3. 1. Diversity/Global Learning
Exploring other cultures
Other life experiences
Other worldviews
2. Service Learning
Linking course content to community service
Getting by giving
4. Five Session pre-trip class
Class topics linked to trip
Session 1: Introduction to Class and Team Projects,
Guatemala, and Hearts in Motion
Session 2: History, Guatemala’s Civil War (1960-
1996), Women’s Issues
Session 3: Migration
Session 4: Child Protection and Children’s Issues
Session 5: Cleft Lip and Palate, Final Trip
Preparations
5. Guatemala has 22 “departments” (departamentos).
The department of Guatemala, where the capital is
situated, is the most populated, with more than 3
million people. Zacapa – where we went – is the least
populated, with roughly 220,00 people.