Participants in the Beaumont workshop gather at the Region 5 Education Service Center on October 1, 2013.

Participants in the Houston workshop gather at Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens on October 2, 2013.

Participants in the Austin workshop gather at the Byrne-Reed House on October 3, 2013.

Austin Independent School District teachers who participated in the "Critical Events in U.S. History" workshop at the Byrne-Reed House.

Participants in the Dallas workshop gather at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture on October 4, 2013.

Teachers from Dallas Independent School District who participated in the "Critical Events in U.S. History" workshop at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.

Daniel Feller, professor of history and editor/director of The Papers of Andrew Jackson at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, served on the faculty of all four "Critical Events" workshops.

Daniel Feller discusses historical documents with participants in the Beaumont workshop.

Daniel Feller leads an afternoon workshop on Jacksonian America in Houston.

Daniel Feller discusses the Jacksonian Era with teachers at the Austin workshop.

Daniel Walker Howe, professor of history emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, served on the faculty of all four workshops.

Teachers ask questions after Daniel Walker Howe's presentation on the Second Great Awakening.

Daniel Walker Howe discusses historical documents with participants in the Beaumont workshop.

Daniel Walker Howe discusses the Second Great Awakening with Houston workshop participants.

Daniel Walker Howe leads a workshop with teachers in Houston.

Teachers from Jasper Independent School District at the Beaumont workshop.

Robert A. Olwell, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, served on the faculty of the Beaumont and Houston workshops.

Robert A. Olwell discusses the turning points of the Revolutionary War with participants in the Beaumont workshop.

Robert A. Olwell leads an afternoon workshop in Houston.

Robert A. Olwell discusses historical documents with Houston workshop participants.

Thomas L. Pangle, Joe R. Long Chair in Democratic Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, served on the faculty of all four workshops.

Teachers ask questions after Thomas L. Pangle's lecture in Houston.

Thomas L. Pangle discusses the Constitution with teachers at the Houston workshop.

Thomas L. Pangle works with teachers at the Houston workshop.

Thomas L. Pangle leads a workshop on the Constitution in Austin.

Jack N. Rakove, William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science at Stanford University, served on the faculty of the Austin and Dallas workshops.

Jack N. Rakove leads a workshop on the political philosophy of James Madison with teachers in Austin.

Jack N. Rakove discusses Madison and the U.S. Constitution with workshop participants in Austin.