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On October 18, 2013, Humanities Texas held a one-day professional development workshop in Dallas for Texas history teachers covering Texas history to 1845.

Faculty lectures addressed Native Americans in Texas, Spanish Texas, slavery in Texas, the Texas Revolution, and the Republic of Texas.

Workshop faculty included former state historian and Humanities Texas board member J. Francisco de la Teja (Texas State University); Juliana Barr (University of Florida); Raúl A. Ramos (University of Houston); and Andrew J. Torget and Randolph B. Campbell of the University of North Texas.

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.

"Texas Before Statehood" Workshop Photos : Slideshow
  1. Workshop participants gather at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. Forty-six teachers representing twenty-three school districts statewide attended the workshop.
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  1. Thumbnail of: Workshop participants gather at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. Forty-six teachers representing twenty-three school districts statewide attended the workshop.
  2. Thumbnail of: Juliana Barr, associate professor of history at the University of Florida, delivers a presentation about Native Texans.
  3. Thumbnail of: Juliana Barr leads an afternoon workshop examining historical documents related to Indian cultures in early Texas and their contact with Spanish colonizers.
  4. Thumbnail of: Randolph B. Campbell, Regents' Professor of History at the University of North Texas, speaks about slavery in Texas.
  5. Thumbnail of: Randolph B. Campbell leads teachers in an afternoon workshop.
  6. Thumbnail of: Raúl A. Ramos, assistant professor of history at the University of Houston, delivers a lecture on the Texas Revolution.
Workshop participants gather at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. Forty-six teachers representing twenty-three school districts statewide attended the workshop.
"Texas Before Statehood" Workshop Photos : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of: Workshop participants gather at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. Forty-six teachers representing twenty-three school districts statewide attended the workshop.
  2. Thumbnail of: Juliana Barr, associate professor of history at the University of Florida, delivers a presentation about Native Texans.
  3. Thumbnail of: Juliana Barr leads an afternoon workshop examining historical documents related to Indian cultures in early Texas and their contact with Spanish colonizers.
  4. Thumbnail of: Randolph B. Campbell, Regents' Professor of History at the University of North Texas, speaks about slavery in Texas.
  5. Thumbnail of: Randolph B. Campbell leads teachers in an afternoon workshop.
  6. Thumbnail of: Raúl A. Ramos, assistant professor of history at the University of Houston, delivers a lecture on the Texas Revolution.
  7. Thumbnail of: Raúl A. Ramos discusses the Texas Revolution with workshop participants.
  8. Thumbnail of: Andrew J. Torget, assistant professor of history at the University of North Texas, lectures on the Republic of Texas.
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