| Make a digital postcard about the Latin
American Revolutions of the early 1800's. The postcard should explain: - why the revolutions are happening (social and political reasons) - what influenced the revolutions - what country are the Latin American people revolting against - who is leading the revolutions - what new countries are being created You can use an image(s), or you could use the flags of all the new countries as images. The postcard can be written by one of the following people: - A government official in Spain who is mad he is losing territory. - A person fighting on the side of one of the revoltions. - Simon Bolivar. - An American from that time period. - An Amercian tourist who has travelled back in time. - Anyone else you think might be interesting. Useful links: Latin American Revolutions Google Images http://www.bolivarmo.com/history.htm http://www.carpenoctem.tv/military/bolivar.htm http://staff.esuhsd.org/~balochie/studentprojects/grancolombia/ |