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We hope some NCTA alumni or current seminar participants will pursue this funding. You could use the grant to bring in an author to be shared with nearby schools (this appeals to grant evaluation committees) or perhaps you’d like to use the funds for trips to local museums or gardens.

2010 – 2011 “Keeping History Alive” Grants
for K-12 History Teachers in Los Angeles County

Sponsored by
Azusa Pacific University (APU), Historical Society of Southern California (HSSC), Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) and The Webster Foundation

Deadline to Apply: October 22, 2010

The "Keeping History Alive" direct grant program is now in its sixth year of assisting K-12 teachers in the public, private, and parochial schools of Los Angeles County.

This year, 2010-2011 promises even more help with a generous offer by the Helen and Will Webster Foundation and the Canyon City Foundation. The program is operated out of Azusa Pacific University by Dr. Thomas Andrews, Research Historian in Special Collections, in partnership with the Historical Society of Southern California (HSSC).

This year the competition for available KHA grants will be greater than before so it is important that you submit your application as early as possible and as complete as possible. The better the grant application is written, the better the chances are of being successful.

NEW GUIDELINES
Here are NEW guidelines to assist you in preparing your grant application that will give you the best opportunity to secure a KHA grant.

For classroom resources:
(1) please describe the resource(s) and indicate the vendor; (2) show the vendor’s cost of the items you want to purchase; (3) explain why you need the item(s); (4) how you plan to use them, and (5) what you expect the outcomes to be from their use.

For field trips:
(1) please indicate your destination and how many students (and teachers) are going; (2) the cost of transportation; (3) the cost of admission; (4) total cost of the field trip, and (5) how you plan to prepare the students before, and capture the experience after, the trip.

For on-campus presentations:
(1) please indicate who is doing the presentation; (2) the cost of the presentation; (3) how many students (and teachers) are involved; (4) why the presentation is important, and (5) how you prepare the students before, and capture the experience after, the presentation.

For professional development:
(1) please indicate the workshop, seminar, conference, or institute you plan to attend; (2) the dates and location, (3) explain how it will impact you; (4) how it will impact your students, and (5) how many students (and teachers) will be impacted by it.

It delights me to say that this year’s application, information, and submission will be available to you via the World Wide Web through Azusa Pacific University’s web site.

You will find this information located at
http://www.apu.edu/library/services/forms/keepinghistoryalivegrant/

Grant applications are due
Friday, October 22, 2010

More information
can be found in the attached file
or by contacting:
Thomas F. Andrews PhD
Research Historian
Azusa Pacific University
(626) 815-5061
[email protected]