Bobby explored topics and people related to the Spanish American War today. Through reading, videos, and examining primary documents, he learned about the following: the USS Maine, Cuba, colonization by Spain, Diana Nyad (current events), Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, San Juan Hill, John Hay, William McKinley, and William Rufus Shafter. We talked about the concept of colonization and how people in countries around the world came to speak the languages they do (i.e. Brazil--Portugese).