William Korte, Language teacher at Seed Charter School in Evanston, Illinois, introduced his students to Central America by teaching about agriculture and sustainability.

From September 2024 to June 2025, Teaching Central America program specialist Jonathan Peraza Campos and I taught an independent ethnic studies and political education class entitled, "Vos* del Sur: Central American Studies from the Global/U.S. South."

For the past six years, the staff and students at Bruce Monroe @ Park View Elementary School in Washington, D.C. have dedicated six weeks in the early fall to a schoolwide, dedicated focus on Central America. Their study culminates in a community showcase. 

On October 16, 2025, esteemed Salvadoran author Mario Bencastro paid a virtual visit to my class "Latino Communities in Metropolitan Washington, DC," at the University of California's Washington, D.C. campus (UCDC) campus as part of Teach Central America Week.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

The Teaching Central America website has given me so much de-colonial knowledge and I must give back.

I use resources from Teaching for Change and the Teach Central America website from the beginning until the end of the school year, and I encourage my colleagues to do the same.

We used the Personal Creed lesson in the second week of school as a part of a unit about Archbishop Oscar Romero.

They loved the idea and worked very hard to get the best grade.

I find that teaching El Norte in today’s class, (although a classic) is right in step with DACA. Romero fits in with the Catholic School Mission.

As the high school librarian, I have reviewed the resources and included them as a feature for this month and included them in a library guide created to highlight and dig deeper into Latinx Heritage all year-round.

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.

The lessons on Central America were eye-opening to my students.

I use the film Harvest of Empire in my Intro to Global Studies course to highlight how globalization has impacted certain countries in the context of U.S. political and economic policies and their implementation.