Description
The National Park Service intends to award a cooperative agreement to the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation for the Youth Heritage Project in Washington State. The project aims to educate and inspire a younger generation through hands-on and place-based learning experiences about historic, cultural, and natural resources. The project will include curriculum development, on-site logistical coordination, program management, student recruitment, and execution of the program. The agreement will be for a period of 5 years, from April 15, 2020, to April 15, 2025. The total anticipated award amount is $175,000.
Some key aspects of this project include:
• The project will focus on historic and heritage preservation, as well as the integral relationship between natural and cultural resources.
• The project will include site visits, lectures, and discussions with community members, tribal representatives, owners, and stewards of the places and cultural and natural resources in the selected locations.
• The project will aim to teach students that the future of any historic, cultural, or natural resource is secured through deliberate community planning and strategic choices.
• The project will strive to impress upon students that they can be a part of shaping the places that matter to them in or near their own communities through participation and engagement.