Past Institutes

Texas Originals in the Classroom (Spring 2025 Webinar)

On January 28, 2025, Humanities Texas held a webinar introducing teachers to curriculum materials supporting classroom use of our Texas Originals radio program.

Curriculum

Content was aligned with the TEKS. The webinar introduced teachers to our Texas Originals curriculum. Texas Originals, developed by Humanities Texas and Houston Public Media, is a radio series profiling individuals who have had a profound influence on Texas history and culture, many of whom are featured in the seventh-grade Texas history TEKS. The curriculum provides activities and lessons to integrate Texas Originals into the classroom with expectations for reading, writing, and using accepted social studies conventions and practices.

Like all Humanities Texas teacher programs, the webinar emphasized the development of effective pedagogical strategies and engaging assignments and activities.

Faculty

Signe Fourmy of The University of Texas at Austin led the webinar.

Schedule

The webinar took place over Zoom on January 28, 2025. The schedule is available here.

Sponsors

The webinar was made possible with major funding from the State of Texas with ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.