1. To identify the role cigar making played in the creation of Ybor City; 2. To explain the cigar manufacturing process; 3. To describe the mutual aid societies that helped immigrants maintain their ethnic identity; 4. To explain the efforts of José Martí to involve Cuban immigrants in Ybor City in the Cuban rebellion against Spain; 5. To investigate the history of their own community and compare it with Ybor City.
Recommended level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
1. The Birth of Ybor City: Cigars and Community
2. José Martí and the Cuban Cause in Ybor City