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"Lewis Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative - Continuing Awards" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
Lewis Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative - Continuing Awards is sponsored by Library of Congress. Supports partner organizations in expanding the use of teaching materials and strategies developed under previous awards to promote civics and democracy.
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Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative The Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative is a Congressionally funded program named in honor of late Congressmen John R. Lewis (D-GA) and Amo Houghton (R-NY) falling under the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Partner Program.
The Lewis-Houghton Initiative supports history, civics, and democracy learning using music and creative arts-based materials from the Library's digital collections. Through this initiative, educational organizations may apply for awards to develop digitally-enabled learning initiatives for civics education based on creative arts driven instruction, especially focused on music.
In 2023, the Library released a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) inviting proposals to support implementation of LHI projects in the United States and its territories.
Six organizations received LHI grants in this inaugural round of funding: City Lore is leading the "Harikatha to Hip Hop" project, which pairs high school teachers and teaching artists together to integrate primary sources related to culturally rooted music and dance into humanities curricula.
Culture Works received LHI funding for the "Time Out of Joint" project uses primary sources, Shakespeare, and original monologues to engage students in discussion about injustice, isolation, and civic engagement.
FableVision Studios whose multi-episode educational podcast - the "Library of Congress Mixtape" places archival recordings from the Library's collections into historical context and puts them into conversation with modern music-making. Rock and Soul Forever Foundation is developing "The People's Playlist," a complete US History course using music - in its various forms - as a primary source. Snow & Co.
is working on "Music of Us," an online interactive tool for middle & high school students to explore our shared history as a nation through musical primary sources. Songmasters whose Tapestry platform will digitally deliver "The American Road," a music-driven online history and civics curriculum for secondary students.
The Lewis-Houghton Initiative currently offers subgrants to incorporate music, art, theater, poetry, and literature primary sources from the Library's collections into civics education through the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Regional Program .
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Current Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative partner organizations. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $100,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was June 17, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Lewis Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative - Continuing Awards is funded by Library of Congress. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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