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__**CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN ISLANDS**__ __Grab Hands and Run__

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How well do you know your geography? Learn and memorize the names and locations of Central American countries

Countries of Central America to the ABC's

Rock the Countries Song: with capitals Don't forget to study Belize and the other Caribbean Islands!

Map Puzzle

Interactive Map

Quiz yourself

=**Tourist Information**= Central America Caribbean Island

Comparisons of Central America and Caribbean Islands
Caribbean Islands (Eastern) video  of cities/people/geography...

Central America Geography

use : Venn Diagram and book pages 325-328 and 381-383 use : Venn Diagram and book pages 329-332 and 386-388 use : Venn Diagram and book pages 332-333 and 388-389
 * Geography
 * Climate
 * Natural Resources

Venn Diagram page:

= Central America - History = Intro video

Central America History and Heritage

*Central American History -Foreign Development in Central America -Nicaraguan History -Guatemalan History

*Central America Today: Life in Central America -The Challenges of Life in Central America

Regions of the World: South and Central America @http://www.lonelyplanet.com/central-america/history

@http://history.howstuffworks.com/central-american-history

Nicaragua

= Panama Canal =

Map of Panama Canal

Introduce

History of Panama Canal

part  1 -- start at 1:45 - stop early

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-hfGUpbqxE

Panama Canal in Action @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOhPDZLZ3P0&feature=related @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEqojgkIh4g&feature=related @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InnehcZOLF4 @http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=panama+canal+video&view=detail&mid=8496AF5FCD97B619DCDA8496AF5FCD97B619DCDA&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR

Additional videos.... History of Panama Canal part 2

@http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=1B505C18-7E40-4550-BAC2-8D8B53FBE237&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

El Salvador

Travel

= = = Banana Fruit Companies = United Fruit Company (UFCO) became Chiquita Chiquita and Dole are both American fruit companies CNN article: Chiquita merger Merger  creates largest company Good graphs

= CARIBBEAN ISLANDS History =

The Caribbean overview Caribbean Music Haiti

= CUBA =

Bay of Pigs
America in the 20th Century: The Cold War -Bay of Pigs video

This week in history:

The Bay of Pigs article

Cuban Missile Crisis
Video

Article

Immigration
New York Times @http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/cuban5.html

Cubans immigrating to USA
@http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/625829.stm @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABfDXZcTn0I&feature=related @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQi-dFcw-fY&feature=related

Puerto Rico
Urban and Rural Puerto Rico

@http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2002/vol6n30/HistoryUSPR-en.html Scroll down to Defining the Commonwealth section.

@http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/15/us/puerto-rico-votes-to-retain-status-as-commonwealth.html (Most recent voting was in 1998)

@http://www.welcome.topuertorico.org/government.shtml