The National Endowment for the Humanities is offering the Picturing America School Collaboration Projects grant. This grant is for local and regional projects that foster collaboration between K-12 educators and humanities scholars. The goal is to use the “Picturing America” images and resources to deepen students’ understanding of American art, history, and culture within the core curriculum. Projects should facilitate conferences, accommodating 24-100+ participants, where educators engage with scholars and experts. These conferences aim to strengthen connections between American art and historical themes, discuss effective teaching methods, and provide access to rich scholarly resources, ultimately improving the integration of American artworks in subjects like history, literature, and civics.
Opportunity ID: 47559
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 20091007-AP |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Picturing America School Collaboration Projects |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 30 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.163 — Promotion of the Humanities_Professional Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 26, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 07, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 07, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Nov 06, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $75,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education State governments City or township governments Special district governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) County governments Independent school districts Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Description: | Building on the national distribution of Picturing America, the National Endowment for the Humanities invites proposals for local and regional projects that foster collaboration between K-12 educators and humanities scholars to encourage engagement with the rich resources of American art to tell Americas story. The Picturing America School Collaboration Projects grant opportunity is designed to help teachers and librarians whose schools display the Picturing America images form connections with courses in the core curriculum. These projects will be grounded in the great works of art included in Picturing America, which is part of the Endowments We the People program. Information aboutPicturing America, including the Picturing America Teachers Resource Book, can be found by visiting the Picturing America Web site. The images in Picturing America reflect a variety of media spanning several centuries, ranging from the work of early American Indian artists to painters such as Mary Cassatt and Jacob Lawrence, from photographers such as Dorothea Lange to architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright. These images will help students better understand Americas diverse people and places and connect them to our nations travails and triumphs. This history is reflected in the themes of Picturing America: Leadership, Freedom and Equality, Democracy, Courage, Landscape, and Creativity and Ingenuity. Goals of the Picturing America School Collaboration Projects grants are: to strengthen understanding of the connections between great works of American art and significant events, themes, and topics in the American experience; to encourage local and regional collaboration between K-12 educators and humanities experts who can bring appropriate knowledge to the integration of American artworks in core subjects; to foster discussion of how to use the Picturing America images among K-12 educators within a locality or region; and to provide access to rich scholarly resources and primary materials that support teaching. In order to provide a forum for exploring and deepening students understanding of art, American history, government, social studies, literature, language arts, civics, and other core subjects, funded projects should support one or more conferences of one or two days each; accommodate at each conference twenty-four to one hundred (or more) participants, all of whom would have access to the Picturing America portfolio; and provide opportunities for participants to engage with scholars, museum and library professionals, and other experts. Successful proposals for local and regional projects will present a conference schedule of plenary and concurrent sessions in engaging formats that provide opportunities for participants to observe or demonstrate models for teaching American art, history, and culture with the Picturing America portfolio and accompanying Teachers Resource Book; and explore the curricular value of Picturing America for core subjects (for example, using images in the teaching of history or literature as a powerful investigative tool, a stimulus to Socratic inquiry, or a catalyst to improve student writing). |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pascp.html |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Picturing America School Collaboration Projects
Division of Education Programs National Endowment for the Humanities Room 302 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8500 Email:education@neh.gov |
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Picturing America School Collaboration Projects Division of Education Programs National Endowment for the Humanities Room 302 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8500 Email: education@neh.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.163 | PKG00012278 | May 26, 2009 | Oct 07, 2009 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
47559 SF424_Short-1.0.pdf
47559 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms-1.0.pdf
47559 PerformanceSite_1_2-1.2.pdf
47559 Attachments-1.0.pdf
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