Teachers who attended "American Writing on the Civil War" gather in front of the Byrne-Reed House.

Randall Fuller, associate professor of English at Drury University, delivers a lecture titled "How the Civil War Transformed American Literature."

Workshop participants enjoy breakfast in the dining room of the Byrne-Reed House.

Evan Carton, Joan Negley Kelleher Centennial Professor in Rhetoric and Composition at The University of Texas at Austin, delivers a lecture titled "Nature, God, and Mankind's Opinions: Henry David Thoreau, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln with Respect to the Law."

Workshop participants listen to faculty lectures in the Julius and Suzan Glickman Room.

Daina Ramey Berry, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, speaks about Frederick Douglass.

Workshop participants in the Julius and Suzan Glickman Room.

Coleman Hutchison, assistant professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, gives his lecture, "Bringing the Ditch Nearer: Reading and Teaching the Twentieth-Century Literature of the American Civil War."

Randall Fuller signs copies of his book From Battlefields Rising: How The Civil War Transformed American Literature for Ericca Douglas of Houston's Clifton Middle School and Carol Kennedy of Hawkins Middle School. All participants received a copy of Fuller's book.

Kathleen Hoffer and Rickie Scott of Universal City's Randolph Middle School browse publications from our summer 2010 and 2011 teacher institutes.

Randall Fuller leads a primary source workshop.

Evan Carton discusses the writing of Abraham Lincoln, Henry David Thoreau, and John Brown.

Teachers participate in a primary source workshop in the library.

Daina Ramey Berry and teachers examine primary sources related to the life and work of Frederick Douglass.

Coleman Hutchison discusses Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories A Good Man is Hard to Find. O'Connor's story "A Late Encounter with the Enemy" explores the influence of the Civil War in shaping Southern identity in the twentieth century.

Three teachers on the south terrace of the Byrne-Reed House.

Teachers examine primary sources in the dining room.

Teachers participate in a primary source workshop with Evan Carton.

Teachers participate in a primary source workshop with Coleman Hutchison.

Randall Fuller shares primary resources with workshop participants.