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"Spanish Texas through the Civil War" and "The U.S. Constitution": Fall 2011 Teacher Institutes Photo Gallery : Slideshow
  1.  Teachers from throughout Texas gathered at Houston ISD for an enrichment workshop on Texas history.
  1. Thumbnail of:  Teachers from throughout Texas gathered at Houston ISD for an enrichment workshop on Texas history.
  2. Thumbnail of:  Jesús F. de la Teja, professor of history at Texas State University-San Marcos and HTx board member, discusses the Spanish Colonial Period.
  3. Thumbnail of:  Caroline Castillo Crimm, professor of history at Sam Houston State University, speaks about the Mexican National Period.
  4. Thumbnail of:  Gregg Cantrell, Erma and Ralph Lowe Chair in Texas History at Texas Christian University, leads a primary source workshop on the Republic of Texas.
  5. Thumbnail of:  Walter L. Buenger, professor of history at Texas A&M University, examines primary sources related to Texas's early statehood during a primary source workshop.
  6. Thumbnail of:  Stephanie Cole, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at Arlington, speaks about women in nineteenth-century Texas.
Teachers from throughout Texas gathered at Houston ISD for an enrichment workshop on Texas history.
"Spanish Texas through the Civil War" and "The U.S. Constitution": Fall 2011 Teacher Institutes Photo Gallery : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of:  Teachers from throughout Texas gathered at Houston ISD for an enrichment workshop on Texas history.
  2. Thumbnail of:  Jesús F. de la Teja, professor of history at Texas State University-San Marcos and HTx board member, discusses the Spanish Colonial Period.
  3. Thumbnail of:  Caroline Castillo Crimm, professor of history at Sam Houston State University, speaks about the Mexican National Period.
  4. Thumbnail of:  Gregg Cantrell, Erma and Ralph Lowe Chair in Texas History at Texas Christian University, leads a primary source workshop on the Republic of Texas.
  5. Thumbnail of:  Walter L. Buenger, professor of history at Texas A&M University, examines primary sources related to Texas's early statehood during a primary source workshop.
  6. Thumbnail of:  Stephanie Cole, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at Arlington, speaks about women in nineteenth-century Texas.
  7. Thumbnail of:  Richard McCaslin, professor of history at the University of North Texas, leads a primary source workshop on Texas during the Civil War.
  8. Thumbnail of:  Teachers attending the Kilgore workshop on the U.S. Constitution, which was held at Education Service Center Region 7.
  9. Thumbnail of:  The U.S. Constitution workshop in Waco took place at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame on the Baylor University campus.
  10. Thumbnail of:  Teachers attending the Fort Worth workshop on the U.S. Constitution, which was held at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.
  11. Thumbnail of:  The Dallas workshop on the U.S. Constitution was held at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.
  12. Thumbnail of:  Michael Les Benedict, pictured here in Waco, discussed constitutional issues in the nineteenth century at all four workshops. Benedict is professor emeritus of history at The Ohio State University.
  13. Thumbnail of:  Charlie Flanagan, director of educational programs at the Center for Legislative Archives in Washington, DC, shared strategies for teaching the Constitution at all four workshops.
  14. Thumbnail of:  Joseph F. Kobylka, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor and associate professor of political science at Southern Methodist University shares primary sources concerning the adoption of the U.S. Constitution in Kilgore.
  15. Thumbnail of:  Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jack N. Rakove of Stanford University leads a primary source workshop on the U.S. Constitution. Rakove participated in our Fort Worth and Dallas programs.
  16. Thumbnail of:  Teachers at all four workshops received copies of two of Rakove's books.
  17. Thumbnail of:  Ken Stevens, professor of history at Texas Christian University, discussed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution in Waco.
  18. Thumbnail of:  Mary L. Volcansek, Humanities Texas board chair and professor of political science at Texas Christian University, discusses women and the U.S. Constitution.
  19. Thumbnail of:  Jerold L. Waltman, R. W. Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, spoke about antecedents to the U.S. Constitution in Kilgore and Waco.