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Picturing America School Collaboration Projects
Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Number: 20091007-AP
Close Date: 2009-10-07 00:00:00
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: 5/26/2009
Creation Date: May 26, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Oct 7, 2009
Archive Date: Nov 6, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Expected Number of Awards: 30
Award Ceiling: $75,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 45.163 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Professional Development
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Eligible Applicants: Independent school districtsState governmentsSpecial district governmentsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationCity or township governmentsNonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)County governmentsPrivate institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:
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 America￿s 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 Endowment￿s 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 America￿s diverse people and places and connect them to our nation￿s 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
Contact Info: 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 education@neh.gov
Synopsis Modification History: The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown in a light grey background. Synopsis Version NameModification DescriptionDate ModifiedCurrent VersionMay 26, 2009

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