Motorcycle Dairies film assignment

Student learning objective- After the completion of the film, students will make judgements on the land, culture and common political, social and economic trends of 20th Century Latin America.

World Regions and Cultures 11- Motorcycle Diaries Questions

The class will watch this during class time on 1/13, 1/14, 1/15 and 1/19. We will also discuss. I will show it on zoom and in person simultaneously. Students are to watch the movie without being distracted by the questions. The class will discuss questions every 20-40 minutes of viewing time before starting a new segment in order to keep up clarity of what we have seen and what it means. At the end of the film, we will review the final 5 questions together and students will create a reflection based on those questions in order to accomplish the learning objective. The reflection will be uploaded to google classroom upon completion. Plagiarism results in a score of zero. Google plagiarism detection software is used.

1. Describe Ernesto.
2. Describe Roberto.
3. How would you describe Buenos Aires?  Why?
4. Should Ernesto and Roberto go on their journey?  Why or why not?
5. How is it immediately different, away from Buenos Aires, in the Pampas?
6. How are Ernesto and Roberto the same as us?
7. How are they different?
8. How would you describe where Chichina goes to school? (Miramar, Argentina)
9. Describe Tango.
10. Should Chichina and Ernesto stay together or break up?  Why?
11. Why are American dollars so significant?
12. Why does the man late at night in the countryside like Ernesto but not Roberto?
13. How do you know their plight is not rare?
14. Who handled the tumor situation the best?  Explain.
15. What does the name Schatzie Von Putkamer indicate about Argnetina?  Why?
16. Who should swim and get the duck?  Why?
17. What did Ernesto and Roberto do at the newspaper office?
18. How did it pay off?
19. Describe the town dance.
20. How is regionalism shown in this scene?
21. How do the girls know Ernesto and Roberto are Argentinian?
22. What does Ernesto do for the old lady?  Explain your opinion of it.
23. Why was her story so tragic?
24. Describe Valparaiso, Chile.
25. How did Chichina break up with Ernesto?  Explain your opinion.
26. Describe the Atacama Desert.
27. What was done to the “mining couple”.  Why?
28. Why are the “mining couple” so surprised that Ernesto and Roberto travel just to travel?
29. Why did Ernesto get upset at the mine?  What is your opinion?
30. What does indigenous mean?
31. How are indigenous people treated?
32. Describe Cuzco, Peru.
33. Describe Machu Pichu.
34. Respond to the quote- “The Incans knew astronomy but the Spanish had gunpowder”
35. Respond to the quote- “A Revolution without guns?  It would never work”
36. Respond to the quote- “How is it possible to feel nostalgia for something you never knew?”
37. Respond to the quote- “How could they destroy this?  For this?”
38. Describe Lima, Peru.
39. Describe the experience Roberto and Ernesto have in Lima, Peru.
40. Evaluate Ernesto and Roberto’s different answers to their opinion of the novel?
41. What is your opinion of the luxury liner towing the smaller boat?
42. What goes on on the luxury liner?
43. Describe the Amazon.
44. Why do Ernesto and Roberto refuse to follow the rules at San Pablo Leper Colony?
45. What is their role there?
46. How are they received there?
47. Describe Ernesto’s bedside manner.
48. Describe Mambo
49. Describe Ernesto’s birthday speech.
50. Why does Ernesto swim across the Amazon?
51. How do they travel the rest of the Amazon?  Expain your opinion on that.
52. What happens at the end of the movie?
53. What is the main point of the movie?
54. What does Che Gueverra become?
55. What “happens” to him?
56. What “happened” to him to make him become that way?
57. Who do you like more, Ernesto or Roberto?  Why?
58. Explain the difference in Ernesto and Roberto’s personalities.
59. What hardships did Ernesto and Roberto endure?
60. Would you do a trip like this?  Why or why not?
61. What is the best part of the movie?  Why?
62. What is the most striking land?  Why?
63. What culture is the most striking?  Why?

Questions for discussion and reflection-

How would you describe the land of Latin America?

What judgement do you pass on the land of Latin America?

How would you describe the culture of Latin America?

What judgement do you pass on the culture of Latin America?

Based on the bold questions, what do you think of the direction the film makers took in making this film?

Student learning objective- After the completion of the film, students will make judgements on the land, culture and common political, social and economic trends of 20th Century Latin America.

1/19 or 1/20- After completion of the film and after class discussion, submit quality 4-sentence minimum reflection (in which you judge the land, culture and social, political, and economic factors of 20th Century Latin America) google classroom