Brain Pop Video on

Simon Bolivar

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstud

ies/famoushistoricalfigures/simonbo

livar/

“A people that loves freedom

will in the end be free.”

What areas did he fight

to help free?

•Venezuela

•Colombia

•Ecuador

•Panama

•Bolivia

•Peru

Panama

Venezuela

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

Bolivia

Step 1:

LABEL EACH

COUNTRY

USE #2

Map

Activity

Panama

Venezuela

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

Bolivia

Simon

Bolivar

Toussaint L’Ouverture

Step 2

Color the

countries in

BLUE.

Step 3

Create the

KEY!

Panama

Venezuela

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

Bolivia

Step 1:

LABEL EACH

COUNTRY

USE #2

Map

Activity

COLONIAL

POWER

Spain

Why did he fight?

•Simon Bolivar was criollo

(a person with Spanish parents who was born

in Latin America)

•He was tired of being

ruled by European

policies that were unfair

•His life’s goal was to

liberate his homeland

•“I have been chosen by

fate to break your

chains…Fight and you

shall win”

Was he successful during his

life? OR Did the movement

carry on after his death?

•Bolivar was successful in

his life to liberate countries

in South America

•He was never able to unite

all of them as one country

as he wanted

What happened to

Bolivar?

He tried

unsuccessfully to

create a single South

American country.

Died in 1830

Other facts:

•He was a wealthy

Venezuelan criollo

•Known as “The Liberator”

•Called the “George

Washington of South

America”

•In nearly every town plaza

in South America, there is

a statue of Bolivar

Written

Response:

Why do you think

Simon Bolivar was

called the “George

Washington of

South America”?