We The People Endowment at St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland

Recipient: Dink, Michael (Annapolis, MD 21401 USA) in affiliation with St. John's College, Main Campus (Annapolis, MD 21404 USA)

Goal: Endowment for faculty study groups, preceptorials, acquisitions, lectures, and outreach programs dealing with American founding documents and topics.

Description: St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, is applying for a "We the People" challenge grant of $1,000,000 to be matched by $3,000,000 raised to endow activities and library acquisitions centered on "We the People" themes. An endowment dedicated to these themes ensures that works and ideas in U.S. history, events, and culture are given proper consideration in a curriculum that spans thousands of years and examines subjects as diverse as ontology and quantum physics. The bulk of the "We the People" activities will be in four areas: faculty study groups, preceptorials, lectures, and outreach programs.

Grant: 191887 / CZ-50208-09,   Category: American Studies,   Division: Challenge Grants,   Program: Special Initiatives,   Year Awarded: 2009

War & Morality: Rethinking the Just War Tradition for the 21st Century

Recipient: Lucas, George R (Annapolis, MD 21012 USA) in affiliation with United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD 21402 USA)

Goal: A four-week institute for 30 college teachers to support interdisciplinary study of classical and modern interpretations of "just war" theory.

Grant: 165517 / EH-50010-03,   Category: Ethics,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2003

Teaching in the Age of the Internet: A Collaborative Program Promoting Computer Technology in Social Studies Education

Recipient: Papenfuse, Edward C (Annapolis, MD 21401 USA) in affiliation with Anne Arundel County Public Schools

Goal: To support a two-year project for Maryland teachers of American history to develop effective classroom teaching strategies using digitized resources from the Maryland State Archives.

Grant: 141814 / ED-20633-97,   Category: Education,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Education Development and Demonstration,   Year Awarded: 1997

Learning from London Town in Colonial Maryland

Recipient: Flanagan, Charles M (Annapolis, MD 21403-0000 USA) in affiliation with Key School (Annapolis, MD 21403 USA)

Goal: To support a faculty study and curriculum development project on colonial American history for elementary and secondary school teachers in Annapolis, Maryland.

Grant: 141844 / ED-20886-97,   Category: American History,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Education Development and Demonstration,   Year Awarded: 1997

Teaching with Original Sources: A Teachers' Institute by the Maryland State Archives

Recipient: Papenfuse, Edward C (Annapolis, MD 21401 USA) in affiliation with Maryland State Archives

Goal: To support a two-year project comprised of two summer institutes and follow- up sessions on Maryland and United States history for 30 Maryland middle and high school teachers.

Grant: 143519 / ES-22594-94,   Category: Education,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1994

Ethics Continuum Project

Recipient: Culham, Phyllis (Annapolis, MD 21402-0000 USA) in affiliation with United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD 21402 USA)

Goal: To support a two-year project for 16 faculty members who will study Western ethical traditions and citizenship responsibilities in order to revise courses that make up the Ethics Continuum within the Humanities Core.

Grant: 142563 / EH-21693-93,   Category: Ethics,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1993

Teaching History with Original Sources: Summer Institute

Recipient: Papenfuse, Edward C (Annapolis, MD 21401 USA) in affiliation with Maryland State Archives

Goal: To support a three-week summer institute on topics in Maryland and U.S. historyfor 20 Maryland high school history teachers.

Grant: 143426 / ES-22328-92,   Category: American History,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1992

Challenge Grant

Recipient: Slakey, Thomas J (Annapolis, MD 21404 USA) in affiliation with St. John's College, Main Campus

Goal: To support the endowment of faculty chairs in ancient thought and in modern thought.

Grant: 141221 / CC-20357-89,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Challenge Grants,   Program: Challenge Grants for Four-Year Colleges,   Year Awarded: 1989

Philosophical Uses of Historical Traditions

Recipient: Lucas, George R (Annapolis, MD 21012 USA) in affiliation with Clemson University (Clemson, SC 29634 USA)

Goal: To support a six-week institute for 25 humanities teachers on the use and interpretation of classical texts in philosophy.

Grant: 142318 / EH-20969-89,   Category: History of Philosophy,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1989

Study of the Place of Music in the Liberal Arts

Recipient: Littleton, Michael S (Annapolis, MD 21404 USA) in affiliation with St. John's College, Main Campus

Goal: To support a year-long seminar for seven faculty members to study and strengthen the use of music in the liberal arts.

Grant: 142338 / EH-21021-89,   Category: Music History and Criticism,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1989

Guide to the Study of Maxwell on the Electromagnetic Field

Recipient: Simpson, Thomas K (Annapolis, MD 21404 USA) in affiliation with St. John's College, Main Campus

Goal: To support the preparation of a guided study of several papers on the electro- magnetic theory of light by James Clerk Maxwell, 183l-79, in order to make Maxwell's writings more accessible to general readers.

Grant: 159766 / RH-20858-88,   Category: History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Humanities, Science, and Technology,   Year Awarded: 1988

Guided Studies of Classics in Geometry and Astronomy

Recipient: Flaumenhaft, Harvey M (Annapolis, MD 21404-0000 USA) in affiliation with St. John's College, Main Campus (Annapolis, MD 21404 USA)

Goal: To support the preparation of guided studies of historic scientific texts in geometry and astronomy that will make these works accessible to a wider body of scholars.

Grant: 159755 / RH-20812-87,   Category: History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Humanities, Science, and Technology,   Year Awarded: 1987

Books for Bicentennial Bookshelf

Recipient: Hall, Edward B (Annapolis, MD 21401 USA) in affiliation with Anne Arundel County Library Systems (Annapolis, MD 21404 USA)

Grant: 132496 / GC-20451-87,   Category: American History,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: Public Programs - Bicentennial Bookshelf,   Year Awarded: 1987

Masters of Discovery: Guided Studies of Great Texts in Science

Recipient: Flaumenhaft, Harvey M (Annapolis, MD 21404-0000 USA) in affiliation with St. John's College, Main Campus (Annapolis, MD 21404 USA)

Goal: To support planning for a series of historical scientific works with introduc- tions and guides that will make these works accessible to a wider body of scholars.

Grant: 137423 / RH-20798-86,   Category: History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Humanities, Science, and Technology,   Year Awarded: 1986

Metaphysics and the Modern World: Whitehead and His Critics

Recipient: Lucas, George R (Annapolis, MD 21012 USA) in affiliation with Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA)

Goal: To support a six-week institute for 25 college and university teachers on the systematic philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and the critics of that philosophy.

Grant: 124424 / EH-20570-85,   Category: Metaphysics,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1985

Hegel and Whitehead: An International Symposium

Recipient: Lucas, George R (Annapolis, MD 21012 USA) in affiliation with Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA)

Goal: An international symposium on Hegel and Whitehead that will bring together scholars for a comparative and critical examination of the linkages between thethought of two of the most distinguished names in modern philosophy.

Grant: 139887 / RX-20484-84,   Category: History of Philosophy,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Conferences,   Year Awarded: 1984

Salvaging the Calvert House Site

Recipient: Wright, St. Clair (Annapolis, MD 21401 USA) in affiliation with Historic Annapolis Foundation

Goal: To support salvaging of the Calvert House site.

Grant: 138311 / RO-20600-83,   Category: Archaeology,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Basic Research,   Year Awarded: 1983

Maryland Newspaper Project: Planning

Recipient: Allan, Christopher N (Annapolis, MD 21404 USA) in affiliation with Maryland Hall of Records Commission

Goal: To support the planning stage of a newspaper project in Maryland, the compila- tion of an inventory of Maryland newspapers, 1727-1982, and a survey of insti- tutions in Maryland and other states to locate extant files.

Grant: 136875 / RC-20689-83,   Category: American History,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Reference Materials - Access,   Year Awarded: 1983

A Model for the Teaching of Literary Works in French and Spanish Using the Microcomputer

Recipient: Lipton, Gladys C (Annapolis, MD 21401 USA) in affiliation with Anne Arundel County Public Schools

Goal: To support the development of a model for teaching literature in foreign language classes using the microcomputer.

Grant: 125289 / ES-20520-82,   Category: Languages,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1982

Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Maryland: A Study of Urban Development in a Tobacco Economy, 1649-1776

Recipient: Walsh, Lorena S (Annapolis, MD 21401 USA) in affiliation with Historic Annapolis Foundation

Goal: To support a study of Annapolis and Anne Arundel counties in Maryland in the context of their social and economic development, l649-l776. Comparisons will be made with other Colonial Chesapeake counties such as Yorktown and Williamsburg.

Grant: 139107 / RS-*1955-81,   Category: American History,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: State and Local and Regional Studies,   Year Awarded: 1981