The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Historic Hudson Valley $269,800 under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development federal grant program (CFDA 45.163) to support a virtual teacher training institute from July 16-22, 2023. The institute will provide professional development to 36 K-12 educators on teaching about slavery in the northern colonial era. The NEH Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program aims to improve teaching of American history and...
The New York Historical Society received a $194,648 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The funding will support the "American Women, American Citizens: 1920-1948" institute, a hybrid learning experience that will convene 30 schoolteachers, 2 teacher advisors, 6 scholar guests, and several educational partners/field trip sites over several months. The institute will...
This $119,504 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support a one-week residential institute for 30 K-12 teachers entitled "Slavery in the Colonial North." The institute, to be hosted by the non-profit organization Historic Hudson Valley in Westchester County, New York from July 13-19, 2025, will equip participants with the knowledge and tools needed to...
The Historic Hudson Valley in Tarrytown, New York will strengthen its digital capacity and develop online teacher resources through a $119,001 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program. Under the award, set to run from November 2021 through October 2022, the nonprofit will hire new interpretive staff with skills in digital storytelling to lead virtual programs and train existing staff on differences between in-person and online...
The New York Historical Society received a $350,948 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct a hybrid professional development institute for K-12 educators titled "Preparing for America at 250: Women and the American Revolution." The institute will convene 30 teachers over several months from July to November 2023, including two in-person weeks at the Historical Society in July and virtual evening sessions in June, August, September, October, and...
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation received a $198,456 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support the production of digital content for educators and students. The funding will allow the Foundation to create new digital content for its website exploring the history of enslaved women, free Blacks, and Indigenous peoples in Colonial Williamsburg. The grant will also support...
The New York Historical Society was awarded a $205,897 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct the "Rethinking American Feminism, 1948-1977" institute. The institute aims to empower 30 K-12 teachers to incorporate a more diverse range of women's voices and contributions into their instruction on 20th century U.S. history. Over several months from October 2021 to September 2023, the institute will convene teachers and 19 guest scholars, filmmakers, and...
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...
Historic Hudson Valley will use a $411,211 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to develop a library of classroom engagement resources for teaching about slavery. Working with the Hard History Project, Historic Hudson Valley will create peer-reviewed lesson plans, discussion prompts, and questions based on stories in its award-winning interactive documentary "People Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North."...
The Hudson Oral History Project is a $149,638 federal project grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant, awarded on April 1, 2025, supports Hudson County Community College (HCCC) in employing the practices and tools of the humanities in the field of oral history. The project aims to engage students and the surrounding community by capturing the stories of...