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Portada

Map

A map like this one, without the cities,

to give a regional sense of where

Panama is, especially in relation to the

U.S.

Facts

Republic of Panama / República de Panamá

Flag

Motto: "Pro Mundi Beneficio" (Latin) "For the Benefit of the World"

Capital (and largest city): Panama City

Official languages: Spanish

Government: Constitutional Democracy

Total 75,517 km2 29,157 sq mi

Population - 3,309,679

Timeline

3 million years ago – Culmination of

the emergence of the Isthmus of

Panama

13,500 years ago – Human population

of the isthmus

1502 - The Spanish conquerors arrive

in Panama

1519 – The Spanish cross the Isthmus

and reach the Pacific

1521 – The City of Panama is founded

on the Pacific Coast. From then on, the

Europeans use the isthmian route to

cross from the ocean to ocean by

mules and canoes.

1821 – Independence from Spain

1849 – Inauguration of the

transcontinental Panama Railroad

1903 – Separation from Colombia

1914 – Inauguration of the Canal

1999 – The Canal is transferred to

Panamanian hands

2007 – Work on the expansion of the

Canal begins

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Glossary

Exhibition Map

Objects and Activities

Wall A1 Case, Object 2: Pottery Platter

Wall A1 Case, Object 2 Label:

Wall A1 Case, Object 3 Label:

Observe in detail the images and colors of these objects. What do you think the

drawings represent?

What do you think these objects could have been used for?

Are they similar objects in your house?

Which colors and patters are they decorated?

These animals crossed the Isthmus of Panama to come to North America from

South America. Can you match them to their tracks?

Opossum

Porcupine

Armadillo

Images from: http://www.ksr.ku.edu/libres/Mammals_of_Kansas/

The Spanish brought ships full of gold from Peru to Panama City. Then, they took

the gold across the isthmus to the Caribbean ports of Portobelo and Nombre de

Dios. From there, ships took the gold to Spain. Why do you think the Spanish used

this route to bring the gold from Peru?

In this map draw a line that represents the two possible routes to take the gold

from Peru to Spain: sailing around South America or through Panama.

A map like this one, but including the Americas and Europe (not Asia), and with

Peru, Panama City, Portobelo and Nombre Dios, and Spain pin pointed and

labeled.

Concourse Object Case 1, Object 3 Label

This book, republished in 1929, recounts the author’s journey via Panama to California in 1851. U.S.

travelers commonly crossed Panama en route to California during the Gold Rush.

Today we use many ways of traveling by land, water, and even flying! Have you

ever traveled away from home?

How did you get there?

Could you imagine having to travel there by mules and canoes the way the author

of this book traveled? Next time you take a trip, try keeping a journal that may

serve people in the future to know how we traveled in our times.

In this space, draw a map of your travel and write a few lines about your favorite

experiences during the journey.


This 1945 book by Ernesto J. Castillero R. recounts the history of Panama’s national symbols including

the making of Panama’s first flag in 1903.

The Panamanian flag depicted in the cover of this album was designed by Manuel

Encarnación Amador, the son of Panama’s first president, and stitched overnight

by Maria Ossa de Amador Guerrero, the first president’s wife. The red and blue

colors represent the conservative and liberal political parties that existed at the

time, and the white represents the peace between them. The starts represent

strength and purity to o guide Panamanians towards progress. Do you know who

designed the U.S. flag?

What do the symbols in the U.S. flag mean?

Visit the National Museum of American History website, to learn all this and play

games at the Star Spangled Banner virtual exhibition.

Concourse Object Case 3, Object 2: The panama canal completion medal


Medal awarded to employees of the Isthmian Canal Commission upon the inauguration of the Canal in

1914.

These medals were awarded to workers of the Panama Canal upon the

inauguration of the Canal in 1914.

What image is represented in the medal?

Have you ever earned an award medal? What was it for? Can you describe how

you felt when you received your award?

Why do you think the workers of the canal received these award medals?

Concourse Object Case 3, Object 4: License plate 1931


The Canal Zone produced license plates for its residents’ automobiles.

This what the license plates for the cars in the Panama Canal Zone looked like.

The Canal Zone was, a band of land surrounding the Canal controlled by the

United States. What state is your family’s car license plate from?

What does it look like and what does it say? Does it support something? Does it

have the state’s motto?

In this space, draw a picture of your family’s car license plate.

Concourse Object Case 3, Object Group 5: Foreigner's ID

Concourse Object Case 3, Object Group 5 Label

These Panamanian proof of legal residence and I.D. from the late 1930s belonged to Mary Carson, who

worked inside the Canal Zone, but lived in Panama.

These were the identification documents that allowed Panamanians who worked

in the Panama Canal Zone to travel between Panama and the Canal Zone.

What forms of identification do you have?

U.S. passports allow U.S. citizens to travel to foreign countries and re-enter the

U.S. upon their return. Have you seen one? How are they similar or different to

these Panamanian I.D.s?

What information is included in these Panamanian I.D.s?

What would you include in your own passport?

Concourse Object Case 3, Object 6: (textile) Cheerleader uniform / child size


Cheerleader’s uniform (circa 1980) from Balboa High School, one of two English-language high schools

operated by the U.S. government in the Canal Zone.

Concourse Object Case 3, Object 7: (textile) Basket ball jersey / Men's large


Balboa High School student basketball jersey (circa 1980).

These were the uniforms for cheerleaders and basketball players in the ‘80s at

Balboa High School, attended by U.S. teenagers who lived in the Canal Zone with

their parents. Do they look like the uniforms at your school?

What colors or symbols identify your school?

Do you have a mascot?

Wall E1 Case, Object 8: Countdown clock

Wall E1 Case, Object 8 Label

Clock used to count down the time remaining until the final transfer of the Panama Canal to

Panamanian control at 12:00 p.m. on December 31, 1999.

This clock counted down the time left until noon on December 31, 2009, when

the Panama Canal was transferred to Panamanian control.

Does your family count down the time until midnight on New Year ’s Eve? What

traditions does your family have to count down the New Year?

Can you think of other count down clocks?

Documents

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