[Publib] Apply by April 15 for Picturing America

[Angela Thullen]

The National Endowment for the Humanities, in collaboration with the
American Library Association, is offering a new free resource that is
designed to promote the teaching, study and understanding of American
history and culture. "Picturing America" is available to public,
private, parochial, and charter schools and home school consortia, as
well as public libraries. 

 

Participants will receive a set of 40 high-quality reproductions
representing a diverse selection of American art, including Emanuel
Leutze's painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, Martin Puryear's
wood sculpture Ladder for Booker T. Washington and panels from Amish
quilts. The program - which is intended to enhance the study of American
history, social studies, language arts, literature and civics - also
offers an illustrated teachers resource book and a comprehensive Web
site at http://PicturingAmerica.neh.gov
<http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/>  with additional information about
the artwork.  Applications are being accepted through April 15 for fall
2008 delivery.

 

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ALA Public Programs Office

www.ala.org/publicprograms

publicprograms at ala.org

800.545.2433 x5054

 

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