Welcome to Heartlands at Home and Abroad!
From 1800 to the present, a period in which most of these heartlands emerged on the world stage, agricultural markets became increasingly international and production increasingly commercialized. Lands possessed by indigenous peoples in the Americas and by peasantries in other parts of the world felt the impact of industrialization, colonization, settlement, and dispossession, which tested and fractured societies while creating today's world. In one sense, then, heartlands have arisen from very recent events. Yet these heartlands are seen --and see themselves-- as bedrocks of tradition as well.
In exploring these places with the participating teachers, the institute’s faculty, who are drawn from across the state and across the state’s institutions, will focus on a set of common questions and seek answers to them through their participation in the institute:
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Heartlands at Home and Abroad is a teacher institute that provides high school teachers across Oklahoma with a professional development opportunity to study and even gain an experiential sense of life not only in the Midwest, the heartland of the U.S., but also in heartlands in countries across the globe. With these experiences they can then further enrich the classroom experiences of their students. Moreover, through a unique partnership between Cameron University, Northwestern Oklahoma State University the Oklahoma Humanities Council, and scholars across the state, the institute will bear all of the costs of participation for teacher participants.
