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On October 25, 2013, Humanities Texas held a one-day teacher professional development workshop in San Antonio examining seminal works of nineteenth-, twentieth-, and twenty-first-century American writing on the Civil War.

Faculty presentations emphasized the multiple perspectives that Americans had, and continue to have, on the Civil War. Featured authors included Frederick Douglass, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Stephen Crane, Robert Lowell, Flannery O’Connor, and Natasha Trethewey.

The workshop featured close interaction with scholars, the examination of primary sources, and the development of effective pedagogical strategies and engaging assignments and activities. Content was aligned with the TEKS, and teachers received books and other instructional materials.

The workshop faculty included Randall Fuller (the University of Tulsa) and Daina Ramey Berry, Evan Carton, and Coleman Hutchison, all of The University of Texas at Austin.

Questions about Teacher Institutes

Call 512.440.1991 (press 2) or email institutes@humanitiestexas.org.

Teacher Professional Development

To learn more about Humanities Texas professional development institutes for Texas teachers, please visit the Education section of our website.

"American Writing on the Civil War" Workshop Photos : Slideshow
  1. Randall Fuller, Chapman Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, lectures on the Civil War's impact on American literature.
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  1. Thumbnail of: Randall Fuller, Chapman Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, lectures on the Civil War's impact on American literature.
  2. Thumbnail of: Daina Ramey Berry, associate professor of history at The University of Texas, speaks about Frederick Douglass.
  3. Thumbnail of: Daina Ramey Berry leads a workshop examining historical documents related to slavery.
  4. Thumbnail of: Daina Ramey Berry leads teachers in an afternoon workshop.
  5. Thumbnail of: Evan Carton, the Joan Negley Kelleher Centennial Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at The University of Texas at Austin, delivers a lecture on using Civil War poetry to teach critical reading skills.
  6. Thumbnail of: Evan Carton responds to teachers' questions after his lecture.
Randall Fuller, Chapman Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, lectures on the Civil War's impact on American literature.
"American Writing on the Civil War" Workshop Photos : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of: Randall Fuller, Chapman Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, lectures on the Civil War's impact on American literature.
  2. Thumbnail of: Daina Ramey Berry, associate professor of history at The University of Texas, speaks about Frederick Douglass.
  3. Thumbnail of: Daina Ramey Berry leads a workshop examining historical documents related to slavery.
  4. Thumbnail of: Daina Ramey Berry leads teachers in an afternoon workshop.
  5. Thumbnail of: Evan Carton, the Joan Negley Kelleher Centennial Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at The University of Texas at Austin, delivers a lecture on using Civil War poetry to teach critical reading skills.
  6. Thumbnail of: Evan Carton responds to teachers' questions after his lecture.
  7. Thumbnail of: Evan Carton introduces workshop participants to a method for using literature to teach critical reading skills.
  8. Thumbnail of: Coleman Hutchison, associate professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, discusses literature about the Civil War written in the twentieth century including Robert Lowell's "For the Union Dead."
  9. Thumbnail of: Coleman Hutchison responds to questions from workshop participants after his lecture.
  10. Thumbnail of: Coleman Hutchison discusses Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Late Encounter with the Enemy," about a 104-year-old Civil War veteran.
  11. Thumbnail of: Teachers ask questions about Coleman Hutchison's lecture.
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