(1) Humanities in the Schools (2 ) Online Encyclopedia of Connecticut History

FAIN: BC-50293-06

Connecticut Humanities Council (Middletown, CT 06457-3204)
Bruce Fraser (Project Director: March 2006 to August 2010)
Stuart L. Parnes (Project Director: August 2010 to July 2014)
Douglas G. Fisher (Project Director: July 2014 to June 2016)

To support grants for summer institutes and other professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers on the defining themes and events of America's past, and to enhance the historical content and bibliographic materials for the Connecticut Humanities Council's online encyclopedia for the state of Connecticut.

(1) Humanities In The Schools is a re-granting program supporting summer institutes, seminars, and other professional development opportunities for Connecticut teachers K-12 that engage teachers in the defining themes and events of America’s past. (2) Continued development of CHC’s online encyclopedia of Connecticut history and accompanying bibliography, integrating these core content resources into the larger programmatic offerings of the Council’s Connecticut Heritage Gateway website.