About this event

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 4:00PM PT / 7:00PM ET

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 4:00PM PT / 7:00PM ET

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 4:00PM PT / 7:00PM ET

For Teach Central America Week (October 7–11), Teaching for Change is partnering with the UCI History Project and the Central American Studies in K-12 Curriculum Project to share lessons developed by teachers in Los Angeles for elementary and secondary classrooms on Central America.

The lessons are on Garifuna and their history of resistance to forced migration and displacement; Afro-indigeneity; historical erasure; storytelling and oral history; Central American Indigenous leaders; the impact that the politics of El Salvador and the United States have on both Salvadoran migrants and their children; and more. The lessons use art, graphic novel development, role plays, timeline poetry, and more.

In one-hour online sessions, teachers will share highlights from their lessons and participants will engage in breakout group discussions with educators from around the country.

The sessions are free and professional development certificates are provided. Complete curriculum units will be shared with participants.