Park Record | 1982-12-16 | Page 31 | Mythology, Astrology Grant Given

Mythology, Astrology Grant Given The Utah Endowment fox the Humanities has awarded $24,452 for projects dealing ; with teachers of humacitin in Utah's schools and myth . ology and early astronomy. The Utah Teachers of thg Humanities received a $1,000 minigrant to formally organize the state's hum&si- ties teachers into an assocb tion directed at strcngt!a-I strcngt!a-I ing the teaching of history, ! j literature, languages, the y ! theory and history of ths - arts, philosophy, jurispm-'.. jurispm-'.. dence, religious studies, and , linguistics in Utah's elemen- a j! tary and high schools, ? T colleges and universities Edwin H. Jensoh of Sky View c , , ; High School in Smithefieldb : f -; directing the project. 4 1 The Hansen Planetarium I Foundation received a grant ; ; - " " v I of $23,452 for creation of a tr SO-minutej multi-media dra y matic presentation exploring ' the 'connection between , mythology and archeo- " astronomy.' The program . tentatively titled MStarlore," -' .will explore how some celestial myths may be an early science, an attempt to explain and remember natural natur-al events through stories of deities. '