This essay is a part of our series, Borders in the Classroom -- for more information, please see HERE.

From the Bottom-Up: Grassroots Approach to Border Studies in the Classroom

Short Title: Grassroots Approach to Border Studies

Abstract: This case study explores different classroom methodologies for graduate and undergraduate seminars that aid in the construction of historical and contemporary understandings of borders, specifically the borders between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. These grassroots constructions of the border entail historical connections and disconnections with “being” local, national, and transnational.

Keywords: Border Studies, Grassroots approach, classroom, methodologies

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Edited by Benita Heiskanen, Andrae M. Marak, and Jeanne E. Grant

(c) 2014 The Middle Ground Journal, Number 8, Spring, 2014. See Submission Guidelines page for the journal's not-for-profit educational open-access policy.