Heroes Hall
Heroes Hall at the OC Fair & Event Center is a free, permanent, year-round museum with exhibitions, performances, and educational programs that celebrate the legacy of Orange County veterans and others who have served our nation. The two-story exhibition space will rotate themes semi-annually with each focusing on an aspect of the personal stories and experiences of veterans.
Holocaust Art and Writing Contest
Schools are invited to participate in the 26th Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest website, the theme of which is What Do You Bring When You Don't Know Where You're Going?
Participating schools may submit a total of three entries (one entry per student) in any combination of the following categories: art, film, poetry, or prose.
Students will be eligible to win a first-prize award of $400 in each category. Educators and schools will also be eligible to win a first prize of $200 each.
First-place student winners in the United States, their parents/guardians, and teachers will be invited to participate in an expense-paid study trip June 23-27, 2025, to visit the Museum of Tolerance and other sites in Los Angeles, as well as to meet with members of The 1939 Society, a community of Holocaust survivors, descendants, and friends.
Funding permitting, this year’s U.S. winning participants will be joined by first-place students living outside of the United States. In addition, first-place student entries will be posted on Chapman University’s contest website.
Students awarded second prize in each category will receive $200 and their sponsoring educator and school will receive $100 each.
26th Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest Brochure / Poster
For more information or to view previous winning entries visit this website or e-mail cioffi@chapman.edu
National Endowment of the Humanities Grants
NEH offers a variety of grants programmed to individuals and organizations that do the highest quality of work to promote humanities.
National Endowment of the Humanities Grants website.
2024 Civics Contest Announcement
The 2024 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest is open to high school students in nine western states and two Pacific island jurisdictions. Students from public, private, parochial, and charter schools, as well as homeschooled students of equivalent grade status may enter.
The contest is organized by the Ninth Circuit Public Information and Community Outreach (PICO) Committee.
Both essays and videos can be submitted electronically starting January 8, 2024. Deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday, March 8, 2024.
For more information, email us at civicscontest@ce9.uscourts.gov.
Teaching about the Holocaust: Southern California Teacher Forum on Holocaust Education
Every year the United States Memorial Museum, in cooperation with the University of Southern California (USC), will present "Teaching about the Holocaust: Southern California Teacher Forum on Holocaust Education, a three-day teacher professional development forum. The program will take place at USC and is offered free to teachers. More information can be found by visiting United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website.
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation offers $24,000 James Madison Graduate Fellowships to individuals desiring to become outstanding teachers of the American Constitution at the secondary school level.
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation website.
