This interactive, online session will provide teachers with strategies and resources for introducing the Indigenous history of Central America in their classroom. Participants will explore the Quiché Maya ancestral story including the Popol Vuh and the Maya origin story, which highlights the importance of corn and nature to the Maya.
They will also be briefly introduced to the Garifuna and other Indigenous communities throughout Central America. Connections will be made to Indigenous communities and the challenges they face today.
The session will be facilitated by Jonathan Peraza Campos, Teach Central America program specialist at Teaching for Change. A participant in this same workshop offered to teachers in Philadelphia noted:
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