Students will use primary source documents and artwork to solve the mystery of why there are competing interpretations on the reasons for the U.S. invading Panama in 1989.

This series of lessons invites students to investigate the role of the United States in Guatemala and El Salvador in the 20th century.

Poem by Claudia Castro Luna from Cipota Under The Moon: Poems.

This poem, written by Chicano playwright Luis Valdez, is part of a larger work, Pensamiento Serpentino. The poem draws heavily from Mayan philospophy and the Maya-Quiche origin myth El Popol Vuh.

In this mini-unit developed as part of the UCI Central American Studies in K–12 Curriculum Project, students explore the personal impact that the politics of El Salvador and the United States have on both Salvadoran migrants and their children.