Ohio Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, recently awarded more than $124,000 in Major Grants of up $20,000 to nine nonprofit organizations across the state.
The grants will support a range of humanity projects with varied approaches. These include: history, critical thinking, civil dialogue, and the use of digital media. Each project will challenge participants’ assumptions and world perspectives about current issues. They range from the development of museum exhibit and documentary about the struggle of a local community to integrate an elementary school. Another examines the issue of arming public school teachers. Additional projects examine ecological concerns, another look at local agricultural …show more content…
|Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association, Franklin County
Lucy Braun: Pioneer Botanist and Ecologist | Award $20,000
Production of a documentary about E. Lucy Braun (1889-1971). | Voyage Media Group Inc.,
Butler County
Multilayered Digital Map and Learning Resources | Award: $15,000
Enable the exploration of a 19th-century farm’s natural ecosystem, related commerce and sustainability of the agricultural practices from the past 200 years. | Miami University,
Butler County
A Good Guy with a Gun: The Arming of Teachers in America | Award: $15,000
Production of a documentary exploring Ohio’s political and social forces for and against the measure. | The ThinkTV Network, Montgomery County
America’s First Responders: An Ohio Exhibit | Award: $15,000
Develop a local exhibit complementing a recently installed piece of former World Trade Center. The grant will also enable the production of a brief video to illustrate the risks first responders’ face in the rescue of others. | The Toledo Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Lucas
The grants will support a range of humanity projects with varied approaches. These include: history, critical thinking, civil dialogue, and the use of digital media. Each project will challenge participants’ assumptions and world perspectives about current issues. They range from the development of museum exhibit and documentary about the struggle of a local community to integrate an elementary school. Another examines the issue of arming public school teachers. Additional projects examine ecological concerns, another look at local agricultural …show more content…
|Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association, Franklin County
Lucy Braun: Pioneer Botanist and Ecologist | Award $20,000
Production of a documentary about E. Lucy Braun (1889-1971). | Voyage Media Group Inc.,
Butler County
Multilayered Digital Map and Learning Resources | Award: $15,000
Enable the exploration of a 19th-century farm’s natural ecosystem, related commerce and sustainability of the agricultural practices from the past 200 years. | Miami University,
Butler County
A Good Guy with a Gun: The Arming of Teachers in America | Award: $15,000
Production of a documentary exploring Ohio’s political and social forces for and against the measure. | The ThinkTV Network, Montgomery County
America’s First Responders: An Ohio Exhibit | Award: $15,000
Develop a local exhibit complementing a recently installed piece of former World Trade Center. The grant will also enable the production of a brief video to illustrate the risks first responders’ face in the rescue of others. | The Toledo Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Lucas