1
They use leaves from
toquilla
trees. They cut
the leaves. Then they boil them and dry them.
2
They weave the dry straw into hats.
3
They wash the hats and dry them in the sun.
4
In larger factories, they use a machine
to finish the hat shape.
5
They sew the edge of the hats and
decorate them.
Fact
or
Myth
?
1
You can carry water
in a Panama hat.
6
It takes six people to
make a hat.
2
Panama hats come
from Panama.
3
It can take 1,000 hours
to make a hat.
4
The most expensive
Panama hats cost
about $25,000.
5
You can roll a hat up
so that it is small
enough to go through
a wedding ring.
Social studies
The Panama hat
1
Read and match. How do people make Panama hats?
2
Write F for Fact or M for Myth.
3
Listen and correct.
a
b
c
d
e
•
a movie star
•
a pop star
•
someone in your family
•
yourself
Write about it.
1
What did people on the coast of Ecuador wear in the 16th century
?
2
Who started a hat company in 1835
?
3
Which countries did he sell his hats in? Why
?
4
Why did people travel to the west coast of the U.S.
?
5
Why did they buy hats
?
6
What happened in 1914
?
7
Who was Eloy Alfaro
?
8
Where do people make hats now
?
When Francisco Pizarro arrived in Ecuador in
1526, people on the coast wore straw hats.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the hats became
very popular. At that time, Montecristi and
Jipijapa were the main towns where people
made hats.
In 1835, Manuel Alfaro came to Ecuador from
Spain. He lived in Montecristi and started a hat
company. He sold his hats
in the U.S. and Panama.
Panama was a good place
to sell hats because a lot
of people traveled through
there to the west coast
of the U.S. to look for
gold. They bought hats to
protect themselves from
the sun.
In 1904, the U.S. began work on the Panama
Canal. They opened the canal in 1914. Workers
on the canal wore Panama hats and there is a
photograph of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt
wearing a Panama hat when he visited the
canal. Eloy Alfaro, Manuel’s son, used money
from selling hats to help the Liberal Revolution.
He became president of Ecuador from 1895–1901
and again from 1906–1911.
Today, the main towns where
people make hats are Cuenca
and Montecristi. Many
famous people have bought
Panama hats: movie stars,
authors, and presidents.
Napoleon had one and so
did King George V of England
and the Emperor of Japan!
4
Read and answer.
5
Design a hat for one of these people:
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