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ERIC Number: EJ625633
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Legacy of Health: Documentary Photographs of the Panama Canal Construction. Teaching with Documents.
Schamel, Wynell; Potter, Lee Ann; West, Jean M., Ed.
Social Education, v64 n2 p110-20 Mar 2000
Provides information on the health issues during the construction of the Panama Canal, focusing on issues such as the identification of mosquitoes as carriers of yellow fever and malaria and the role of Colonel William Crawford Gorgas in the battle against mosquito-born disease. Includes teaching activities. (CMK)
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Health Conditions, Health Needs, Insects, Photographs, Primary Sources, Public Health, Secondary Education, Social Studies, World Problems
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Panama; Panama Canal