Caribbean History
Teacher(s): Maria Galo
Time: Wednesdays, Sept. 12th - Nov. 14th, 2012
Class followed Brown University's CHOICES curriculum
An excerpt from the curriculum:
In 1801, enslaved people in Saint-Domingue, the French colony that became Haiti, rose up against their
colonial masters and gained their freedom and independence. Haiti became the first fully free society
in the Atlantic world and the second independent nation in the Americas (after the United States).
Understanding the Haitian Revolution is crucial to understanding the course of world history and the
history of the Americas. It is also essential to understanding Haiti and the Dominican Republic today.
Through readings, maps, digital activities, and simulations, students consider the development of the
American colonial world and the legacies of the only successful slave revolt in the history of the world.
Time: Wednesdays, Sept. 12th - Nov. 14th, 2012
Class followed Brown University's CHOICES curriculum
An excerpt from the curriculum:
In 1801, enslaved people in Saint-Domingue, the French colony that became Haiti, rose up against their
colonial masters and gained their freedom and independence. Haiti became the first fully free society
in the Atlantic world and the second independent nation in the Americas (after the United States).
Understanding the Haitian Revolution is crucial to understanding the course of world history and the
history of the Americas. It is also essential to understanding Haiti and the Dominican Republic today.
Through readings, maps, digital activities, and simulations, students consider the development of the
American colonial world and the legacies of the only successful slave revolt in the history of the world.