Elisabeth Oppelt used Inside the Volcano: A Curriculum on Nicaragua, edited by William Bigelow and Jeff Edmundson, in her sophomore World History class.

Christopher Wang teaches high school world history at Ed W. Clark High School, a Title I school where many students have roots in Central America.

Heber Diaz, a middle school ELA teacher, taught a lesson about the Civil War in El Salvador.

By Kimberly Ellis
Have you ever considered what you communicate through your clothing and apparel? Ana Maria Restrepo, a Language teacher at Belmont Day School located in Belmont, Massachusetts, explored this question in the context of Guatemala with her 7th grade students during Teach Central America Week.

We were invited back to the tight-knit community at Bruce-Monroe at Parkview in Washington, D.C. for their annual teach-in style celebration of Central American history and culture.

By Liora Valero
I teach arts-integrated Renaissance history to 5th graders with learning differences at the Lab School.

Various stories from Teach Central America Week.

Anne Gilmore, ESL/Bilingual teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School in Harvard, had students take a quiz on Central America, which they used to learn about the region along the way.

Sally Stanhope, a social studies teacher at Chamblee High School in Chamblee, Georgia, used Central America: An Introductory Lesson with her students to help them learn about U.S. involvement in Central America and the activists who fought for democracy and popular sovereignty in their respective countries.

For the last three years, Cesarina Pierre has helped coordinate a Teach Central America Expo at Bruce-Monroe ES @ Park View (DCPS).

Roosevelt Senior High School (DCPS) kicked off Teach Central America Week 2022 with a visit from An Open Book Foundation and Shout Mouse Press.

Teaching for Change hosted the third annual Teach Central America Week from October 4-10, 2021.

Teaching for Change hosted the second annual Teach Central America Week from October 5 – 11, 2020.

Hundreds of teachers from 33 states and the District of Columbia signed up to participate in this first annual Teach Central America Week.

The Casa de la Cultura El Salvador brought Salvadoran author and artist Mario Bencastro to Washington, D.C. for a week of activities during Teach Central America Week 2019.