From June 3–6, 2024, Humanities Texas will partner with the LBJ Presidential Library and the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin to hold a professional development institute for social studies and English language arts (ELA) teachers on the history, literature, and culture of the Cold War.
Teacher Institutes
Upcoming Institutes and Workshops
In 2024, Humanities Texas will hold in-person and online programs for classroom teachers covering topics in U.S. history, government, Texas history, and English language arts.
From June 11–14, 2024, Humanities Texas will partner with The University of Texas at San Antonio to hold a professional development institute for English language arts (ELA) teachers focusing on how Texas writers engage the state’s history, culture, and identity in poetry, prose, young adult fiction, and popular culture.
From June 20-21, 2024, in partnership with the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin, Humanities Texas will hold a two-day workshop in Houston for social studies and English language arts (ELA) teachers on teaching reading at the sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade levels.
From June 24–27, 2024, Humanities Texas will partner with the Center for Texas Studies at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth to hold a professional development institute for secondary social studies teachers covering American history from 1800–1860.
On July 8, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a webinar for English language arts (ELA) teachers comparing the work of one of today's most recognizable songwriters and performers, Taylor Swift, and commonly taught poetic texts and traditions in the secondary-level curriculum.
From July 9–11, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a webinar series for Texas history teachers on teaching the Spanish colonial and Mexican national periods in Texas history. The series will offer teachers new windows into the transformations that both Spain and Mexico brought to Texas and provide a collection of curriculum materials bringing innovative perspectives into the classroom.
On July 10 and 11, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold two-hour webinars for English language arts teachers investigating the history of secondary-school literature instruction in the twentieth century, specifically what constitutes a “good reader” and the role of literary study in democracy.
On July 15, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a webinar exploring the relationship between music and the civil rights movement.
On July 16 and 17, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold two-hour webinars for social studies teachers exploring open access tools and learning resources from New American History.
Questions about Teacher Institutes
Call 512.440.1991 or email institutes@humanitiestexas.org.
Former Texas State Historian Jesús F. de la Teja leads a workshop on Spanish colonial history in the American Southwest at our June 2013 institute in Austin.