A sense of place: architecture, culture, and history in the arkansas delta [a sense of place: architecture, culture and history in the arkansas delta is an alex foundation proposed six-day two-week…

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provides $189,899.00 to support a six-day, two-week residential workshop titled "A Sense of Place: Architecture, Culture, and History in the Arkansas Delta." The workshop will bring together 60 teachers from across the United States in grades 6-12 to learn about the important architectural, cultural, and historical contributions of the Arkansas Delta region. Participants will engage with relevant landmarks and buildings of significance, including internment prison camps, cotton gins, shotgun homes, mounds, and plantation homes, while exploring the diverse heritage influences in these places. The workshop aims to strengthen humanities teaching and curriculum development through this place-based learning opportunity focused on the Arkansas Delta.

A sense of place: architecture, culture, and history in the arkansas delta [a sense of place: architecture, culture and history in the arkansas delta is an alex foundation proposed six-day two-week residential workshop. This proposed new workshop would bring together 60, 6-12 grade teachers from across the united states to learn about the important contributions and characteristics of the arkansas delta with architecture as a focus. This national endowment for the humanities (NEH) landmarks of american history and culture program would engage participants in learning about relevant arkansas delta landmarks and buildings of historical and cultural significance, from internment prison camps, cotton gins/commercial buildings, shotgun homes, mounds, paranormal homes and plantation homes to the african american, asian american, italian american, native american, and scottish american heritage that influence these places.]