Past Institutes

Introducing New American History (Summer 2024 Webinar Series)

On July 16 and 17, Humanities Texas held a webinar series for social studies teachers exploring open access tools and learning resources from New American History.

Curriculum

The webinars introduced teachers to New American History, a digital history project with extensive resources for teachers and students. New American History’s learning resources are designed primarily for middle- and high-school social studies teachers interested in harnessing the power of digital media, curiosity, and inquiry in their classrooms. Correlated with national standards and informed by inquiry-based pedagogy, New American History resources can help teachers uncover new ways to teach the past in light of the present.

Like all Humanities Texas teacher programs, the webinar series was content-based and teacher-centered, with an emphasis on teaching with primary sources and developing effective pedagogical strategies.

Faculty

Edward L. Ayers (executive director, New American History; University Professor of the Humanities and president emeritus, University of Richmond) and Annie Evans (director of education, New American History) led the webinar series.

Schedule

The series took place over Zoom from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. on July 16 and 17. The webinar schedule can be viewed here.

Sponsors

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