NEH announces "Landmarks of American History" Grants

[The Straight Story]

NEH ANNOUNCES "LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY" GRANTS
National K-12 Teacher Workshops Offered at 15 U.S. Historic Sites

RALEIGH, N.C. (January 26, 2005) -- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced that the "Landmarks of American History" teacher workshops will be held this summer at 15 historic and cultural sites across the United States. NEH established the grant program for "Landmarks of American History" as part of the Endowment's We the People initiative to encourage and strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture.

These residence-based, week-long workshops will bring up to 1,700 school teachers together with scholars for a week of intensive study on history and literature associated with each historic site.

NEH Chairman Bruce Cole announced the new grants at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, N.C., the site of a Landmarks project conducted by the North Carolina Museum of History and the Thomas Day Education Project called "Crafting Freedom: Thomas Day and Elizabeth Keckly, Black Artisans and Entrepreneurs in the Making of America."

"Amazing things happen when you bring teachers and students to historic places," said Cole. "History becomes more than dates to memorize or pictures on a page; it takes on the sights, sounds and images of what really happened. The experiences gained at these workshops will impact teachers for a lifetime, and in return, affect generations of students."

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