Learn more about The Rural Experience in America project and how you can get involved by checking out the National Council for History Education’s website https://t.co/eckdBamLCx or contacting me at regina@ncheteach.org. Registration for Yr 3 will open soon. #sschat

A5: Year 3 of The Rural Experience in America will focus on changes and developments in rural America through an in-depth examination of topics such as rural depopulation, technological change, environment, labor, and rural America in an international context. #sschat

A4: During year 2 of The Rural Experience in America project, we focused on the stories of women, children, African Americans, Indigenous Americans, and immigrants and how they helped shape rural America. #sschat

A3: When I attended The National Forum to Advance Rural Ed conference, these common stereotypes were debunked…Brain Drain, Middle of Nowhere, Sleepy Town, Everyone Knows One Another, No One Locks Doors, The Lucky Few Escape, No Native Americans, No African Americans. #sschat

A2: Throughout the work of The Rural Experience in America project, we have discovered that rural has had different meanings at different times in history and also how place strongly influences the shape of the rural culture. #sschat

A1: Dr. Deb Reid (Henry Ford) shared what defines rural at our summer onsite colloquium: open country w/ population density less than 500 people/sq mile; fewer than 2,500 pp; 14% live in rural areas; 62.7% US pop lives on 3.5% of our landmass; Rural & the remaining 96.5% #sschat

Hello everyone! My name is Regina Holland, and I’m from Canton, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. I am a Program Manager with the National Council for History Education currently leading The Rural Experience in America project. #sschat