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Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
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Subject Areas:
communications, social studies,
civics
Timeline: one
month
Grade Levels:
9-12
Purpose: to acquaint
students with funding sources and procedures; to
acquire funds to support a student project to teach
reading and writing by grant writing
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Sherie Steele
and Barbara Harrison
Grant and
Proposal
Writing
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 Activities
- Develop a proposal to submit to the city council:
decide on and define a project
include objectives, contribution to the community,
etc.
include a budget, cash-flow chart, written
justification
request to be placed on city council agenda
to present proposal
if rejected, reevaluate and rewrite; lobby.
- Write minigrant proposals to submit to state
and federal agencies (for assistance with small purchases, freight
costs, etc.).
Resources
- The Foundation Center, 888 7th Avenue, New York,
NY 10019 for these publications:
About Foundations: How to Find the Facts
You Need to Get a Grant ($5)
Foundation Directory
Foundation Grants to Individuals
- city, state, and regional and village corporation
offices have directories of resources
- grant forms
- money for matching funds
- inexpensive book distribution program
- Reading is Fundamental, Inc.
L'Enfant 2500
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560
(202) 381-6117
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Variations
- Apply for another grant (e.g., Small Energy,
Applied Technology).
- Have a groups of students work on a RIF (Reading
is Fundamental) grant:
to purchase books for a community, with matching
federal funds ($100-150,000), half of which must be given
to the community
students would receive nonprofit status to
raise money, submit grants, establish and administer a reading
motivation program, and submit reports and audits.
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