Destiny LaVere: Teaching Central America Across Subjects

I used Introduction to Central America, Locate the Countries of Central America, Leaving Home: Socratic dialogue with Art , and Poetry Fires the Revolution with my middle school students and found that the lessons catered really nicely to the vast differentiation in my classrooms from grades 6 to 8.

I loved how easy it was to follow the directions and set up. Prep was simple, and more importantly, the lessons were effective.

I used some lessons in my Spanish classes in addition to my social studies classroom. The English department and I have done several cross-curriculum exercises based on the inspiration provided by the lessons.

These lessons, too, came right on time with threats to DACA—the lessons helped put students in the frame of mind to accept outside cultures, that it is OK to be different, and that history translates in any culture. —Destiny LaVere, middle school social studies teacher, Washington, D.C.