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#EDUSky! #TeachCentralAmerica Week is here! Kickoff the week with us and lean in with this incredible workshop! We hope to see you tonight!
October 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Time to #TeachOutsideTextbook about Central America

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Teach Central America Week — Teaching Central America
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October 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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#tdih 1986 Iran-Contra conspiracy began to unravel when Hasenfus was captured by Nicaraguan troops.

U.S. gov't used proceeds from illegal weapons sales to Iran to illegally support Contras.

Bill Barr assisted with cover-up.

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Oct. 5, 1986: Eugene Hasenfus Captured During Iran-Contra Scandal
The cover-up of the Iran-Contra scandal began to unravel when Eugene Hasenfus was captured by Nicaraguan troops.
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October 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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#tdih Sept. 11, 1990 Anthropologist Myrna Mack Chang was murdered in Guatemala by U.S.-backed military due to her outspoken criticism of the Guatemalan government's treatment of the Indigenous Maya. #TeachCentralAmerica ⬇️
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Sept. 11, 1990: Murder of Myrna Mack
Anthropologist Myrna Mack Chang was murdered in Guatemala by the U.S.-backed military due to her outspoken criticism of the Guatemala government’s treatment of the indigenous Maya.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Yes, we were about to make the same recommendation. #TeachCentralAmerica bookshop.org/a/7256/97815...
The Silver Women: How Black Women's Labor Made the Panama Canal a book by Joan Flores-Villalobos
The construction of the Panama Canal is typically viewed as a marvel of American ingenuity. What is less visible, and less understood, is the project's dependence on the labor of Black migrant women. ...
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December 26, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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We have collected lessons, booklists, biographies of noted historical figures, and readings for free use by classroom teachers. Read more about past weeks and subscribe to the #TeachCentralAmerica newsletter!

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December 4, 2024 at 2:10 AM
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Reintroducing our project #TeachCentralAmerica !!! Did you know, we got our start by engaging in the needs of the growing Central American student population through Network of Educators Committees on Central America (NECCA).

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Teaching Central America Teach Central America Week: October 6–10, 2025
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December 4, 2024 at 2:10 AM
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Author talk with Anna Lapera, Bessie Flores Zaldívar, John Manual Arias, and Diana Rojas was one of the best events I've attended all year -- and all four of their books are spectacular. #TeachCentralAmerica
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Contemporary Central American Voices - Teaching for Change
Anna Lapera, Bessie Flores Zaldívar, John Manual Arias, and Diana Rojas enchanted the audience at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, September 25. They shared stories about why they w...
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November 28, 2024 at 4:05 AM
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Now region is devastated by foreign-owned extractivist industries which cause deforestation & other environmental degradation.

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#TeachClimateJustice #TeachCentralAmerica
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Indigenous Communities on the Frontline as Two Climate Change-Fueled Hurricanes Slam Central America
Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua Monday as a Category 4 storm, just two weeks after Hurricane Eta devastated communities across Central America and caused widespread destruction. Iota is the ...
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November 18, 2024 at 12:18 PM