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.

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!

On November 9, 2022 Teaching Central America, a project of Teaching for Change, hosted an educator workshop focused on Indigenous Central America.

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.

On Saturday, March 19, 2022, Columbia University’s K-12 Outreach Program in the Institute of Latin American Studies held the second of three seminars on the topic  Beyond War, Migration & Violence: Celebrating Central America’s Knowledge and Cultural Production.

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

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. 

I highlight Central American poets, musicians, activists, and historical figures using materials from the Teaching Central America website.

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.

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

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.

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.