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On February 8, 2013, Humanities Texas and the Texas State Historical Association held a workshop in Austin for Texas history teachers covering Texas history in the twentieth century.

Faculty lectures addressed Texas at the turn of the twentieth century, Progressive-Era reform movements, boom and bust in Texas industry, the civil rights movement, and the emergence of a two-party Texas.

Workshop faculty included Alwyn Barr (Texas Tech University), George Green (The University of Texas at Arlington), Monica Perales (University of Houston), Michael L. Gillette (Humanities Texas), Joseph Pratt (University of Houston), and Ambassador Chase Untermeyer.

"Twentieth-Century Texas" Workshop Photos : Slideshow
  1. Teachers gather at the Byrne-Reed House for "Twentieth-Century Texas."
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  1. Thumbnail of: Teachers gather at the Byrne-Reed House for "Twentieth-Century Texas."
  2. Thumbnail of: Alwyn Barr, professor emeritus of history at Texas Tech University and a Humanities Texas board member, speaks about Texas history from 1900 to 1930.
  3. Thumbnail of: George Green, professor of history at The University of Texas at Arlington, discusses the New Deal and World War II.
  4. Thumbnail of: Joseph Pratt, Cullen Professor of History and Business at the University of Houston, shares insights on booms and busts in the Texas economy.
  5. Thumbnail of: Michael L. Gillette, executive director of Humanities Texas, speaks about African Americans and civil rights in Texas.
  6. Thumbnail of: Chase Untermeyer, former ambassador to Qatar and current Humanities Texas board member, discusses how Texas became a two-party state.
Teachers gather at the Byrne-Reed House for "Twentieth-Century Texas."
"Twentieth-Century Texas" Workshop Photos : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of: Teachers gather at the Byrne-Reed House for "Twentieth-Century Texas."
  2. Thumbnail of: Alwyn Barr, professor emeritus of history at Texas Tech University and a Humanities Texas board member, speaks about Texas history from 1900 to 1930.
  3. Thumbnail of: George Green, professor of history at The University of Texas at Arlington, discusses the New Deal and World War II.
  4. Thumbnail of: Joseph Pratt, Cullen Professor of History and Business at the University of Houston, shares insights on booms and busts in the Texas economy.
  5. Thumbnail of: Michael L. Gillette, executive director of Humanities Texas, speaks about African Americans and civil rights in Texas.
  6. Thumbnail of: Chase Untermeyer, former ambassador to Qatar and current Humanities Texas board member, discusses how Texas became a two-party state.
  7. Thumbnail of: Alwyn Barr leads a group of teachers in a discussion of documents related to early twentieth-century Texas history, including prohibitionist and anti-prohibitionist platforms published in the <i>Dallas Morning News</i> in 1908.
  8. Thumbnail of: George Green shares classroom resources for teaching the Depression and World War II in Texas.
  9. Thumbnail of: Joseph Pratt and Chase Untermeyer lead a discussion of Texas's economy and political landscape from the twentieth century through the present.
  10. Thumbnail of: Michael L. Gillette and a group of teachers discuss photographs and documents related to the civil rights movement in Texas.
  11. Thumbnail of: Monica Perales, assistant professor of history at the University of Houston and a Humanities Texas board member, leads a discussion of Hispanic civil rights, including the landmark Supreme Court case <i>Hernandez v. Texas</i>.
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