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 Marcy Campos
On Friday, May 3rd, Salvadoran author Mario Bencastro visited Houston Elementary School to share his 2021 bilingual book, Un tren llamado Esperanza, or A Train Called Hope, illustrated by Robert Casilla.

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.

By Anna Lapera
I have taught Central America: An Introductory Lesson in both my ESL level 1 + 2 class, as well as my Spanish as a Heritage Language class at Julius West MS (MCPS).

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.

Sacred Heart students and the wider community are beaming with pride because their book, Historias y dibujos: Obras de estudiantes de la Escuela del Sagrado Corazón, is now available to purchase online and eight copies are a part of the D.C. public library’s permanent collection!

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

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.

By Arnoldo Jimenez
Teaching for Change has opened up a new world for me. As the ESOL Department Chair at Buck Lodge Middle School in PG County, I am always trying to find ways to advocate for my students who mostly come from Central America. 

By Cierra Kaler-Jones
“How many Central Americans can you name?” an 8th- grade teacher at Hardy Middle School in Washington, D.C. asked her advisory.

Isabel Gil-Everaert, a Sociology PhD student at the Graduate Center, CUNY, is launching a college course on Central American migration in fall of 2019 and has generously shared the syllabus.

By Cierra Kaler-Jones
“What have you learned about Central America in your classes?” Students at Dunbar High School (DCPS) in Marlena James’ Spanish class leaned forward in their seats, engaged in reflection after I started the class period with this question.

By Alexandra Melnick
The community I grew up in is far different than my current Mississippi Delta home, but in a lot of ways I see many similarities.

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.

On the morning of Wednesday, October 9, 2019, family members of students at Langdon Elementary School in Northeast Washington, D.C. gathered to read a book to the second grade classes.