The Center for the Humanities will receive a $10,000 Major Grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council to fund their high school outreach program Great World Texts in Wisconsin.
The upcoming 5th year will bring Nigerian author Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" into high school classrooms throughout the state.
The year-long effort of Great World Texts connects University of Wisconsin scholars with high school teachers and their students in an in-depth exploration of great works of literature.
"Things Fall Apart in Wisconsin" is also supported by the African Studies Program, the Department of African Languages and Literature, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the Anonymous Fund of the UW-Madison College of Letters and Science, the Evjue Foundation and Vintage/Anchor publishing.
Great World Texts in Wisconsin is also a recipient of the Wisconsin PK-16 Leadership Council's 2009 Promising Practices Award.