Holy Family School receives grant to teach humanities
NORWICH – Holy Family School of Norwich has been selected as one of 1,500 pilot schools in the country to receive a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to teach history and humanities through American classical art.
The program, Picturing America, is an innovative classroom project made available by the NEA in cooperation with the American Library Association. It is composed of 40, carefully selected works of art spanning several centuries - all by American painters, sculptors, photographers and architects. Large, high-quality reproductions of these images, along with a teacher’s resource book, lesson plans and materials, and access to an online, interactive website were distributed to schools and libraries nationwide.
Picturing America’s resources are intended to “unlock the potential in each work of art to enhance the study of American history, social studies, language arts, literature and civics,” according to a press release.
Holy Family School’s art teacher, Val Dragoon (who applied for the grant), and Diane Fiorina, home and career schools teacher, said their students “are loving it (the program).”
“We are so pleased to be part of the pilot phase of Picturing America,” said Dragoon. “This program will really allow our students access to some of the nation’s most important art without ever leaving the classroom.”
NEH Chairman Bruce Cole said the goal of the pilot program is to have Picturing America in every school and public library in the United States.
“Picturing America helps us understand our democracy by bringing us face to face with the people, places and events that have shaped our country. It provides an innovative way to experience America’s history through our nation’s art.”
Holy Family School eighth graders Amanda Off and Maisy French said learning history through pictures has helped them to “understand how people felt in the past, and see what their lives were like.”
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation and public programs in the humanities. For more information about NEH, visit www.neh.gov.
The program, Picturing America, is an innovative classroom project made available by the NEA in cooperation with the American Library Association. It is composed of 40, carefully selected works of art spanning several centuries - all by American painters, sculptors, photographers and architects. Large, high-quality reproductions of these images, along with a teacher’s resource book, lesson plans and materials, and access to an online, interactive website were distributed to schools and libraries nationwide.
Picturing America’s resources are intended to “unlock the potential in each work of art to enhance the study of American history, social studies, language arts, literature and civics,” according to a press release.
Holy Family School’s art teacher, Val Dragoon (who applied for the grant), and Diane Fiorina, home and career schools teacher, said their students “are loving it (the program).”
“We are so pleased to be part of the pilot phase of Picturing America,” said Dragoon. “This program will really allow our students access to some of the nation’s most important art without ever leaving the classroom.”
NEH Chairman Bruce Cole said the goal of the pilot program is to have Picturing America in every school and public library in the United States.
“Picturing America helps us understand our democracy by bringing us face to face with the people, places and events that have shaped our country. It provides an innovative way to experience America’s history through our nation’s art.”
Holy Family School eighth graders Amanda Off and Maisy French said learning history through pictures has helped them to “understand how people felt in the past, and see what their lives were like.”
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation and public programs in the humanities. For more information about NEH, visit www.neh.gov.
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