Lesson 7: Latin American Revolutions

Did independence liberate the countries of Latin America?

caudillos, Iguala Plan, colony, Enlightenment, social class, slavery, peninsulares, mestizos

RH.6-8.6 Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).


WHST.6-8.1 Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

RH.6-8.8 Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.

DOK 1 Routine Thinking

2c. Selecting appropriate assessment strategies to monitor student progress

Students may believe that Spanish holdings in the Americas were all one giant colony. Mexico, or the Viceroyalty of New Spain, was its own colony, and South America was split into several smaller colonies.

Some students may not know the extent to which European powers other than Spain had colonies in the Americas, such as the Portuguese in Brazil and the French and English in the Caribbean.

The Review Flashcards provides reading in a summary format that is appropriate for grades 6-8. These can be used to help students study for assessments or summarize what they’ve learned in this chapter.

The Core Interactive Text provides reading at the appropriate level of text complexity for grades 6-8. These readings can be completed with or without scaffolding from Graphic Organizers and reading tools.

Students will complete a review sheet and be assessed through an open-note quiz on the unit. 

There will also be a cumulative project that will need to be completed on the subject.