$1 Million Grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 4, 2008

Dr. Larry Cebula
(417) 625-9739
Cebula-l@mssu.edu

http://northwesthistory.blogspot.com/

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - The Social Science Department at MSSU and the Southwest Center for Educational Excellence will participate with the primary recipent, the Carl Junction School District, in receiving a $1 million dollar Teaching American History grant from the U.S. Department of Education for its project, What is an American ?: Teaching American History through Biography.

 

Additional project partners include SuccessLink, The Joplin Globe, and a rich mix of humanities including National Archives and Records Administration (Central Plains Region), Missouri State Historical Society, the Missouri Historical Society, the Powers Museum, George Washington Carver National Monument and Jefferson Expansion National Monument.

 

What is an American is a three-year program to improve the teaching of history in local schools. MSSU history professors will provide history content seminars for teachers, which will be followed by faculty-led field trips to historic sites including Colonial Williamsburg, historic Missouri sites, and a Civil Rights tour of the south.

 

Benefits to Missouri Southern include thousands of dollars for library resources, classroom technology, and guest speakers. More importantly, the project strengthens the bonds between Southern, local schools, and other educational and humanities institutions.

 

What is an American is the fifth Teaching American History grant awarded to Missouri Southern State University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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