Curated OER
1876-1920 Word Search Puzzle
In this literacy learning exercise, students look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. Spelling skills are worked on.
Curated OER
Science Quizzes: Engineering Quiz
In this engineering science quiz instructional activity, students respond to 10 short answer questions regarding civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, and aerospace engineering.
Curated OER
Good Advice 3
In this language arts learning exercise, students match 20 questions with their logical "good advice" answers. Example: Do you always wake up late? (Buy an alarm clock!)
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Panama Canal
A collection uses primary sources to explore the construction of the Panama Canal.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Panama Canal
An article on one of America's most famous presidents, Teddy Roosevelt. The title of this article in the site is, "TR's Legacy - The Panama Canal", and it provides great information on the formation of the canal.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: This Great Enterprise: Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal
Lesson and activity on American enterprise and intervention with a focus on Theodore Roosevelt and the Pananma Canal. Includes class activity and questions for discussion and writing.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Panama Canal
Regarded as one of the seven wonders of the modern world, the Panama Canal opened for business on August 15, 1914. America's ingenuity and innovation had triumphed over insurmountable odds. PBS brings us this incredible story via online...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The Panama Canal
This primary source set includes photographs, documents, maps, and footage that can be used to explore the stories of environmental issues, political struggle, and human labor that built the Panama Canal.
Other
Panama Canal Authority: El Canal De Panama: Canal History
This site presents a history of the construction of the Panama Canal. Content includes information on the Panama Canal Treaty, the canal's construction, involved government leaders, and the transition of the canal from U.S. hands to...
A&E Television
History.com: Why the Construction of the Panama Canal Was So Difficult and Deadly
A staggering 25,000 workers lost their lives. And artificial limb makers clamored for contracts with the canal builders. In a quest to fulfill a centuries-old dream to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the builders of the Panama...
US Department of State
Department of State: Building the Panama Canal
A brief description of the diplomacy involved between the United States and other countries leading up to the building of the Panama Canal.
Other
Small Planet Communications: The Panama Canal
Small Planet Communications offers excellent information and images on President Roosevelt and the Panama Canal.
Center for Educational Technologies
Wheeling Jesuit University: The Panama Canal: Economic Importance
The Panama Canal is not only important for the economy of Panama. It is also hugely important to the United States economy and to countries around the world. If it were to close, the entire global economy would suffer.
Other
The Panama Canal: A Brief History
This essay describes the magnitude of the Panama Canal construction and its impact on the world.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Libraries: Make the Dirt Fly!
This online exhibition takes a detailed look at the construction of the Panama Canal. Content explores why the canal was built, how the route was chosen, how much man power and machine power it took to move all that dirt, hazards of the...
Other
Ibt: Panama Canal Anniversary 2014: World Changing Economic Impact of the Canal
Looks at the history and importance of the Panama Canal to global trade on the 100th anniversary of its opening. Also discusses the impact of the canal on how regional economies evolved in the United States and developed in other...
Digital History
Digital History: How the Us Obtained the Panama Canal [Pdf]
The story behind building a canal through the isthmus of Panama is one of incompetence and corruption on the part of the French, who first attempted the feat. Many of the actions of the United States in acquiring the land through which...
Other
Panama Canal Authority: American Canal Construction
An incredibly detailed history of American construction of the Panama Canal. Abbreviate the URL to access other 'chapters' of this history.
University of Florida
University of Florida: Panama and the Canal
This site contains an extensive collection of historic photos, documents, stories, oral histories, indigenous art, and news items related to the Panama Canal and America's involvement in it.
CZBrats
The Canal Army
This page is an article entitled "The Canal Army," from "The History of the Panama Canal" by Ira E. Bennett. It is a very detailed account of an important period in the history of the Panama Canal.
CZBrats
Cz Brat: 1955 Treaty: The National Guard in Ascendance
This page is part of the Web of "CZ Brats," a site about the Panama Canal and Canal Zone. The article is about the temporary shift in power in Panama from the civilian aristocracy to the National Police, which occurred immediately after...
CZBrats
The Canal Under Wallace
This page is from an article entitled "The Canal Under Wallace," from: The History of the Panama Canal, by Ira E. Bennett, 1915. It gives a very detailed account of this period of Panamanian history (early 1900's).
CZBrats
Building the Dams
This page is an article entitled "Building the Dams," from "The History of the Panama Canal" by Ira E. Bennett, Historical Publishing Company, 1915. It gives a very detailed account of this important event in the history of the Panama...
CZBrats
The Coming of Goethals
This page is an article entitled 'The Coming of Goethals,' from "History of the Panama Canal," by Ira E. Bennett, 1915. It gives a very detailed account of an event in this period of Panamanian history (early 1900's).