This framework and approach from the UCI Central American Studies in K–12 Curriculum Project has ideas and strategies for teaching Central American Studies in K–12.

Students will emerge with a deeper understanding of the key concepts and themes that define modern Central American history, a more nuanced view of U.S. foreign policy in that history, and an appreciation of its impact on Latinx migration in recent years.

Students will use primary source documents and artwork to solve the mystery of why there are competing interpretations on the reasons for the U.S. invading Panama in 1989.

(1907–1992) Luisa Moreno was a labor organzer born in Guatemala City. She attended primary school in the United States and returned to Guatemala as a teenager before moving to Mexico City.

A collection of Central American artists and links to their portfolios.

(1971–2016) Berta Cáceres was an environmental organizer. Her mother, a midwife and activist, cared for refugees from El Salvador during the violence in the 1980s. She became mayor of their town and governor of the state at a time when few women held these roles.