| BC-50396-07 | Federal/State Partnership: Grants for State Humanities Councils | New Jersey Council for the Humanities | A Democratic Vision: Forming a More Perfect Union | 9/1/2007 - 2/28/2009 | $134,510.00 | Sharon | Ann | Holt | | | | New Jersey Council for the Humanities | Camden | NJ | 08101-3287 | USA | 2007 | U.S. History | Grants for State Humanities Councils | Federal/State Partnership | 124510 | 10000 | 124510 | 10000 | A two-semester Clemente study course for low-income adults in Camden, two teacher seminars for New Jersey teachers, and a series of two-day teacher workshops in Newark throughout the fall and spring semesters.
A DEMOCRATIC VISION: FORMING A MORE PERFECT UNION is divided into 3 parts: 1) A Clemente course, AMERICAN FREEDOM: THE HISTORY OF AN IDEAL, serves low-income Camden residents; 2) Two teacher seminars: AMERICAN HEROES and LITERATURE AND DEMOCRACY, and 3) TEACHERS AS SCHOLARS, teachers workshops whose theme is inspired by Jefferson's words: FIRE BELLS IN THE NIGHT: CONFLICT AND RECONCILIATION IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. |