| BC-50273-05 | Federal/State Partnership: Grants for State Humanities Councils | Nebraska Humanities Council | We The People--Nebraska | 9/1/2005 - 10/31/2006 | $55,380.00 | Jane | Renner | Hood | | | | Nebraska Humanities Council | Lincoln | NE | 68508-1836 | USA | 2005 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Grants for State Humanities Councils | Federal/State Partnership | 40380 | 15000 | 40380 | 15000 | To support the Council's participation in the 2006 Great Plains Chautauqua, "From Sea to Shining Sea: American Expansion and Cul;tural Change, 1790-1850," a program for high school students, Capitol Forum, and additional speakers for public programs on US and Great Plains history.
The Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) requests $55,380 in We The People funding to support three programs: $18,420 to help underwrite the Great Plains Chautauqua, "From Sea to Shining Sea: American Expansion and Cultural Change, 1790-1850" in Alliance and Albion, Nebraska during the summer of 2006; $13,235 to help fund the 2005-2006 Capitol Forum, a curriculum-based program to encourage 1500 Nebraska high school students to better understand American democratic values; and $18,725 to support speakers on U.S. and Great Plains history from the Council's Humanities Resource Center. |