On September 23, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a webinar facilitated by educators from the National Gallery, introducing teachers to a variety of resources and strategies for teaching U.S. history and developing visual literacy, historical thinking, and analysis skills.
Teacher Institutes
Upcoming Institutes and Workshops
In 2024, Humanities Texas will hold in-person and online programs for classroom teachers covering topics in U.S. history, government, Texas history, and English language arts.
On October 1, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a one-day workshop in Edinburg for secondary social studies teachers focused on nineteenth-century Texas history from the Republic of Texas through the end of Reconstruction.
On October 2 and 9, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a two webinars for social studies teachers on George Washington.
On October 2 and November 12, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold one-day workshops in Edinburg and San Antonio for secondary-level English language arts teachers focused on teaching Latino poetry and drawing on the recently released anthology from the Library of America.
On October 8, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a one-day workshop in Waco for secondary-level social studies teachers on the Gilded Age.
On October 16, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a one-day workshop in Houston for social studies and English language arts teachers on teaching media literacy.
On October 21, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a webinar facilitated by educators from the Smithsonian American Art Museum introducing teachers to a variety of resources and strategies for using documentary photography to develop visual literacy, historical thinking, and analysis skills.
On November 12 and 19, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold two webinars for English language arts teachers on teaching Native American literature at the secondary level.
On November 20, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a webinar for English language arts (ELA) teachers on strategies for teaching William Shakespeare’s works and the rich tradition of repurposing his plays to reflect the histories and lived realities of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.
Questions about Teacher Institutes
Call 512.440.1991 or email institutes@humanitiestexas.org.
Former Texas State Historian Jesús F. de la Teja leads a workshop on Spanish colonial history in the American Southwest at our June 2013 institute in Austin.