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Operation Pedro Pan was a movement during the time of the
Cuban missile crisis when 14,000 Cuban children were smuggled
out of Cuba to escape Communism.
Information
Resources
The following sources
will help you answer the questions on the PROCESS
section of this page below. These information sources are found
in many different formats.
Book
 In-depth
information on the topic. Entire book available for preview
online.
Leaving Cuba
by Kathlyn Gay
Audio File
 NPR audio file.
Maria de los Torres was six years old, when she landed in
Miami as part of this massive airlift. Now a professor of
Political Science, at Chicago's DePaul University, she
narrates this radio documentary that tells the story of the
origins of the program, the U.S. involvement and the impact
on some of those children.
Video Files
 "Cuban
Kids from the 60's Exodus, Operation Pedro Pan." Slides
set to music explore the topic.
 Historian
Dr. Paul George discusses Operation Peter Pan, which
brought children to the United States from Cuba in the
1960s.
Magazine Articless
 To
Cuba, with Love By Thomas Fields-Meyer
Feb 9, 1998. Thirty-Five Years Later, Elly Chovel
Returns to the Island She Fled as a Child.
 Cuba’s
Kindertransport, Operation Pedro Pan:
An Interview with Victor Andres Triay
By Myles Kantor
FrontPage Magazine.com | Tuesday, January 08, 2002
Newspapers
 Cubans
Face Past as Stranded Youths in U.S.
By MIRTA OJITO Published: January 12, 1998
New York Times Article
Letters
 THE
PEDRO PAN CHILDREN
A letter from Nicolas Sanchez of Framingham, MA dated
February 9, 1998 found on the Holy Cross Website.
Websites
 Pedro
Pan Website
http://www.pedropan.org/
 Blog
Web article written by Julio C. Zangroniz one of
the 14,048 unaccompanied children who left Cuba through
Operation Peter Pan.
First person information by Taylor Rosenberg who was
born in Cuba in 1951 during the Batista regime.
The B
PROCESS
Each group member will
have a specific role such as a recorder, research or
reporter as shown below. As a group, you
will determine what information is needed and examine
the information collected to craft your presentation.
Your group will present what you found to the class.
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recorder is responsible for writing the
information down and keeping good notes |
The researchers will do
much of the work finding the answers. |
The
reporter will present what you found to the
class. |
Each
report needs to answer the following general questions below
for background knowledge. Each group will also be
assigned one additional aspect of Operation Pedro Pan for
investigation.
1. What year(s)
did Operation Pedro Pan take place? Why did it last as long as
it did?
2. Where
did it take place?
3. Was it
governmentally organized? If not then who was involved?
4. At the time of
Operation Pedro Pan what type of
government was in power? What effect do you
think the type of government had on the operation?
5. How many people
were involved?
6. Who were
those children involved? How were they chosen?
7. Give at least
one anecdote that tells a story of a specific person
involved in the operation.
8. What are
5 questions you still have about Operation Pedro Pan?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Additional areas for investigation (in relationship to
the topic):
Cuban Government
Fidel Castro
U.S. Government
U. S. C.I.A.
Catholic Church
Why aren't more
people familiar with Operation Pedro Pan?
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