Living on the edge of the prairie offers an escape to a place of wonder. Wendell Berry, author and bioregionalist, says, “If you don’t know where you are, you don’t know who you are.”
The largest remaining stand of tallgrass prairie is found in the Flint Hills of Kansas and Oklahoma. The Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation has created the Maps in the Schools project. The maps will hang in the schools of the Flint Hills showing their particular location and, depending on the grade level, speak to some special aspect of the place, the life, the history and/or the science.
The Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation has honored Emily Connell, Project Director, and Annie Wilson, Project Coordinator and High School Program Educator, by naming them 2020 Friends of the Flint Hills. Since in-person gatherings are limited due to the pandemic, a film was produced by Dave Kendall and Laura Mead. Others (and definitely not all) folks working on the project Pam Collinge – Middle School Educator; Molly Wold – Elementary Educator; John Dunham – Mapmaker; Laura Zimney – Graphic Designer. If you are interested in knowing more about the project, contact the Flint Hills Discovery Center Map and Education Program.
The Flint Hills Maps in the Schools, High School Illustration
- Original Artwork – Oil on Ampersand
- 31” x 17.25” illustration
- Copyright by The Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation
and Nancy Lehenbauer Marshall
The Flint Hills Maps in the Schools, High School Map
- Print on Paper
- 31” x 17.25” illustration size on a 48” x 48” map
- Copyright by The Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation
The Flint Hills Maps in the Schools Project Middle School Illustration
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- Original Artwork – Oil on Ampersand
- 31” x 17.25” illustration
- Copyright by The Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation
and Nancy Lehenbauer Marshall
There are over 50 things to identify in this Middle School illustration. An ID chart will be available in the educational materials that accompany the maps.
The Flint Hills Maps in the Schools, Middle School
- Print on Paper
- 31” x 17.25” illustration size on a 48” x 48” map
- Copyright by The Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation
The Flint Hills Maps in the Schools Project, Elementary Illustration
- Original Artwork – Oil on Ampersand
- 31” x 17.25” illustration
- Copyright by The Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation
and Nancy Lehenbauer Marshall
The Flint Hills Maps in the Schools, Elementary
- Print on Paper
- 31” x 17.25” illustration size on a 48” x 48” map
- Copyright by The Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation
If you would like to support this project, please contact The Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation.
Nancy Lehenbauer Marshall 