one hershey to winner of the game

● When you lose all your hershey’s, please sit
back down in your seat.

Everyone gets Hershey’s Kisses in the end!

Reflection
● How did you feel at the start of the game when some kids got more candy than
you?

● How did you feel when you ran out of candy and had to sit down?

● Did you feel like the game was fair?

● What could have been done to make it fair?

Capitalism Communism

An economic and political system in which a A political system advocating for class war and
country's trade and industry are controlled by leading to a society in which all property is
private owners for profit, rather than by the publicly owned and each person works and is
state. paid according to their abilities and needs.
 ➔ 1955: Guevara meets with Revolutionary
leaders Fidel and Raúl Castro and joins
the Cuban Revolution
Cuban
➔ 1956: Guevara leaves for Cuba on Yacht
“Granma”, attacked by Batista's forces
Revolution
➔ 1958: Cuban army vs rebels, Rebels win
using guerilla tactics Timeline
➔ 1958: Guevara leads sortie in Santa
Clara overthrows city, Batista flees. (1953-1959)
➔ 1959: Rebels enter Cuba and begin
instituting new government
➔ 1959: Che appointed head of Industry of
NIRA*
➔ 1959: Appointed President of National
Bank of Cuba

*National Institute for Agrarian Reform

http://www.softschools.com/timelines/cuban_revolution_timeline/77/
 Differing Opinions of Che Guevara
Positive Opinions Negative Opinions

➔ Made efforts to benefit the Latin ➔ Facilitated the execution of hundreds

American communities battling poverty at fortress prison “La Cabaña”
➔ Stood against unfair structures ➔ Some believe he enforced a harsh
➔ Intended to create government militaristic government
pursuing equality ➔ Fought in wars leading to mass death
➔ Friendly and respectful to indigenous numbers
cultures ➔ Negative and hateful attitude towards
opposers

http://biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/was-che-guevara-hero.html
 Additional Facts
➔ Che Guevara denounced the US and
Soviet Union after the Cuban Revolution

➔ After the revolution, Guevara became a

diplomat, representing Cuba on a global
scale

➔ Large role in government and

communist party in 1965 to join
revolutions worldwide
◆ Congo Crisis
◆ Ñancahuazú Guerrilla in Bolivia
➔ Captured and killed by the Bolivian
government in 1967
Time to test your
knowledge!
https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=019eb
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