The Panama Canal

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Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

The Panama Canal is a waterway passage that crosses the Central American country of Panama connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

This lesson describes the ways in which many workers died during the construction of the Panama Canal.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
Latin America
Panama
architecture
landmarks
travel & transportation
interpretive

Vocabulary

abandon
tow
locomotive
poisonous
progress
swamp
drain
breeding
cruise
feat
take over
lock
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane