| BC-50198-04 | Federal/State Partnership: Grants for State Humanities Councils | New Hampshire Humanities Council | American Heroes: Creating A More Perfect Union | 7/1/2004 - 8/31/2005 | $45,540.00 | Toby | | Ball | | | | New Hampshire Humanities Council | Concord | NH | 03301-3852 | USA | 2004 | U.S. History | Grants for State Humanities Councils | Federal/State Partnership | 35540 | 10000 | 35540 | 10000 | New Hampshire's Chautauqua 2004, "American Heroes: Creating a More Perfect Union," a six-day living history festival featuring scholars portraying historical American figures.
New Hampshire's Chautauqua is a six-day living history festival in Keene and Portsmouth comprised of evening presentations by nationally acclaimed scholars assuming personas of historical American figures; day workshops for children and adults; Young Chautauqua presentations by teen-aged students who spend eight weeks studying historical figures and training for onstage presentation; teachers’ professional workshops for K-12 classroom curriculum development; breakfast discussions with Chautauqua scholars; and musical performances. This is the ninth year of Chautauqua in NH. |