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From June 11–14, 2012, forty-four teachers from around the state gathered on The University of Texas at San Antonio campus for "Shaping the American Republic to 1877," an institute examining significant events and themes in U.S. history from the colonial era through Reconstruction.

The San Antonio institute faculty included Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood (Brown University), Daniel Feller (University of Tennessee), Charles Flanagan (National Archives), Jennifer L. Weber (University of Kansas), Daina Ramey Berry (UT Austin), Michael Les Benedict (The Ohio State University), Francis X. Galán (Our Lady of the Lake University), and Stacy Fuller (Amon Carter Museum), as well as UTSA scholars Steven R. Boyd, Kirsten Gardner, Kenneth Weiher, and Patrick J. Kelly.

As in past years, institutes emphasized close interaction with scholars, the examination of primary sources, and the development of effective pedagogical strategies and engaging assignments and activities. The programs were designed ultimately to enhance teachers' mastery of the subjects they teach and to improve students' performance on state assessments.

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  1. Thumbnail of: Teachers gather on the campus of The University of Texas at San Antonio.
  2. Thumbnail of: Ricardo Romo, president of The University of Texas at San Antonio and Humanities Texas board member, welcomes participants to the institute.
  3. Thumbnail of: Gordon S. Wood, Alva O. Way University Professor and professor emeritus of history at Brown University, delivers the institute's keynote address, "Empire of Liberty."
  4. Thumbnail of: Gordon S. Wood (center) with Humanities Texas board members Ricardo Romo and Joseph R. Krier.
  5. Thumbnail of: Francis X. Galán, visiting professor of history at Our Lady of the Lake University, speaks about the Spanish colonial period.
  6. Thumbnail of: Francis X. Galán leads a primary source workshop.
Teachers gather on the campus of The University of Texas at San Antonio.
San Antonio Teacher Institute Photos : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of: Teachers gather on the campus of The University of Texas at San Antonio.
  2. Thumbnail of: Ricardo Romo, president of The University of Texas at San Antonio and Humanities Texas board member, welcomes participants to the institute.
  3. Thumbnail of: Gordon S. Wood, Alva O. Way University Professor and professor emeritus of history at Brown University, delivers the institute's keynote address, "Empire of Liberty."
  4. Thumbnail of: Gordon S. Wood (center) with Humanities Texas board members Ricardo Romo and Joseph R. Krier.
  5. Thumbnail of: Francis X. Galán, visiting professor of history at Our Lady of the Lake University, speaks about the Spanish colonial period.
  6. Thumbnail of: Francis X. Galán leads a primary source workshop.
  7. Thumbnail of: Gordon S. Wood discusses the making of the U.S. Constitution.
  8. Thumbnail of: Bernice de Luna, a Texas history teacher at San Antonio's Garcia Middle School (left), and Anilu Gonzalez, a U.S. history teacher at San Antonio's Brentwood Middle School, discuss the Constitution with Gordon S. Wood in an afternoon workshop.
  9. Thumbnail of: Charles Flanagan, director of educational programs at the Center for Legislative Archives at the National Archives, speaks about strategies for teaching the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
  10. Thumbnail of: Jennifer Hall (left), who teaches U.S. history at San Antonio's Krueger Middle School, and Laurie Schipper, a U.S. history teacher at Portland's Gregory-Portland Junior High School, join Charles Flanagan in a primary source workshop.
  11. Thumbnail of: Stacy Fuller, director of education at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, shares insights on teaching U.S. history through art.
  12. Thumbnail of: Stacy Fuller leads a primary source workshop.
  13. Thumbnail of: Steven R. Boyd, professor of history at The University of Texas at San Antonio, delivers a lecture on the Marshall Court.
  14. Thumbnail of: Steven R. Boyd shares primary sources with teachers.
  15. Thumbnail of: Daniel Feller, professor of history at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, shares insights on Jacksonian democracy. Feller is also the editor/director of The Papers of Andrew Jackson.
  16. Thumbnail of: Daniel Feller examines historical documents with Diana Brister (left), a Texas and U.S. history teacher at Midland's San Jacinto Junior High School, and Katrina Johnson, a U.S. and Texas history teacher at Burleson's Kerr Middle School.
  17. Thumbnail of: Daina Ramey Berry, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, speaks about slavery and the slave trade.
  18. Thumbnail of: Heather Holt (left), a U.S. history teacher at Gainesville Middle School, and Jennifer Bass, who teaches U.S. history at Keller's Timberview Middle School, participate in a primary source workshop with Daina Ramey Berry.
  19. Thumbnail of: Jennifer L. Weber, assistant professor of history at the University of Kansas, discusses sectionalism and the Civil War.
  20. Thumbnail of: Jennifer L. Weber discusses the Civil War in an afternoon workshop.
  21. Thumbnail of: Kirsten Gardner, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at San Antonio, shares insights on women and suffrage.
  22. Thumbnail of: Kirsten Gardner and Mary Lagleder, a U.S. history teacher at San Antonio's Warren High School, analyze historical documents related to the woman suffrage movement.
  23. Thumbnail of: Kenneth Weiher, associate professor of economics at The University of Texas at San Antonio, gives a lecture on American economic growth and development in the nineteenth century.
  24. Thumbnail of: Kenneth Weiher and Anilu Gonzalez examine primary sources in an afternoon workshop.
  25. Thumbnail of: Patrick J. Kelly, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at San Antonio, discusses Lincoln and Emancipation.
  26. Thumbnail of: Michael Les Benedict, professor emeritus of history at The Ohio State University, speaks about Reconstruction.
  27. Thumbnail of: Tiffany McKinney (center), a Texas and U.S. history teacher at San Antonio's Dwight Middle School, and Ruben Tejeda, a U.S. history teacher at San Antonio's Kazen Middle School, examine historical documents related to Reconstruction with Michael Les Benedict.
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