Contributor Biographies
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Place-Based Writing: Getting Authentic by Getting Out of the Classroom
Part I: Meaningful Encounters with the Great Outdoors
Chapter 2: Writing the Ecology of the Ozarks
Chapter 3: Exploring Interconnections with the Living World through Nature Journaling
Chapter 4: Mapping through Justice, through Padlet, and through the World
Chapter 5: Observing Nature, Observing Language: Using Nature to Teach Rhetorical Grammar
Part II: Finding the Intersection Between Community, History, and Self
Chapter 6: Teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre (and Other Hidden Histories) Using Poetry, Photography, and Place
Chapter 7: The Sustainable Resource Project: Writing Toward Agency
Chapter 8: Where do Mountain Goats Sleep? Bringing Place-Based Collaborative Journaling Out of the Woods and into (and Beyond) the Classroom
Chapter 9: Making Connections to the Past: Using Place-Based Writing to Bring History to Life
Part III: Writing about Art and Writing as Art
Chapter 10: Finding Your Truth: Reimagining School Spaces for Student Writing and Publication Through Interactive Public Art
Chapter 11: Using Memory as an Activator for Exploration and Creation
Chapter 12: Combining Voices: Merging Art and Writing through Place-Based Principles
Part IV: Using Digital Tools to Bring the Outside World Into the Classroom
Chapter 13: Into the Metaverse: Using Virtual Reality as a Site for Place-Based Writing
Chapter 14: Stories of Our Community: Podcasting for Place-Based Inquiry
Chapter 15: Touring the Place You Know Best: Virtual Tours as a Way to Teach Narrative, Argument, and Research Writing
