Visit Teaching for Change's website TeachingCentralAmerica.org for more resources to teach about Panama and other countries in Central America, including lessons, films, websites, biographies of noted historical figures, and readings for free use by classroom teachers.
See more recommended titles: Central America, El Salvador, and Teaching About Immigration.
Conejito: A Folktale from Panama
By Margaret Read MacDonald and Geraldo Valerio (Illustrator)
From Panamá to New York: Jacquelina's Story
By Jacqueline Atkins
African Maroons in Sixteenth-Century Panama: A History in Documents
By Robert C. Schwaller
The Canal Builders: Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal
By Julie Greene
Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal
By Marixa Lasso
The Great Divide
By Cristina Henríquez
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