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In September 2012, Humanities Texas held a series of one-day teacher workshops throughout the state focusing on the U.S. Constitution.

Topics addressed included the drafting and adoption of the Constitution, teaching the Bill of Rights, and significant constitutional issues in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Content was aligned with the TEKS, with particular emphasis placed on the standards associated with Celebrate Freedom Week. Workshop faculty included Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Gordon S. Wood (Brown University) and Jack N. Rakove (Stanford University), Michael Les Benedict (The Ohio State University), Charles Flanagan (National Archives and Records Administration), U.S. District Judge Royal Furgeson, Gabriela González (The University of Texas at San Antonio), Laura Muñoz (Texas A&M Corpus Christi), and Kenneth Stevens (Texas Christian University).

The workshops emphasized close interaction with scholars, the examination of primary sources, and the development of effective pedagogical strategies and engaging assignments and activities.

The U.S. Constitution Teacher Workshops : Slideshow
  1. Participants in the Laredo workshop gather on the campus of Texas A&M International University on September 10, 2012.
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  1. Thumbnail of: Participants in the Laredo workshop gather on the campus of Texas A&M International University on September 10, 2012.
  2. Thumbnail of: Participants in the Corpus Christi workshop at the Region 2 Education Service Center in Corpus Christi on September 11, 2012.
  3. Thumbnail of: Participants in the Dallas workshop at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture on September 12, 2012.
  4. Thumbnail of: Participants in the Fort Worth workshop at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History on September 13, 2012.
  5. Thumbnail of: Van Romans, president of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History; Gordon S. Wood, Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history emeritus at Brown University; and Michael L. Gillette, executive director of Humanities Texas, at the Fort Worth workshop.
  6. Thumbnail of: State Representative Kelly Hancock addressed teachers at the Fort Worth workshop.
Participants in the Laredo workshop gather on the campus of Texas A&M International University on September 10, 2012.
The U.S. Constitution Teacher Workshops : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of: Participants in the Laredo workshop gather on the campus of Texas A&M International University on September 10, 2012.
  2. Thumbnail of: Participants in the Corpus Christi workshop at the Region 2 Education Service Center in Corpus Christi on September 11, 2012.
  3. Thumbnail of: Participants in the Dallas workshop at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture on September 12, 2012.
  4. Thumbnail of: Participants in the Fort Worth workshop at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History on September 13, 2012.
  5. Thumbnail of: Van Romans, president of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History; Gordon S. Wood, Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history emeritus at Brown University; and Michael L. Gillette, executive director of Humanities Texas, at the Fort Worth workshop.
  6. Thumbnail of: State Representative Kelly Hancock addressed teachers at the Fort Worth workshop.
  7. Thumbnail of: Jack N. Rakove, William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science at Stanford University, served on the faculty of the Laredo and Corpus Christi workshops.
  8. Thumbnail of: Jack N. Rakove leads a primary source workshop in Corpus Christi.
  9. Thumbnail of: Gordon S. Wood, Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history emeritus at Brown University, spoke about the Constitution in Dallas and Fort Worth.
  10. Thumbnail of: Gordon S. Wood leads a workshop in Dallas on the drafting of the Constitution.
  11. Thumbnail of: The Honorable Royal Furgeson, U.S. federal judge for the Northern District of Texas, spoke about the Constitution and the courts in Dallas.
  12. Thumbnail of: Royal Furgeson and participants in the Dallas workshop discuss court cases addressing significant constitutional issues.
  13. Thumbnail of: Michael Les Benedict, professor emeritus of history at The Ohio State University, spoke about constitutional issues in the nineteenth century at all four workshops.
  14. Thumbnail of: Michael Les Benedict discusses historical documents with participants in the Dallas workshop.
  15. Thumbnail of: Charles Flanagan, director of educational programs at the Center for Legislative Archives at the National Archives, shared resources for teaching the Constitution at all four workshops.
  16. Thumbnail of: Charles Flanagan leads a workshop in Fort Worth on the drafting of the Bill of Rights.
  17. Thumbnail of: Gabriela González, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at San Antonio, addressed Mexican Americans and the Constitution in the twentieth century at the Laredo workshop.
  18. Thumbnail of: Gabriela González leads an afternoon workshop in Laredo.
  19. Thumbnail of: Laura Muñoz, assistant professor of history at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, discussed Mexican Americans and the Constitution in the twentieth century at the Corpus Christi workshop.
  20. Thumbnail of: Laura Muñoz leads an afternoon workshop in Corpus Christi.
  21. Thumbnail of: Kenneth Stevens, professor of history at Texas Christian University, delivered a presentation in Fort Worth on the Bill of Rights.
  22. Thumbnail of: Kenneth Stevens and teachers discuss the Bill of Rights at the Fort Worth workshop.
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