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Teaching Central America Week in Virginia: 2022-2025

At Douglas MacArthur Elementary in Alexandria, Sara Mumbauer and Megan Gibiser used Abuela’s Weave and Rainbow Weaver to teach about Central America.

Mykella Palmer 10/15/25 Mykella Palmer 10/15/25

Teaching Central America Week in Rhode Island: 2022-2025

Ariana Wohl at The UCAP School introduced all eight of her middle school student sections to the multilingual Pensamiento Serpentino by Luis Valdez.

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Teaching Central America Week in Ohio: 2022-2025

Abra Koch, a Spanish teacher at Loveland High School, taught lessons about Ruben Darío and Oscar Romero.

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Teaching Central America Week in Massachusetts: 2022-2025

Alejandro Hernandez, a language teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School started class with a mapping activity, asking students to identify countries in Central America and their capitals.

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Teaching Central America Week in California: 2022-2025

Abbie Phillips, Kindergarten teacher at Oceano Elementary School in Foster City, California, made it a priority to foster a deep cultural and geographical understanding of the Central American region through their introductory history unit.

Mykella Palmer 10/3/25 Mykella Palmer 10/3/25

Escuelitas on Buford Highway

A local educational program called Escuelitas on Buford Highway participated in Teach Central America Week with adults and children.

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Silenced Voices: Author Talk with Pablo Leon

On September 24th, 2025, we filled every seat at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C. for an evening with author and artist Pablo Leon as he discussed his new YA graphic novel, Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide.

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Teaching Indigenous Heritage in a 6th Grade Classroom

In my 6th grade class in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area, I emphasized Native American and Indigenous stories during my language arts unit about narrative writing and story elements in the fall of 2024.

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Celebrating Central America at D.C. International PCS

Maximo Alfaro approached teaching about Central America by integrating various cultural, historical, and geographical elements into a cohesive unit in his middle school classroom at District of Columbia International Public Charter School.

Mykella Palmer 12/12/24 Mykella Palmer 12/12/24

Teaching Central America in an AP English Language Classroom

By Jody Peltason
Teaching Central America materials have been fantastic resources for my AP English Language and Composition course at Coolidge HS, which focuses on analyzing and writing about expository and persuasive texts.

Mykella Palmer 12/11/24 Mykella Palmer 12/11/24

Students Research Central American Countries

By Michelle Cohen
In my ESL/Bilingual class at Albert Einstein HS, I taught a unit on Central America over the course of one week.

Mykella Palmer 12/6/24 Mykella Palmer 12/6/24

Designing Monuments of Central Americans in an ESOL Classroom

By Bryan Cockrell
I teach 9th grade students in Montgomery County, Maryland who are developing their English language proficiency.

Mykella Palmer 10/30/24 Mykella Palmer 10/30/24

Teaching Central America: Celebration of Learning

In a country that is deeply divided, the staff at Bruce Monroe @ Park View Elementary School show how to bridge that gap with a schoolwide exploration of students’ history and culture — and a commitment to activism for justice.

Mykella Palmer 10/18/24 Mykella Palmer 10/18/24

Teaching Central America Goes to University of Arkansas

The Central American Student Alliance (CASA) at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas hosted Teaching Central America program specialist Jonathan Peraza Campos to lead a workshop about Central American history and Central American studies education.

Mykella Palmer 10/15/24 Mykella Palmer 10/15/24

Lesson on Panama Invasion in Philadelphia during Teach Central America Week

Frankford High School Spanish Language teacher Kaley Lankford used the Why the U.S. invaded Panamá in 1989 lesson by Elizabeth Hertzler-McCain with her high school students.

Mykella Palmer 10/15/24 Mykella Palmer 10/15/24

Inside the Volcano Curriculum on Nicaragua in Eagle Point During Teach Central America Week

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

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Central America in a Las Vegas World History Classroom

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.

Mykella Palmer 10/15/24 Mykella Palmer 10/15/24

Teaching About El Salvador’s Civil War at Columbia Heights Educational Campus

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

Mykella Palmer 8/19/24 Mykella Palmer 8/19/24

More Than 150 New Teach Central America Resources

Thanks to the dedicated efforts of interns Olvin Abrego Ayala and Eli Hertzler-McCain, along with advisors Marcy Campos and Miriam Elizabeth Villanueva — we added more than 150 new resources to the Teaching Central America site this summer.

These include lessons on Panama and the Darién Gap; themed collection on immigration, LGBTQ+ identify, and climate justice; and country collections on Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama.

Mykella Palmer 5/4/24 Mykella Palmer 5/4/24

Living History: Seventh Graders Explore Mayan Clothing

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.

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Teaching Central America Week in Virginia: 2022-2025

Teaching Central America Week in Rhode Island: 2022-2025

Teaching Central America Week in Ohio: 2022-2025

Teaching Central America Week in Massachusetts: 2022-2025

Teaching Central America Week in California: 2022-2025

Escuelitas on Buford Highway

Silenced Voices: Author Talk with Pablo Leon

Teaching Indigenous Heritage in a 6th Grade Classroom

Celebrating Central America at D.C. International PCS

Teaching Central America in an AP English Language Classroom

Students Research Central American Countries

Designing Monuments of Central Americans in an ESOL Classroom

Teaching Central America: Celebration of Learning

Teaching Central America Goes to University of Arkansas

Lesson on Panama Invasion in Philadelphia during Teach Central America Week

Inside the Volcano Curriculum on Nicaragua in Eagle Point During Teach Central America Week

Central America in a Las Vegas World History Classroom

Teaching About El Salvador’s Civil War at Columbia Heights Educational Campus

More Than 150 New Teach Central America Resources

Living History: Seventh Graders Explore Mayan Clothing

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