Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development Division of Education Programs Announced: February 2007 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     Outright: $180,000 Matching:   $10,000 Total: $190,000 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. The Ancient Egyptian Temple Complex Karnak: Instructional Resources University of California, Los Angeles, — Los Angeles Contact: Diane Favro     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. Illinois Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for High School Educators University of Chicago, — Chicago Contact: Gil Stein     Outright: $200,000 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. The Mississippi Valley in the Nineteenth Century: A Materials Development Project Northern Illinois University, — DeKalb Contact: Drew VandeCreek     Outright: $155,488 The creation of ten online lesson plans and accompanying materials exploring the society and culture of the nineteenth century Mississippi River Valley. New Hampshire Helen Keller in Her Times Keene State College, — Keene Contact: Graham Warder     Outright: $199,740 The development of five website modules on the life of Helen Keller in the social and cultural context of her era. New Jersey Natural Law, Natural Rights, and American Constitutionalism Online Resource Center Witherspoon Institute, — Princeton Contact: Bradford Wilson     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. North Carolina Making the Revolution: America, 1763-1790 National Humanities Center, — Research Triangle Park Contact: Richard Schramm     Outright: $200,000 The creation of an online collection of historical documents, literary texts, and works of art on the Revolutionary period of American history. The Crafting Freedom Project: Nineteenth Century African American Entrepreneurs, Artisans, and Abolitionists Apprend Foundation, — Durham Contact: Laurel Sneed     Outright: $194,750 The creation of lesson plans and supporting materials for elementary and middle schools on African American entrepreneurs, artisans, and abolitionists in the 19th century. Tennessee Time Traveler Trunks: Hands On Humanities Activities for Classrooms Tennessee State Museum Foundation, — Nashville Contact: Paulette Fox     Outright: $59,249 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. Virginia Children and Youth in World History George Mason University, — Fairfax Contact: Kelly Schrum     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.