Since the onset of the pandemic, Humanities Texas has held free online professional development institutes and webinar series for Texas teachers covering topics in U.S. history, Texas history, and English language arts. Faculty lectures from these programs are now available online, featuring content-based instruction from leading scholars in their fields and the valuable question-and-answer sessions that followed each presentation.
In November 2022, Humanities Texas held a webinar for Texas teachers on teaching King's most significant oratorical works—including his "I Have a Dream" speech—focusing on their historical context and the rhetorical strategies deployed.
In November 2022, Humanities Texas held a webinar for Texas teachers on teaching Lincoln's most significant oratorical works—including his first and second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg Address—focusing on their historical context and the rhetorical strategies deployed.
In September 2022, Humanities Texas held a webinar to introduce teachers to the Last Seen project and accompanying resources available for classroom use.
In September and October 2022, Humanities Texas held a series of webinars for Texas teachers on the profound changes that remade Texas during the collapse of the Spanish Empire and the creation of the Mexican nation.
In July 2022, Humanities Texas held a two-part webinar for ELA and social studies teachers introducing a variety of digital humanities resources.
In the spring of 2022, Humanities Texas held a series of webinars for Texas history teachers on how the profound changes of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and World War II remade the state during the 1930s and 1940s.
In the spring of 2022, Humanities Texas held a series of webinars for history teachers on teaching primary documents that are crucial to understanding U.S. history in the final decades of the twentieth century.
In March and April 2022, Humanities Texas held two webinars for English language arts teachers on teaching F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby and additional short stories.
In January and February 2022, Humanities Texas held two 75-minute webinars for social studies and English Language Arts teachers on teaching the civil rights movement.
In the fall of 2021, Humanities Texas held a series of 90-minute webinars for Texas history teachers on teaching about American Indians in Texas.
In the fall of 2021, Humanities Texas held a series of 75-minute webinars for history and government teachers on teaching America's founding documents.
In the fall of 2021, Humanities Texas held two 75-minute webinars for English Language Arts teachers on the poetry and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe.
In the fall of 2021, Humanities Texas held a series of 75-minute webinars for history and government teachers focusing on landmark Supreme Court cases in U.S. history.
In the fall of 2021, Humanities Texas held five 75-minute webinars for social studies and English Language Arts teachers on teaching media literacy.
In November 2021, Humanities Texas held two 75-minute webinars for social studies and English Language Arts teachers on the life and works of Frederick Douglass.
From July 5–9, 2021, Humanities Texas held an online professional development institute for Texas teachers exploring diverse perspectives on American life during the years immediately following the American Revolution.
From July 12–16, 2021, Humanities Texas held an online professional development institute for Texas teachers on teaching the Texas Revolution.
From July 12–16, 2021, Humanities Texas held an online professional development institute for Texas teachers on engaging students in the writing process and developing students’ fundamental writing and communication skills through dynamic, project-based assignments.
In fall 2020 and spring 2021, Humanities Texas held a weekly series of 75-minute online webinars covering critical topics in the first half of the state's seventh-grade Texas history curriculum through the outbreak of the Texas Revolution.
In fall 2020 and spring 2021, Humanities Texas held a weekly series of 75-minute online webinars for eleventh-grade U.S. history teachers, covering topics on America in the first half of the twentieth century.
In fall 2020 and spring 2021, Humanities Texas held a weekly series of 75-minute online webinars for eighth-grade U.S. history teachers, covering topics on the Early American Republic and the Constitution.
In fall 2020 and spring 2021, Humanities Texas held a weekly series of 75-minute online webinars for English language arts teachers, providing resources and strategies that help students to become better readers of fiction, poetry, and expository prose.
In fall 2020, Humanities Texas held professional development webinars for secondary-level social studies teachers focused on helping students better understand African American history.
From June 15–19, 2020, Humanities Texas held an online professional development institute for Texas teachers covering U.S. history during the founding period.
From June 22–26, 2020, Humanities Texas held an online professional development institute for Texas teachers covering the Cold War.
From July 6–10, 2020, Humanities Texas held an online professional development institute for Texas teachers covering Texas history during the 1820s and early 1830s.
From July 6–10, 2020, Humanities Texas held an online professional development institute for English language arts teachers focused on the American literary tradition.
From July 13–17, 2020, Humanities Texas held an online professional development institute for English language arts teachers on teaching literature at the secondary level.
Call 512.440.1991 or email education@humanitiestexas.org.
Humanities Texas has developed topically-organized resource guides for teachers of Texas history, eighth-grade U.S. history, eleventh-grade U.S. history, and English language arts.
Additional faculty lectures are available in our Digital Repository, a searchable and ever-expanding online repository including materials from all Humanities Texas programs. Contents include historical documents, works of art, video recordings, audio recordings of our Texas Originals radio program, and countless other resources.