Los Dictatores de Latina America
(Escrito totalmente en Español)
Proyecto # 3 Qt 2: entregado el 21 de diciembre
tendremos 3 dias en la biblioteca
el primer dia de explicaciones
dos dias de busqueda
· Presentacion de Punto de accion*
Rubrica:
1. Cada estudiante tendra su propio dictator.
2.Harán una búsqueda sobre uno de los dictatores de
la lista y escriba una breve biografía.
3. Explica qué es una dictadura?
4. Necesitan presentar su proyecto por medio de
“punto de acción”(PowerPoint)
5. Necesitan 5 referencias de los siguentes: Virtual Reference Databases Collection and the Gale Cengage Learning Databases and books.
Observaciones:
Que es un dictador?
Cuales condicioes ocurren para facilitar una dictura?
Cual grupo de la societad apoyo la dictadura?
6. Contesten las siguentes preguntas:
a) Por qué pudo subrir al poder y como logro
el poder?
b) Cuál era el clima político y económico?
c) Quiénes eran sus victimas y como las eliminó?
d) Cuáles países lo apoyaron y por qué?
e) Qué cambios hizo en el país y por qué lo siguia
la gente ?
f) Cómo perdió su poder y quién lo derrota?
g) Qué elemento de su caracter lo hizo un
dictator?
h) Qué opinas de tu dictator?
Lista de Dictators
1.Gerardo Machado (Cuba)
2.Oswaldo López Arellano (Honduras)
3.Alberto Fujimori (Peru)
4.Hugh Chavez (Venezuela)
5.Hugo Banzer (Bolivia)
6.Vinicio Cerezo (Guatemala)
7.Roberto Suazo Cordova (Honduras)
8.Alfredo Cristiani (El Salvador)
9.General Francisco Franco (Spain)
10.Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez (El Salvador)
11.General Efrain Rios Montt (Guatemala)
12.General Manuel Noriega (Panama)
13.General Augusto Pinochet (Chile)
14.Anastasio Somoza Debayle (Nicaragua)
15.Alfredo Stroessner (Paraguay)
16.Luis Garcia Meza Tejada (Bolivia)
17.General Jorge Rafael Videla (Argentina)
18.José Gaspar Rodriquez de Francia (Paraguay)
19.Gabriel Garcia Moreno (Ecuador)
20.Rafael Reyes (Colombia)
21.Gregorio Conrado Alvarez (Uruguay)
22.Fidel Castro (Cuba)
23.Rafael Trujillo (Dominican Republic)
24.Juan Perón (Argentina)
Instruction in the Research Process
David N. Miller,
Information Specialist
Dictators of Latin America
Students will construct a definition of the term “dictator” and prepare
responses to a series of project questions specified by Sra. Muller. Students will uncover biographical information and gain an understanding of the historical record of the rise to power in Latin America of a selected group of leaders. Each student’s research will then be incorporated into a Spanish language PowerPoint presentation.
The questions, originally posed in Spanish, for the students to research are:
(1) Why and how was the dictator able to achieve power.
(2) What was the political and economic climate.
(3) How were the dictator’s victim eliminated. Who were the victims.
(4) What countries supported the dictator and why.
(5) What changes did the dictator make the country and why did they follow.
(6) How did the dictator lose power and by whom was he overthrown.
(7) What element of his character made him a dictator.
(8) What is your opinion of the dictator that you have been assigned.
Often students as a first step resort to Google for their information needs.
Google provides little organizational structure and displays results in non-academic manner.
To complete the assignment students will be using the academic resources listed below from the Virtual Reference Collection, Gale Cengage Learning Databases and books. All sources will have to be cited in MLA format.
A simple dictionary definition of a dictator and dictatorship appearing in the links below will not suffice:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictator
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictatorship
Students will define a dictator using empirical (fact-based) research
from original newspaper accounts (primary documents), academic resources
such as reference material/biographies, journal articles and content from books to answer the questions posed by Sra. Muller.
Students should do the following:
(1) Become familiar with and follow the steps outlined Big6 Information Skills that appear in the URL below. This will also be distributed to students.
http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/big6/big6_resources.htm
Since the task and sources have been specified by the instructor students
Should become familiar with sections 3 ,4, 5 and 6 appearing below.
3. Location and Access
3.1 Locate sources (intellectually and physically)
3.2 Find information within sources
4. Use of Information
4.1 Engage (e.g. read, hear, view) the information from within a source
4.2 Extract relevant information from a source (citation included)
5. Synthesis
5.1 Organize information from different sources
5.2 Present the Information
6. Evaluation
6.1 Judge the product (effectiveness)
6.2 Judge the information problem solving process (efficiency)
The sections below are designed to assist with these research skills.
(2) Skill 3.1 /3.2-Students should access the Virtual Reference Collection and
The Gale Cengage Learning Databases as instructed below:
Access the Information Center weblog located at:
http://www.wardmelvillelibrary.blogspot.com/
(a) Select Gale Cegage Learning Databases-Student
Resource Center. The password is: wardmelville
This database contains reference materials/biographies
magazine and academic journals. Submit the name
of the dictator in the search box (e.g. Hugo Chavez).
A citation will appear at the end of the article.
(b) Select the Virtual Reference Collection.
The username is: wardmelville
The password is: tvcsd8
The following sources within the VRC are recommended for this assignment:
1. Proquest Historical New York Times (1851-1986)
Students will be able to access articles chronologically arranged constituting primary sources. (e.g.track the dictator’s rise to power). A citation may be generated using citationmachine.net.
2. Proquest Multiple Periodicals (1986-present)
Students will be able to access newspaper articles (including the New York Times) and magazine articles. Contains a “cite this” feature.
3. eLibrary (1986-present)
Students will be able to access magazines, journals and transcripts. Contains a “citation view” feature.
(3) Skill 3.1/3.2-Students may locate books using the online catalog for WMHS titles or the Emma S. Clark link for public library titles. Assistance will be provided to locate books and a book cart will be available for student use.
(4) Skill 4.1/4.2-Students will read and analyze the content of the information
retrieved and determine how it relates to the questions posed by Sra. Muller.
(5) Skill 4.2-Citing Resources-Students are required to provide a citation for
sources used in their project using MLA format. Most databases
have a feature to generate a citation. If this is not available students
can use http://www.citationmachine.net/ or the NoodleTools citation system
if an account has been established.
(6) Skill 5.1/5.2- Students will organize and present their research under the supervision of the classroom instructor and Information Specialist.
(7) Skill 6.1/6.2 – The Information Center will distribute to students a rubric
for the use and citation of required resources. The rubric will be used in the
review and grading process with the classroom teacher as part of the assessment process.
Assistance will be available for students during all schools hours to complete the requirements of this project. This lesson will be placed on the Information Center weblog and all links will be active and accessible.
