Education
On July 7 and 8, 2025, Humanities Texas will hold a webinar series for English language arts teachers exploring the history of the changes and continuity in the canon of most commonly-assigned books since the 1960s and past and contemporary approaches to teaching classic texts.
This two-part series will take place via Zoom from 1:00–3:00 pm CT on Monday and Tuesday, July 7 and 8. Attending both sessions is encouraged but not required.
Content will be aligned with the TEKS. Topics to be addressed include the changes and continuity in the canon of most commonly-assigned books since the 1960s and past and contemporary approaches to teaching classic texts.
Like all Humanities Texas teacher programs, the program will emphasize close interaction with scholars, the examination of texts, and the development of effective pedagogical strategies and engaging assignments and activities.
Jonna Perrillo (The University of Texas at El Paso), Andrew Newman (Stony Brook University), Rebecca Guerrero (El Paso Independent School District) will lead the webinar series.
The webinar series is open to secondary-level English language arts teachers in Texas schools.
The online program is free to teachers and their schools. Participants will receive CPE credit and a wealth of curricular materials for each session in the series. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to attend both sessions. CPE hours will be based on Zoom attendance and adjusted if a participant misses any portion of the program. In order to attend the webinars and receive CPE credit, you must be a registered participant.
Complete the online application for "The High School Cannon: Then and Now" webinar series. By submitting an application, you are signing up to receive information about and access to both webinars. Please apply as soon as possible, as registration will occur on a rolling basis.
The webinar series is made possible with major funding from the State of Texas with ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Call 512.440.1991 (press 2) or email institutes@humanitiestexas.org.