Peñasco Independent School District

Penasco, New Mexico, 87553

Last updated on February 10, 2023

Grant awarded by

Library of Congress

Region

West

Organization Type

Public School District

Congressional District(s)

3

Fiscal Year Of First Grant

FY 2022 [10/01/21 - 09/30/22]

Contributing Organization(s)

NM Humanities Council

Organization description

Public school district in Northern New Mexico, primarily within the boundaries of Picuris Pueblo

Project description

Engage students, families, and community members in Library of Congress materials, especially photographs of the area taken by Russell Lee and John Collier in the early 1940s. Create narratives around those photographs and materials and, in the case of Picuris Pueblo, fill the lack of materials in the Library from this same time. Engage students in a variety of primary sources, including but not limited to the following: previously recorded interviews with community members, photographs and documents held in private and other museum collections, presentations by experts in traditional forms of life depicted in LoC archives.

TPS project focus

Academic Courses
Curriculum
Grants
Teaching Materials
Webinars
Workshops

Content focus

Cultural Studies
English Language Arts
Equity and Inclusion
Gender Studies
General Studies
Geography
History
Journalism
Literacy
Music
Research

Audience

Archivists
Classroom teachers
Community members
Curriculum coordinators
Musicians
Researchers
Students

Level(s)

K-5
6 - 8
9 - 12
Adult learning

Population focus

Hispanic/Latinx
Men and boys
Native American/Indigenous
Rural
Seniors
Women and girls