| BC-50444-08 | Federal/State Partnership: Grants for State Humanities Councils | New Jersey Council for the Humanities | A Democratic Vision: Forming a More Perfect Union | 9/1/2008 - 2/28/2010 | $153,630.00 | Sharon | Ann | Holt | | | | New Jersey Council for the Humanities | Camden | NJ | 08101-3287 | USA | 2008 | U.S. History | Grants for State Humanities Councils | Federal/State Partnership | 136130 | 17500 | 136130 | 17500 | two two-semester Clemente Courses in Camden and Somerset/Brunswick exploring the nation's founding principles and their development over time, and two K-12 teacher seminars.
A DEMOCRATIC VISION: FORMING A MORE PERFECT UNION has 2 parts: AMERICAN FREEDOM: THE HISTORY OF AN IDEAL provides low-income individuals in 2 NJ cities the opportunity to explore the concept of freedom through history, philosophy, art history & literature; 2 seminars for K-12 teachers, GEORGE WASHINGTON & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION examines him as military leader & president; LITERATURE & DEMOCRACY explores the idea of citizenship & its expression by writers from the founding to the present. |