We the People: American History, Literature and Cultural Traditions

FAIN: BC-50369-07

Hawai'i Council for the Humanities (Honolulu, HI 96816-2776)
Robert G. Buss (Project Director: May 2007 to May 2009)

A variety of projects including teacher workshops, on American and local history, programs to commemorate the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, Literature and Medicine discussion groups, and History Day.

The Hawai’i Council for the Humanities will coordinate: three teacher workshops on American and local history; programs with the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History; Literature and Medicine reading-discussion groups exploring concerns among health care professionals; public and school library participation in the NEH “We the People Bookshelf;” and related history day and Motheread programs and publish a special issue of its newsletter.