Abigail K. Dillingham, M.Ed., an art teacher in Alexandria City Public Schools, has developed a weaving lesson to accompany the book Rainbow Weaver.

The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP), on behalf of the Américas Award, produced an extensive teaching guide to accompany the book written by Katrina Dillon in 2015.

A 45-page free, downloadable bilingual book for children about the experiences of a 12-year-old boy in San Francisco who immigrated to the United States when he was 10.

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 Rubén Darío. PDF copy available.

This series of lessons uses the country of El Salvador as a case study to provide important historical context for contemporary immigration issues.

In Central America, we generally associate indigenous peoples with Guatemala. However, if you look closely, you will also see much evidence of Salvadorans' indigenous heritage.

By  William Archila

Poem by José Coronel Urtecho

Poem by Leonel Rugama

Resources to learn about about festivities in Central America, as well as regional ghost and monster stories.

Poem by Adrián Ramírez Flores. PDF copy available.

Poem by Marilena López. PDF copy available.

In this two-part lesson, students learn about the history and culture of El Salvador through Claribel Alegria’s poem “Little Cambray Tamales” and also write their own recipe poems.

In this dual immersion Spanish mini-unit developed as part of the UCI Central American Studies in K-12 Curriculum Project, 4th grade students explore the Garifuna and their history of forced migration and displacement.

Rediscovering America/Redescubriendo América is a bilingual collection of short stories, essays, poetry, folktales, and songs for K-12 on conquest and resistance from Latin America and the Caribbean.

In this series of three lessons, students will gain background knowledge on life in Central America during this volatile period in order to understand the risks these revolutionary poets took.

Poem by Claribel Alegria

In this lesson, students will use the lens of Claribel Alegria’s poem “Personal Creed” to gain understanding of how the civil war in El Salvador (1980-1992) shaped the experience and perspective of this accomplished poet and an entire generation of Salvadorans.

Teaching this unit on the long durée of resistance against the United States allows educators to center youth activism, cultural resistance, and the enduring quest for justice Panamanians still pursue for their national identity.