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More than seven million Central Americans reside in the United States, yet the lack of resources in most schools on Central American heritage make the rich history and literature of the region invisible. Our Teaching Central America campaign provides free resources and support for teaching about Central America.

Thanks to your support, this year we hired our first Teach Central America campaign program specialist, Jonathan Peraza Campos.

This fall we hosted professional development workshops for teachers, school districts, and the Smithsonian on Central America.

In October, we coordinated the fourth annual Teach Central America Week. Hundreds of educators from 38 U.S. states, D.C., and Costa Rica signed up to participate, using free lessons and resources from TeachingCentralAmerica.org. Organizations across the country endorsed the week and publishers donated books to give to teachers who shared stories.

For example, Sally Stanhope, a social studies teacher in 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. Most of Stanhope’s ESOL students are Guatemalan, so she focused the lesson on Guatemalan freedom fighters like Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Otto René Castillo, Irma Flaquer Azurdia, and Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán. 

In 2023, with your support, we will offer more professional development workshops, coordinate the fifth annual Teach Central America week, offer more resources for teaching about Central America all year long, and collect and share teaching stories.

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