1. Warm Up Hand in Maps stapled together on front table. Grab a Spanish American War Newspaper Activity

2. The Panama Canal

3.  Crowning Achievement of Teddy Roosevelt’s Presidency  Built for the defense of America’s coasts and for the world  Supported a uprising in Colombia to gain the land  Designed by John Frank Stevens  Connects Atlantic to Pacific  One of most heavily traveled ship routes

4. Major Names and Numbers for Construction People  Designer: John Frank Stevens (left after 3 years)  Colonel George W. Goethals finished Project  Chief Medical Officers Dr Walter Reed and Dr Gorgas (battled malaria) Numbers  50 Miles long (80km)  28,000 lives lost  $368,000,000 cost to US. US paid Panama $10 Million and French Canal Company $40 Million  268,000,000 cubic yards of earth  61,000,000lbs of dynamite  56,000 Workers

6. Panama Canal Film then Map Activity