Nebraska Humanities Council (Lincoln, NE 68508-1836)
Jane Renner Hood (Project Director: May 2005 to July 2007)
BC-50273-05
Grants for State Humanities Councils
Federal/State Partnership
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Totals (outright + matching):
$55,380 (approved)
$55,380 (awarded)
Grant period:
9/1/2005 – 10/31/2006
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We The People--Nebraska
To support the Council's participation in the 2006 Great Plains Chautauqua, "From Sea to Shining Sea: American Expansion and Cul;tural Change, 1790-1850," a program for high school students, Capitol Forum, and additional speakers for public programs on US and Great Plains history.
The Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) requests $55,380 in We The People funding to support three programs: $18,420 to help underwrite the Great Plains Chautauqua, "From Sea to Shining Sea: American Expansion and Cultural Change, 1790-1850" in Alliance and Albion, Nebraska during the summer of 2006; $13,235 to help fund the 2005-2006 Capitol Forum, a curriculum-based program to encourage 1500 Nebraska high school students to better understand American democratic values; and $18,725 to support speakers on U.S. and Great Plains history from the Council's Humanities Resource Center.
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