Teachers gather on the campus of Southern Methodist University.

From left to right: William M. Tsutsui, dean of the Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences at Southern Methodist University; Caren Prothro, chair of the Southern Methodist University board of trustees and former Humanities Texas board member; Michael L. Gillette, executive director of Humanities Texas; and State Representative Dan Branch.

State Representative Dan Branch addresses workshop participants.

Caren Prothro speaks on the opening night of the program.

William M. Tsutsui welcomes institute participants.

H. W. Brands, the Dickson, Allen, Anderson Centennial Professor of History at The University of Texas at Austin, delivers the institute's keynote address, "How the Rich Got Rich: The Gilded Age in America."

Erica M. Bsumek, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, discusses Populism, the railroads, and the American West.

Erica M. Bsumek leads a primary source workshop.

H. W. Brands speaks about the Progressive Era.

H. W. Brands leads an afternoon workshop with Julie Hershenberg (center), a government, political science, and law teacher at Garland's Lakeview Centennial High School, and Patricia Hay, who teaches U.S. history at Dallas's Alex W. Spence TAG Academy.

Robert M. Citino, professor of history at the University of North Texas, delivers a lecture on World War I and its aftermath.

Robert M. Citino discusses historical documents with Tracye Williams (left), a Texas studies teacher at Mesquite's Quintanilla Middle School, and Meredith Lewis, who teaches English, government, and economics at Ferris High School.

Crista DeLuzio, associate professor of history at Southern Methodist University, discusses the women's rights movement.

Heather Cox Richardson (right), professor of history at Boston College, gave a lunch presentation on American imperialism. Here, she leads a primary source workshop.

Nicole Waligora-Davis, associate professor of English at Rice University, leads a workshop on American literature in the 1920s, with John Deal, who teaches U.S. history at Euless's Trinity High School, and Laura Pamplin, who teaches geography, history, government, and economics at Weatherford High School.

David M. Kennedy, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University, shared insights on the 1930s. Kennedy, a Pulitzer Prize winner, also gave a lunch presentation on American participation in World War II.

Laura Pamplin (left), a geography, government, history, and economics teacher at Weatherford High School, and Thomas Kaufman, who teaches world history at San Antonio's Southside High School, join David M. Kennedy in an afternoon workshop focused on twentieth-century U.S. history.

David M. Oshinsky, Jack S. Blanton Chair in History at The University of Texas at Austin, discusses U.S. history in the 1950s.

David M. Oshinsky leads a primary source workshop. Oshinsky, a Pulitzer Prize winner, also gave a lunchtime talk entitled "Delayed Justice: Tracking the Infamous Civil Rights Murders in the 'Mississippi Burning' Case."

Neil Foley, professor of history at Southern Methodist University, speaks about immigration to the U.S. in the twentieth century.

Neil Foley leads a primary source workshop.

Ignacio M. GarcÃa, Lemuel H. Redd Jr. professor of Western American History at Brigham Young University, discusses Mexican Americans and civil rights.

Ignacio M. GarcÃa shares primary documents with teachers.

Albert S. Broussard, professor of history at Texas A&M University and former Humanities Texas board member, speaks about African Americans and civil rights.

Albert S. Broussard leads a workshop on the civil rights movement.

Michael L. Gillette, executive director of Humanities Texas, spoke about the Great Society. Here, he leads a primary source workshop.

Allen J. Matusow, W. G. Twyman Professor of History at Rice University, gives a lecture on Ronald Reagan and the Cold War.

Allen J. Matusow shares insights with teachers during a primary source workshop.