We the People Leadership and Education Programs 2007-2008

FAIN: BC-50362-07

Indiana Humanities Council (Indianapolis, IN 46202-2419)
Nancy N. Conner (Project Director: May 2007 to May 2009)

To support a series of conversations on topics in American history and culture in order to strengthen civic engagement in Indiana, and to create web-based packets of resources for teachers that correspond to each of four high school history standards on the topics of the Development of the Industrial United States, the Emergence of the Modern United States, the Modern United States in Prosperity and Depression, and the United States and World War II.

The Indiana Humanities Council proposes two “We the People” projects. The first will engage Hoosiers in civic dialogue in conjunction with the council’s leadership program. The second will be aimed at developing electronic toolkits and evaluating the council’s collection of teaching and learning resources, with a focus on twentieth-century American history.