Acknowledgements

This unit of lesson plans and the educator professional development training conference from which these plans originated was made possible with support from the following organizations, institutions, and people. This public programming was supported from funding from the Arkansas Humanities Council. This project was supported by University of Arkansas Libraries and University of Arkansas Special Collections, with special thanks to: Jason Battles, Dean of Libraries; Adriana Gonzalez, Associate Dean for Research and Learning at University of Arkansas; Joshua Cobbs Youngblood, Interim Associate Dean of Special Collections; Sara Barclay, Exhibits and Engagement Archivist; Deena R. Owens, Folk Arts Assistant. AFTA has worked with an intelligent, kind, and generous team of scholars on this project: Gregory Hansen, Professor of Folklore and English and Arkansas State University; Christina Hoisington, Teacher at Bentonville Public Schools; Meredith Martin-Moats, Folklorist and Director of McIlroy House, Founder and Owner at Sulphur Springs Truck Patch, and Co-Director of River Valley Adult Learning Alliance; Lisa Higgins, Director of Missouri Folk Arts Program; Raven Cook, Graduate Student of Art History in University of Arkansas’s inaugural Master of Arts Program. University of Arkansas Housing and University of Arkansas Parking have been gracious and helpful throughout our planning and through the duration of this program. A very special thanks to Brian Curtis, Kim Anderson, and Casiday Long at Mullins Library for assistance with onsite preparations.