USE PROUDLY MADE IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM
Proudly Made is a narrative nonfiction story that is simultaneously a personal memoir, a rural development case study, and an entrepreneurship primer. It follows the author from her early career as a journalist in Alaska through her unlikely role founding the PA Wilds Center, growing a regional tourism economy to $2 billion annually, and developing community-controlled commerce infrastructure that keeps wealth local.
Why this book matters to rural PA students: The story is set here. The PA Wilds encompasses 13 counties. Students will recognize places, challenges, and people in this book — and see themselves as part of a larger story of regional reinvention that is still unfolding.
ABOUT THE TEACHER’S GUIDE
Aligns Proudly Made to PA Core ELA (Grades 9–12), and PA Academic Standards for Economics and for Civics and Government. Standards codes provided for curriculum documentation and school board presentation.
Designed to be modular. Use the full book across a semester, select individual chapters for targeted units, or assign excerpts to anchor a single lesson. All activities and discussion questions are tied to specific Pennsylvania Core Standards and can be mixed and matched to fit your existing curriculum.
“Ta Enos’ memoir is a gripping story full of grit, creativity, and an unrelenting belief in a place and its people, including herself. It’s a story about the myriad gifts that rural PA has to offer its residents and visitors; Ta’s gift is in showing what that experience can mean for us all.”
Download the free Teacher’s Guide or Book Club Discussion Guide by clicking the images, or request a virtual meeting with the Author.
