NATIONAL EDUCATION PROJECTS
AWARDS
Division of Education Programs
Announced: April 2001
CALIFORNIA
San Diego State University, San Diego
(Outright: $235,000)
Director: Ross E. Dunn, (619) 594-6391
Project: An Architecture for World History: Ancient Times to 1500
C.E.
Description: The development and dissemination of an online model
curriculum for middle and high school courses in world history covering
ancient times up to 1500 C.E.
University of California, Los Angeles
(Outright: $130,000, Match: $10,000)
Director: Peter Tokofsky, (310) 825-5077
Project: Family Traditions: Linking Individuals to Cultures
Description: A curricular planning project aimed a creating web-based
materials on the holiday and family traditions of Los Angeles's diverse
ethnic communities for use in K-12 classrooms.
GEORGIA
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
(Outright: $180,000, Match: $20,000)
Director: Robert Kolker, (404) 385-2056
Project: Casablanca: A Critical Edition
Description: A digital critical edition of the American film classic,
Casablanca, designed to encourage the integration of film literacy into
American education.
HAWAII
East-West Center, Honolulu (Outright:
$230,000, Match: $10,000)
Director: Elizabeth B. Buck, (808) 944-7315
Project: Cultures of Authority in Asian Practice: A Seminar Series
for Undergraduate Education
Description: A series of faculty development seminars to be delivered
over two years by the Asian Studies Development Program at four mainland
sites.
Web Address: http://www.ewc.hawaii.edu/edu-ct.asp
INDIANA
Indiana University, Bloomington (Outright:
$100,000)
Director: John McDowell, (812) 850-0043
Project: Tales On-Line: An Electronic Database of Folk Narrative
Description: The creation of an online database of the world's
folk narratives, along with associated teacher materials.
MASSACHUSETTS
University of Massachusetts, Boston
(Outright: $180,000, Match: $15,000)
Director: Kevin Bowen, (617) 287-5850
Project: Understanding the Vietnam War: A Web-Based Learning Project
for High Schools
Description: The development, testing, and implementation of web-based
interactive curriculum on the Vietnam War for teachers and students in
grades 9-12.
Northeastern University, Boston (Outright:
$240,000)
Director: Patrick Manning, (617) 373-4453
Project: The World History Network: A Website for Teachers, Students,
and Scholars
Description: In response to a special NEH Request for Proposals,
the development of a world history website which will foster the work
of teachers and scholars in this burgeoning new field.
WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston
(Outright: $100,000, Match: $100,000)
Director: Carol Greenwald, (617) 300-3811
Project: The Time Warp Trio Educational Website
Description: The creation of a website designed for children in
fourth and fifth grades that will engage them in a interactive time travel
adventure game based on the popular children's book series, The Time Warp
Trio.
MISSOURI
University of Missouri, St. Louis
(Outright: $185,000, Match: $25,000)
Director: Louis S. Gerteis, (314) 516-5684
Project: The Virtual City Project
Description: The creation of a fully-interactive, three-dimensional
simulation of eighty blocks of downtown St. Louis between 1850 and 1960,
emphasizing historical events and processes in the city's past.
NEW JERSEY
Community College Humanities Association,
Newark (Outright: $242,000)
Directors: Diane Eisenberg and David Berry, (973) 877-3577
Project: Advancing the Humanities in Teacher Preparation Programs
at Community Colleges
Description: A nationwide mentoring project to strengthen the role
of humanities faculty in community college programs for future teachers.
Community College Humanities Association,
Newark (Outright: $220,000)
Director: George Scheper, (410) 780-6539
Project: Cities and Public Spaces in Comparative Cultural Contexts
Description: A study program on urban histories and related comparative
topics for twenty community college faculty, under the auspices of the
Community College Humanities Association and the Office of Scholarly Programs
at the Library of Congress.
NEW YORK
American Forum, Inc., New York (Outright:
$200,000, Match: $20,000)
Directors: Hazel S. Greenberg & Linda Arkin, (212) 624-1300
Project: South Asia at Fifty: A Digital Resource Guide
Description: The creation of a multimedia digital resource and
guide for understanding and teaching about India from its independence
in 1949 to the present.
American Symphony Orchestra, New York
(Outright: $180,000, Match: $10,000)
Director: Joseph L. Horowitz, (212) 749-3387
Project: Dvorak in America
Description: The development of multimedia set of materials to
teach the story of Antonin Dvorak and his contribution to American music.
Columbia University, New York (Outright:
$190,000, Match: $25,000)
Director: Stephen Murray, (212) 854-8521
Project: History of Architecture Online Teaching Project
Description: The development of a digital resource for the study
of architectural history concentrating on medieval and Islamic architecture
for the late Roman period to the Renaissance.
CUNY, Graduate Center, New York (Outright:
$130,000, Match: $15,000)
Director: Joshua Brown, (212) 817-1967
Project: The Lost Museum: Exploring Antebellum American Life and
Culture
Description: The continuing development of a web-based interactive
re-creation of P.T. Barnum's American Museum, including primary documents
and resources for studying important themes in United States history in
the period from 1842 to 1865.
Web Address: http://web.gsuc.cuny.edu/ashp/lostmuseum/
SUNY, Binghamton, Binghamton (Outright:
$100,000)
Directors: Thomas Dublin and Kathryn K. Sklar, (607) 777-6202
Project: Women and Social Movements in the United States
Description: The development, by faculty members at twelve colleges
and universities, of thematic materials for inclusion on the website,
"Women and Social Movements in American History, 1830-1930."
Web Address: http://womhist.binghamton.edu
RHODE ISLAND
Brown University, Providence (Outright:
$160,000, Match: $25,000)
Director: Massimo Riva, (401) 863-1561
Project: The Decameron Web: Teaching a Classic with Hypertext
Description: The expansion of a hypertextual, hypermedia, annotated
and illustrated edition of Boccacio's Decameron, with other texts, tools,
and resources for classroom use.
Web Address: http://www.brown.edu/Research/Decameron