Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Spring 2008 - (Page 7) (continued from page 5) award-winning children’s and young adults’ books. The PRIME TIME methodology, which is based on the Socratic dialogue, will be used throughout this institute. Searching for Our Mothers’ Gardens: African-American Women in Literature • Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond • June 9–July 3, 2008 • Dr. Ruth Caillouet This Institute is designed for teachers of grades six through twelve who want to enliven their classrooms with new approaches to literature and writing that will capture the minds of today’s young adults. Alice Walker’s landmark essay, “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens,” presents African-American women as the ancestors of creative spirit and courage who inspire strength and energy in the art of writing. Picturing America/We the People: American Art History in the K-12 Classroom • Southeastern Louisiana University • June 2–26, 2008 • Dr. Kim Finley-Stansbury This Institute will present American art history through the use of the National Endowment for the Humanities instructional resources, “Picturing American/We the People.” American cultural and historical content based upon the forty visual arts reproductions of “Picturing America” will be the focus of the institute. Nazi Germany and the Holocaust • University of Louisiana at Monroe • June 2– 26, 2008 • Dr. Christopher A. Blackburn This Institute will address the background, events and consequences of the extermination of European Jews during World War II. Participants will be introduced to traditions of European racism and anti-Semitism, as well as the cultural, political, diplomatic and social conditions in Germany and elsewhere that helped to make the Holocaust possible. The course will then turn to a study of the rise of National Socialism, its vision for a new Europe, and the role of anti-Semitism in Nazi ideology and practice, culminating in an analysis of both the politics and the machinery of genocide. Finally, the institute will address issues of resistance, aid to the victims and, ultimately, the ways in which our culture and others remember, commemorate, or even forget the Holocaust. HELIS Foundation donates $50,000 to LEH John Scott art collection The Diana Helis Henry Fund of The Helis Foundation has donated $50,000 to help the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities expand its unequaled collection of artwork by the late New Orleans artist John Scott, a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award. Through this generous gift, the LEH purchased four additional pieces, bringing the growing collection to 14 artworks. The Scott Collection, the largest Urban Warrior: Swaddling Close permanent collection of Scott’s work in the world, offers visitors the opportunity to connect Louisiana’s visual culture to the humanities. FIRST CHOICE SECURITY, INC. Security Guard Service Let a group of dedicated professionals experienced in security provide your company with the safety you deserve 938 Lafayette Street Suite 105 New Orleans, LA 70113 Office: (504) 598-2198 Fax: (504) 598-2199 firstchoicekj@yahoo.com www.firstchoicesecurity.biz Services: Mobile Patrol, Two Marked Patrol Units, and Two Unmarked Patrol Units. Specializing in: Hotels, Hospitals, Restaurants, Apartment Complex Security, Churches, Weddings, Parties, Receptions, Concerts, Special Events and Nursing Homes and School Security. Let First Choice Security be your first choice in security. Spring 2008/LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 7 http://www.firstchoicesecurity.biz http://www.firstchoicesecurity.biz http://www.firstchoicesecurity.biz http://www.bevolo.com http://www.bevolo.com
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