Education
On February 28 and 29, 2024, Humanities Texas held one-day workshops in Fort Worth and Austin on teaching landmark Supreme Court Cases.
The workshop focused on milestone cases in Supreme Court history related to civil liberties, civil rights, defining federal power, and criminal procedure. Cases discussed included, but were not limited to, Marbury v. Madison (1803), McCullough v. Maryland (1819), Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), Hernandez v. Texas (1954), Mapp v. Ohio (1961), Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), and United States v. Lopez (1995). Content was aligned with the secondary social studies TEKS, with particular emphasis on the standards for U.S. government and history.
The workshops featured close interaction with scholars, the examination of primary sources, and the development of effective pedagogical strategies and engaging assignments and activities. Teachers received books and other instructional materials.
Workshop faculty included Alyx Mark (Wesleyan University), Kevin McGuire (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Pamela Corley and Joseph F. Kobylka of Southern Methodist University.
Download the schedule for each workshop.
Fort Worth | February 28 | Fort Worth Museum of Science and History | Schedule |
Austin | February 29 | Thompson Conference Center | Schedule |
The workshop was made possible with major funding from the State of Texas with ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Call 512.440.1991 (press 2) or email institutes@humanitiestexas.org.
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