The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $175,045 Project Grant to National History Day Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will fund the "Moving Freedom Forward: Teaching a More Inclusive History" initiative, which combines teacher training and curriculum development to enhance classroom teaching and student learning about the histories of marginalized communities. The...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $1,295,514 Project Grant to the National History Day Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The four-year cooperative agreement will support educational programming from 2023 to 2026 focusing on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and continued efforts toward a more just and inclusive society. National History Day Inc. will produce...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $187,803 to the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation through the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to conduct two six-day workshops for 5-12 educators. The workshops will instruct educators on the details of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II as part of the Landmarks of American History and Culture program. The workshops aim to promote better teaching of American history and culture....
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), awarded a $152,382 Project Grant to the Fort Ticonderoga Association to offer two one-week workshops in the summer of 2025 for teachers across the country. The workshops, titled "The American Revolution: Subjects, Citizens, and Soldiers," will use the association's archival and object collections to explore five key themes related to the American...
Historic Deerfield, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to expand its virtual and hybrid humanities programming. With this two-year award beginning Oct 1, 2021, Historic Deerfield will hire a new Digital Engagement Specialist and pursue infrastructure upgrades to deliver high-quality digital content and hybrid programming to worldwide audiences. Specific activities...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provides $180,256.00 to support two identical week-long workshops for 70 grades 5-12 educators, librarians, curriculum consultants/supervisors, museum educators, and administrators. The workshops, jointly delivered by Rutgers University, the Ramapough Culture and Land Foundation, and Liberty State Park, will explore the histories,...
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation will receive $378,826 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development federal grant program (CFDA 45.163) to conduct the "Echoes of History: Mistreatment and Incarceration in the American West" project from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The Foundation will host two week-long workshops in June and July of 2023 that explore the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World...
This $188,178 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund a multi-part educational initiative on the topic of school desegregation in Virginia. The project offers two one-week residential workshops and four virtual follow-up meetings for 60 K-12 school teachers, with a focus on grades 6-12 social studies/history educators. During the workshops, participants will visit...
This $163,304 National Endowment for the Humanities project grant funds Densho, a public history organization in Seattle, Washington, to restart its oral history program on the Japanese American World War II incarceration and its aftermath. The grant provides funding from January 2022 through December 2023 for staffing and equipment to conduct, process, and preserve oral histories with individuals impacted by Japanese American internment. As part of the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Division...
This federal Project Grant award of $189,792.00 was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The award will fund a residential workshop in 2025 for 72 K-12 educators titled "From the Fragments: Places and People in Colonized New England." The workshop will be hosted at the University of New Hampshire and focus on examining the experiences of Native American, African American, and...