Upcoming Institutes

Teaching Great Expectations (Fall 2026 Webinar)

On October 20, 2026, Humanities Texas will hold a webinar on strategies for teaching and generating student interest in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations.

The webinar will take place over Zoom from 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT.

Curriculum

Content will be aligned with the TEKS. The webinar will provide strategies and resources to engage students in reading and understanding Great Expectations. Participants will explore ways to help students become better close readers of novels, while also learning about nineteenth-century culture and society. Particular attention will be paid to Dickens’s use of the coming-of-age narrative, which remains a popular and significant storytelling genre today.

Like all Humanities Texas teacher programs, the webinar will be teacher-centered, with an emphasis on developing effective pedagogical strategies.

Faculty

Allen MacDuffie (The University of Texas at Austin) will lead the webinar.

Eligibility

The webinar is open to secondary-level humanities teachers in Texas schools.

Attendance and CPE Credit

The online program is free to teachers and their schools. 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. In order to attend the webinar and receive CPE credit, you must be a registered participant.

How to Apply

Complete the online application for the webinar "Teaching Great Expectations.” By submitting an application, you are signing up to receive information about and access to the webinar.

Sponsors

The webinar is made possible with major funding from the State of Texas with ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.