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Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and
Curriculum Development |
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Division of Education Programs |
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Announced: February 2007 |
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California |
| Picturing the Past: A Database of Visual Images
and Related Curricula
for Teaching U.S. and World History
University of California, Davis, — Davis
Contact: Nancy McTygue
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Outright: |
$180,000 |
Matching:
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Total: |
$190,000
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The expansion of an existing database of historical images
as primary sources for teaching US history to include
images for world history, all aligned with state and Advanced
Placement history standards and cross referenced for comparative
study, all searchable and available free of charge. |
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| The Ancient Egyptian Temple Complex Karnak:
Instructional Resources
University of California, Los Angeles, — Los Angeles
Contact: Diane Favro
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Outright: |
$179,996 |
Matching: | $10,000 |
Total: | $189,996 |
The development and
testing of a web-based, three-dimensional model, and related learning materials
on the ancient Egyptian temple site of Karnak.
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Illinois |
| Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for High School
Educators
University of Chicago, — Chicago
Contact: Gil Stein
The expansion of an existing database
of historical images as primary sources for teaching US history to include
images for world history, all aligned with state and Advanced Placement history
standards and cross referenced for comparative study, all searchable and
available free of charge.
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| The Mississippi Valley in the Nineteenth
Century: A Materials Development Project
Northern Illinois University, — DeKalb
Contact: Drew VandeCreek
The
creation of ten online lesson plans and accompanying materials exploring the
society and culture of the nineteenth century Mississippi River Valley.
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New Hampshire |
| Helen Keller in Her
Times
Keene State College, — Keene
Contact: Graham Warder
The development of five website modules
on the life of Helen Keller in the social and cultural context of her era.
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New Jersey |
| Natural Law, Natural Rights, and American
Constitutionalism Online Resource Center
Witherspoon Institute, — Princeton
Contact: Bradford Wilson
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Outright: |
$180,000 |
Matching: | $10,000 |
Total: | $190,000 |
The
creation of an online resource center on the concepts of natural law and natural
rights and their relationship to the American founding and American
constitutionalism.
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North Carolina |
| Making the Revolution: America, 1763-1790
National Humanities Center, — Research Triangle Park
Contact: Richard Schramm
The creation of an online collection
of historical documents, literary texts, and works of art on the Revolutionary
period of American history.
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| The Crafting Freedom Project: Nineteenth Century African American Entrepreneurs, Artisans, and Abolitionists
Apprend Foundation, — Durham
Contact: Laurel Sneed
The creation of lesson plans and supporting materials for elementary and middle schools on African American entrepreneurs,
artisans, and abolitionists in the 19th century.
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Tennessee |
| Time Traveler Trunks: Hands On Humanities Activities for Classrooms
Tennessee State Museum Foundation, — Nashville
Contact: Paulette Fox
The creation of forty nine activity and artifact trunks corresponding to nine historical eras in Tennessee for
teachers to use in their classrooms in conjunction with a state history website.
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Virginia |
| Children and Youth in World History
George Mason University, — Fairfax
Contact: Kelly Schrum
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Outright: |
$169,567 |
Matching: | $15,000 |
Total: | $184,567 |
To create a web resource comprised of scholarly essays, teaching materials,
and primary sources focused on childhood and youth in American and world history.
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