As a result of an earlier project conducted by the Council of Chief State School Officer's Project on Humanities and the Schools, 76 programs in the humanities were identified for their efforts to improve the teaching of humanities between 1972 and 1983. From these projects, 20 exemplary projects were selected for inclusion in this catalog. The…

This resource guide divides arts and humanities into six areas listed in separate chapters: dance, film, literature, music, theater, and visual art. A seventh chapter lists historical resources and general cultural resources. Within each of the seven chapters are alphabetically listed resources identified for each intermediate unit. The chapters…

These Latin American reference sources are presented in three independent documents: (1) an annotated bibliography of business and law-related publications, organized by type and subject, including periodicals; (2) a partially annotated bibliography of reference materials in humanities and social sciences; (3) a directory of selected book dealers,…

This guide describes more than 800 film, television, and radio productions developed with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NEH supports projects that convey significant scholarship to the general public and engage citizens in critical interpretation and analysis of the humanities. Film, video, and radio programs are…

The purpose of the Humanities Resource Center is to make humanities programs available as efficiently and expeditiously as possible to all organizations in South Dakota. This catalog lists speakers, packaged programs, and audiovisual materials related to various disciplines of the humanities, for example, philosophy, ethics, comparative religion,…

Information about the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent grant-making federal agency to support research, education, and public programs in the humanities, is provided in this booklet. The first part covers the programs that NEH does and does not support, eligibility for assistance, and how applications are evaluated. NEH…

This report, a supplement to "The Constitution and the Community: A Resource for Planning Humanities-Based Programs on the United States Constitution," describes resources for community oriented U.S. Constitution bicentennial celebration programs. Part 1 outlines basic planning procedures in terms of: (1) focusing on humanities; (2)…

This handbook, produced by a project of the Office of Public Libraries and Interlibrary Cooperation (OPLIC), provides planning, topic, funding, and resource information to help public libraries in Minnesota, in collaboration with other education and community agencies, provides public adult programming in the humanities. Information was gathered…

A directory of college television courseware lists offerings in curriculum areas such as: social sciences, biology, black studies, business, mathematics, sciences, computer science, consumer protection, creative arts, drug education, ecology, engineering, humanities, physics, nursing, nutrition, religion, and vocational education, etc. Each course…

The reference books featured in this annotated bibliography were selected from those titles that publishers submitted to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for review. As such, it is not a comprehensive list of all reference titles in print. This guide organizes the 33 titles into major subject categories: (1) Arts…

This directory lists 1650 individuals in New York state who are willing to participate in some aspect of public humanities programming including planning, proposal writing, research, presentation, or evaluation. The individuals listed are those who responded to a questionnaire that went to almost 8000 people from colleges and universities and from…

Describes 38 database projects sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Information on hardware, software, and access and dissemination is given for projects in the areas of art and architectural history; folklore; history; medicinal plants; interdisciplinary topics; language and linguistics; literature; and music and music…

This directory contains resource materials and listings of organizations, funding resources, and databases pertaining to cultural programs in rural American communities. A 67-item bibliography includes books, journals, and newspaper articles covering arts and crafts, humanities, music, festivals, theater, historic preservation, economic…

Films and videotapes treating some aspect of American culture and society, which were developed with funds from the state humanities societies, are described. The purpose of the catalog is to provide a qualitative critique of the listed films and videotapes that can clarify how each film's orientation or, in some cases, limitation in the treatment…

This publication is comprised of bibliographic citations and lists of organizations, funding resources, and journals that provide information related to arts and humanities programs in rural America. The bibliography includes 22 annotated citations of resource guides, program descriptions, government reports, and journal articles published…