Idea of America Essay Contest for High School Juniors
Posted by on November 19, 2004
[posted from Public Education Network Newsblast]
2005 Idea of America Essay Contest for High School Juniors
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites all eligible high school juniors to enter the 2005 Idea of America Essay Contest. Open to 11th-grade students and 16- and 17-year-old home-schooled students, the 2005 Idea of America Essay Contest offers a cash prize of $5,000 for the author of the winning essay. Five national finalists will each receive cash prizes of $1,000. The deadline for entries is April 15, 2005. For the 2005 contest students will answer the question, "Describe totalitarianism by comparing the goals, methods, and results of fascism and communism. How were the tenets of these totalitarian movements different from the ideals that unite Americans? How did the ideals embodied in the American founding prevail?"
<a href="http://www.wethepeople.gov/essay/">http://www.wethepeople.gov/essay/</a>
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