Project Grant U215X090491

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund the American Historical Association to develop teaching and learning resources focused on the use of historical artifacts in history education. With $199,808 in funding over a two-year period from October 2021 to December 2023, the Association will create a multi-platform publication program under the federal Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162)....

The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $470,664 Project Grant under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422) to the non-profit organization See Stories, located in Anchorage, Alaska. The grant funding will support a project titled "Anchored Histories Teacher Professional Development: Digital Storytelling Tools for Alaska Native & English Language Learner Students to Engage History, Civics, & the Power of Place." The project aims to...

This federal Project Grant award of $498,124 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422). The grant was awarded to Icivics, a non-profit organization focused on promoting civic education and engagement among K-12 students nationwide. The funding will support Icivics' project titled "IMPLEMENTING EAD: A DEEP AND SYSTEMIC INQUIRY-BASED AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS...

This federal Project Grant award of $189,708.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) supports a 6-day teacher workshop hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Concord Museum. The workshop will explore multiple narratives of the American Revolution and its legacies in Massachusetts, providing place-based experiences at historic sites guided by academic and public historians, literary...

The Kentucky Educational Development Corporation (KEDC) was awarded a $2.5 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to support the KEDC PROJECT ACHIEVE ADVOCATING FOR CIVICS AND HISTORY ENGAGEMENT & INSTRUCTION THROUGH VALUING EDUCATORS program. Under this two-year award funded through the American History and Civics Education federal grant program (CFDA #84.422), KEDC will establish Presidential Academies for the Teaching...

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...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $190,000 Project Grant to the National Council For History Education, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The two-year award, running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023, will support the council's THE SPACE AGE ON THE SPACE COAST program. This program will promote better teaching of American history and culture through professional development opportunities for K-12 educators...

The Buffalo Bill Memorial Association received a $121,272 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant funds the retention of five museum staff to further develop and implement a K-12 teacher training program in Native American studies for Wyoming educators. Key staff and tribal presenters will offer multiple cohorts of teachers a six-module...

The Chicago History Museum will receive $429,190 over two years from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development federal grant program to conduct its sixth iteration of "Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressivisms: Race, Capitalism, Democracy, 1877 to 1920." Key deliverables include a three-week summer institute in Chicago from July 9-29, 2023 for 30 K-12 teachers across grades 6-12 to deepen their understanding of the...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $199,797 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Chicago History Museum, doing business as the Chicago Historical Society, for the period of October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The grant will support the museum's "Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressivisms: Race, Capitalism, and Democracy, 1877-1920" program, a three-week summer institute for 30 resident...