Central and South America
in the Modern Age

Below are links to various materials we've created to support students' work on the unit theme: Union and Individuality.

• Unit Bibliography: This is a list of supplementary materials to help you to meet the needs of individual students in your classroom.
• Classroom Activities: To extend instruction, here are some creative activities you can print and use in your classroom.
  • It's the Most! (Art/Social Studies)
  • Trade Missions (Math/Language Arts/Social Studies)
• Theme Project Organizer: This is a worksheet you can print and distribute to students to help them track their work on the Theme Project.
• Theme Project Links: Here are Internet resources for students to use while working on the Theme Project.

Here are links to Internet resources that can be used to support instruction of the “Think Like a Geographer” feature for this unit: Why Was Building the Panama Canal Difficult?

TR's Legacy: The Panama Canal

Check out page on the Panama Canal, part of a fun site on President Theodore Roosevelt from PBS' The American Experience. You can see a video and animations of Panama's locks in action and learn about Roosevelt's exciting life through photographs and descriptions.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/tr/panama.html

Welcome to the Panama Canal

At this site, the Panama Canal Commission provides updated information on the Panama Canal today, including information on tolls and current press releases. You can also read a brief overview of the canal's history and find historical photographs of the canal's construction.

http://www.pancanal.com/

Here are links to Internet resources that can be used to support instruction of the “Citizenship” feature for this unit: How Do You Plan Ahead?

ParkNet

The Web home of the National Park Service, ParkNet is an informative and useful site where you can read a message from the President, visit pages about park history, park events, and legislation, and learn about the important natural aspects of these public lands. The searchable database allows users to view photos and gather information about any of America's national parks and national historic sites.

http://www.nps.gov/

Passport to the Rainforest

This Web site will give you an in-depth look at the plants and wildlife that inhabit rainforests. You can follow researchers as they explore the habitat. This Web site is sponsored by The National Science Foundation and NASA.

http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/intro.html