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In January and February 2011, Humanities Texas held seven workshops on the history of secession, the Civil War, and Reconstruction for social studies teachers throughout the state. Photos from the February 16 Fort Worth workshop at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and the February 17 Dallas workshop at The Women's Museum follow. Photos from workshops in Austin (January 20), Houston (January 21), San Antonio (January 22), and Waco (February 15) are available here.

Teacher participants in front of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.
Dallas-area teachers at The Women's Museum.
Michael Les Benedict, professor emeritus at The Ohio State University, leads a primary source workshop on Reconstruction in Dallas.
Andrew J. Torgent, a historian of nineteenth-century America at the University of North Texas, leads a primary source workshop on voting in America in Dallas.
Teachers and scholars discuss primary sources in Dallas.
Jennifer L. Weber, assistant professor of history at the University of Kansas, speaks in Fort Worth.
Armando Alonzo, associate professor of history at Texas A&M University, discusses the role of Tejanos in the Civil War during a primary source workshop in Fort Worth.
Armando Alonzo leads a primary source workshop in Fort Worth.
Michael Les Benedict leads a primary source workshop in Fort Worth.
Eric Walther, professor of history at the University of Houston, spoke about sectionalism and secession.
Jennifer Weber leads a primary source workshop.