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BH-261615-18Education Programs: Landmarks of American History and Culture for K-12 EducatorsDelta State UniversityThe Most Southern Place on Earth: Music, History, and Culture of the Mississippi Delta10/1/2018 - 9/30/2020$170,000.00Rolando HertsLee AylwardDelta State UniversityClevelandMS38733-0001USA2018U.S. Regional StudiesLandmarks of American History and Culture for K-12 EducatorsEducation Programs17000001700000

Two one-week workshops for 72 school teachers on the history and culture of the Mississippi Delta, with music as a focus.

This 2019 Landmarks workshop will inform participants of the important role that the Mississippi Delta has played in American history. Designated a National Heritage Area by U.S. Congress and a National Treasure of the National Trust for Historic Places, the Mississippi Delta is recognized as “the land where the blues was born, where the Civil Rights movement took root, and where increasingly mechanized farming sparked the Great Migration,” making it the “’cradle of American culture’ for its role in shaping our nation’s character” (National Trust, 2012). Our approach is highly experiential and tells these nationally significant heritage stories at the places where they happened.