Description
Operation Pedro Pan was the name given to the 22-month clandestine program involving the political exodus of more than 14,000 Cuban children to the United States in the early 1960s. Fearing communist indoctrination and the rumor of patria potestad — the government assuming legal guardianship of their children— Cuban parents sent their unaccompanied (minor) children to the United States.
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PowerPoint
HO1 - Guided Imagery.Pedro Pan.docx (20 kB)
HO2 - Pedro Pan Graphic Org.docx (71 kB)
HO3 - Letter Writing Rubric .docx (17 kB)
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Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons, Latin American Languages and Societies Commons, Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education Commons
Lesson 3: Operation Pedro Pan - How 14,000 Children Came to Live in America without their Parents
Operation Pedro Pan was the name given to the 22-month clandestine program involving the political exodus of more than 14,000 Cuban children to the United States in the early 1960s. Fearing communist indoctrination and the rumor of patria potestad — the government assuming legal guardianship of their children— Cuban parents sent their unaccompanied (minor) children to the United States.
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NCSS Themes:
Time, Continuity, and Change
People, Places, and Environments
Power, Authority, and Governance
Global Connections
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards:
SS.3.G.2.6: Investigate how people perceive places and regions differently by conducting interviews, mental mapping, and studying news, poems, legends, and songs about a region or area.
SS.3.C.2.1: Identify group and individual actions of citizens that demonstrate civility, cooperation, volunteerism, and other civic virtues.
SS.3.A.1.1: Analyze primary and secondary sources.
SS.3.G.4.1: Identify a cultural characteristic of a population in the U.S. and a population in Mexico, Canada, or the Caribbean.