Program

Education Programs: Institutes for K-12 Educators

Period of Performance

4/1/1977 - 4/30/1981

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$371,240.00 (approved)
$371,240.00 (awarded)


LAW AND THE HUMANITIES: A DESIGN FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

FAIN: ES-*0347-77

American Bar Association (Chicago, IL 60611-3152)
Norman Gross (Project Director: November 1976 to October 1990)

To institute a three-year program designed to revitalized citizenship education and other courses in the elementary school curriculum through programs in law and the humanities, which will examine the role of law, its underlying values, and humanistic issues raised by the law. Program will consist of a symposium to formulate programmatic guidelines, a two-week summer institute to begin preparation of models and materials, and a regional conference to critique and disseminate the models and various field-testing, consulting and dissemination activities.