WTP in Arizona 2005-2006

FAIN: BC-50261-05

Arizona Humanities Council (Phoenix, AZ 85004-1819)
Ann-Mary Johnson (Project Director: May 2005 to September 2008)

Projects including a traveling exhibit on the life of labor leader César Chávez, training in a family literacy/citizenship curriculum, a History fest for high school teachers and cultural heritage tourism grants.

AHC will present five projects in 2005-2006 under the auspices of the We the People initiative. These projects will promote the teaching of American history and give Arizona residents a broader perspective on their state's history. The projects will be a Cesar Chavez traveling exhibit created and toured in cooperation with Humanities Texas, the traveling exhibit Between Fences through Museum on Main Street, Motheread's My United States family literacy/citizenship curriculum, a one-day History Fest for high school history teachers, and cultural heritage tourism grants.