Dear students: It is absolutely paramount that you stay focused on the task at hand today. No food/bevs, and NO HEADPHONES.
Click here for directions on what facts you need to gather today/tonight.
1. Author Julia Alvarez.
Atlantic Monthly Interview with Julia Alvarez
2. The Mirabal family
Website devoted to Mirabal family
Las Mirabals as figures in DR history
3. Background on the Trujillo regime.
See links below Topic 5 as well.
4. Other figures in history who fought for justice.
Distiniguished Women in History
5. How have things changed in the Dominican Republic since Trujillo’s death? Specifically, how did the Mirabal sisters change the course of history in their country?
A well researched and beautifully written article on Trujillo's impact and continuing influence.