Teaching Activities, Films, and Websites

Featured Teaching Activities and Readings

Rediscovering America (Elementary/Middle/High School)

Edited by Gioconda Belli, et al.

The readings listed below are just a sample of the dozens of readings in the Rediscovering America booklet for K-12.

Table of Contents and Introduction
The Seven Pillars of Colonialism
A Dog’s Luck by Otto René Castillo
The Export of Colors from Cuzcatlan by Manlio Argueta
To Columbus by Rubén Darío

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Inside the Volcano: A Curriculum on Nicaragua (Middle/High School)

Edited by Bill Bigelow and Jeff Edmundson

Introduction
Lesson 1: Before the Revolution: Land Distribution in Nicaragua
Lesson 3: The United States in Nicaragua: Timeline
Lesson 4: Reasons for U.S. Involvement in Latin America
Lesson 8: Role Play: Sandinista Policy Dilemmas
Lesson 9: U.S. Policy toward Nicaragua
Lesson 11: A Plastic Kid (Youth involvement and literacy campaigns)
Lesson 13: The Honduran Connection

Wilfredo: Un Niño de El Salvador (Elementary)

Wilfredo’s Story in Spanish
Wilfredo’s Story in English

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Latino Hispanic Heritage Resource Packet

An 18-page guide with considerations and selected resources for teaching “beyond tacos and folkdances” during Latino Heritage Month.

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Featured Websites

Lessons

Expressions of Honduras has classroom lessons prepared by the Stanford Center for Latin American Studies.

Nicaragua Quest is a project-based learning experience designed to engage students in the politics, history, and culture of Nicaragua through role-playing, and discussion.

Explorers, Traders, and Immigrants offers lessons for on the cultural and social effects of the global commodity trade.

Data

Central American History Political Database

Political Database of the Americas

News

Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) promotes human rights, democracy, and social justice in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Activism

CISPES is a grassroots organization dedicated to supporting the Salvadoran people’s struggle for self-determination and social and economic justice.

Witness for Peace is a politically independent, nationwide grassroots organization of people whose mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas.

Guatemala Commission on Human Rights monitors, documents, and reports on the human rights situation in Guatemala, advocates for survivors of human rights abuses in Guatemala, and works toward positive, systemic change.