| BC-50424-08 | Federal/State Partnership: Grants for State Humanities Councils | Humanities Texas | "We the People" Initiatives, 2008-09 | 7/1/2008 - 12/31/2010 | $283,550.00 | Michael | L. | Gillette | | | | Humanities Texas | Austin | TX | 78701-1506 | USA | 2008 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Grants for State Humanities Councils | Federal/State Partnership | 266050 | 17500 | 266050 | 17500 | The 2008 teacher institute, "From Disunion to Empire: The United States, 1850-1900," exhibits, a grant program, public lectures, a cultural heritage and community history intiative, and activities to support the NEH's Picturing American initiative.
Humanities Texas will sponsor two summer teacher institutes examining significant developments in U.S. history; create and support traveling exhibits; make grants to programs exploring “We the People” topics; offer public lectures; continue development of a history program encouraging communities to explore local traditions that respond to themes in U.S. history and culture and comprise the collective American experience; and participate in the new “Picturing America” initiative. |