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María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/mara-teresa-rodrguez-del-toro-y-alaysa

Step 2 · Questions

1. When was María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa born?
2. Where was María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa born?
3. When did María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa die?
4. What is the engagement duration?
5. What is the marriage duration?
6. Who was María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

Simón Bolívar

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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Answer key (teacher copy)

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa born?October 15, 1781
2. Where was María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa born?Spain
3. When did María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa die?January 22, 1803, at age 21
4. What is the engagement duration?Two years
5. What is the marriage duration?Eight months
6. Who was María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa?She was a Spanish aristocrat born in 1781 who married the young Venezuelan leader Simón Bolívar.

Simón Bolívar: A Venezuelan military and political leader who led the independence movements of several South American countries from Spanish rule.