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Here are the teacher pack items for Central America and the Caribbean: History and Its Influence:
Overview In this experience, students examine major events and influences in the history of Central America and the Caribbean. They learn about Indigenous societies, European colonization, the forced migration and enslavement of Africans, resistance, and movements for independence. Students examine how these historical developments continue to influence the region today. Finally, they explore the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition and consider why remembering slavery, resistance, and abolition is important to understanding Caribbean history Objectives:
Central America and the Caribbean have long histories shaped by many different peoples, societies, and events. Long before Europeans arrived, Indigenous peoples lived throughout the region and developed distinct cultures, governments, trade networks, and traditions. Later, European colonization, the forced movement of enslaved Africans, resistance, migration, and independence movements brought major changes.
Movies, stories, and legends often shape what people think they know about the Caribbean. Pirates are one famous example, but they are only a small part of the region’s history.
In this experience, you will explore how Indigenous societies, European colonization, African influence, resistance, and independence movements shaped the history and cultures of Central America and the Caribbean.
Objectives:
Capitanes Generales Palace in Antigua Guatemal, Guatemala
Take a look at this map of Central America and the Caribbean.
European Colonization of the Americas in 1750
What do you notice about Central America and the Caribbean from the map?
Discuss student responses. Answers will vary, but students should note that the region is primarily colonized by the Spanish.
Student answers will vary, but students should recognize that the map shows areas of Central America and the Caribbean that were colonized by different European powers. Remind students that the map represents only one period in the region’s much longer history. Indigenous peoples lived throughout Central America and the Caribbean for thousands of years before European arrival and developed distinct societies, governments, trade networks, languages, and traditions. European colonization brought major political, economic, and population changes, but it did not erase the peoples or histories that existed before colonization. Encourage students to think about what this map can help them understand about the region’s history and what information they would need from other sources to understand the history more fully.
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