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In July, Humanities Texas will offer online teacher professional development webinars for Texas social studies and English language arts teachers. Programs include "Texas History for Teachers (TX4T) Classroom Resources" (July 7–8), "Teaching Evidence-Based Reading Practices at the Secondary Level" (July 7–9), "Teaching U.S. History Through Sports" (July 20–21), and "From Ground Zero to Gen Z: Teaching 9/11 Twenty-Five Years Later" (July 28).
All programs will emphasize close interaction with scholars, the examination of primary sources and texts, and the development of effective pedagogical strategies and engaging assignments and activities.
Texas History for Teachers (TX4T) Classroom Resources (Webinar Series)
"Texas History for Teachers (TX4T) Classroom Resources" will take place over Zoom from 10:00–11:30 a.m. CT on July 7 and 8.
This two-part series will offer an in-depth introduction to Texas History for Teachers (TX4T), a freely available online resource that provides authoritative, evidence-based historical content and best-practices pedagogical resources for teaching and learning Texas history. The project is a collaboration between the UNT History Department, UNT Libraries, and The Portal to Texas History.
Teaching Evidence-Based Reading Practices at the Secondary Level (Webinar Series)
"Teaching Evidence-Based Reading Practices at the Secondary Level" will take place over Zoom from 1:00–4:00 p.m. CT. on July 7, 8, and 9.
This three-part series, held in partnership with the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin, will focus on teaching reading at the sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade levels for both social studies and English language arts (ELA) teachers. Sessions will include interactive presentations on research-based approaches to teaching reading and content-area literacy with an emphasis on social studies texts. Faculty presentations will focus on developing students’ word study, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.
Teaching U.S. History Through Sports (Webinar Series)
"Teaching U.S. History Through Sports" will take place over Zoom from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. CT on July 20 and 21.
This two-part series will examine how sports have shaped and reflected U.S. history. The first session will examine the wide intellectual appeal of sports in the United States, focusing on distinct moments that, together, can illustrate how to employ sports as a lens into diverse themes in U.S. history. The second session will focus on how sports framed debates about justice in the midst of the civil rights movement.
From Ground Zero to Gen Z: Teaching 9/11 Twenty-Five Years Later (Webinar)
"From Ground Zero to Gen Z: Teaching 9/11 Twenty-Five Years Later" will take place over Zoom from 10:00–11:00 a.m. CT on July 28.
Led by museum educators from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, this webinar will guide teachers in sparking critical thinking, empathy, and real-world connections as they teach 9/11 to a generation with no lived memory of the attacks. Participants will take a virtual guided tour of the Museum and will explore extensive online resources, including multimedia lesson plans and an archive of first-person stories.
More information about each program is available in the Education section of the Humanities Texas website. Teachers interested in attending should complete the online application form as soon as possible. Please note that you must be a registered participant to attend any of the webinars.
Participants will receive CPE credit and a wealth of curricular materials. CPE hours will be based on Zoom attendance and adjusted if a participant misses any portion of the program. Registration for multi-day program series will remain open even after each series has already begun.
These programs are made possible with support from the State of Texas and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Jesse Owens at start of his record breaking 200 meter race during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.