Who is Jean-Bertrand Aristide?
LESSON PLAN:THE HAITIAN POLITICAL CRISIS: WHAT ROLE SHOULD THE U.S. PLAY IN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS? By Lisa Prososki, an independent educational consultant and former middle school and high school social studies, English, reading and technology teacher. Subjects: Social Studies, Government, World Cultures Estimated Time: Three 50-minute class periods plus additional time for extension activities Lesson Objectives: Students will: 1. Formulate opinions based on reasons, facts, examples and individual ideas. 2. Share and debate opinions during class discussions. 3. Evaluate cause and effect relationships while learning about the history of Haiti, the political turmoil endured by the Haitian people over the past 50 years, and the recent removal of Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power. 4. Analyze U.S. involvement in and foreign relations with countries such as Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan and others. 5. Conduct relevant research and use it to support their opinions and arguments in writing and class
Jean-Bertrand Aristide was Haiti’s first democratically elected president, and most certainly, one of its most controversial leaders. Born 15 July 1953 in Douyon, Haiti, he was orphaned at an early age and raised in the care of the Salesian Order, an order of the Roman Catholic Church. He received an excellent education, attending parochial schools, then seminary. He was schooled in Israel, Britain, Canada and Egypt, and earned his graduate degree in psychology from the University of Montreal. Jean-Bertrand Aristide is known as a skilled orator, fluent in eight languages, including his native Creole, Portuguese, German, Italian, English, French, Spanish and Hebrew. Jean-Bertrand Aristide received his ordination from the Roman Catholic Church in 1982, and quickly became a popular religious leader in Haiti. Once his preaching began to take on a more political bent, he was removed from the Salesian order. He became known as a radical populist, at major odds with Haiti’s current dictatorsh
