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Video Five Students can write and print notes in the box below.

What is the controvery in this case? Identify the people in the video and summarize their opinions. Why do they disagree?

  1. How old is the boy?
  2. What happened to his mother?
  3. When and where was he found?
  4. What does the father say?
  5. What do the relatives say?
  6. What does Elian's father say? What does he want?
  7. What are the people in Cuba protesting and why?
  8. Who does the clip claim turned this case into a propaganda vehicle?
  9. According to Fidel Castro, who is resisting the criticism of the whole world and why?
  10. Who just arrived in Havana and why?
  11. What do the father's documents prove?
  12. What is the boy doing right now in Miami?
  13. Who is Spencer Eig and what is his connection to this case?
  14. What do Cubans in Chicago believe?
  15. What personal experience does Maria Bechilly explain?
  16. Who makes the final decision about the boy's fate?
  17. Years ago, how many Cubans "took to the seas"?

 

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