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Humanities Texas
Texas
Advancing heritage, culture, and education in Texas
Humanities Texas is the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Its teacher institutes provide teacher-centered professional development programs for Texas educators, including webinars and institutes aligned with the TEKS.
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Upcoming webinars
- Tue, October 20 · 6:00 PM EDT
Teaching Great Expectations
Humanities Texas webinar on strategies for teaching and generating student interest in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Participants will explore ways to help students become better close readers of novels while learning about nineteenth-century culture and society, with particular attention to Dickens's use of the coming-of-age narrative. Content is aligned with the TEKS and emphasizes effective pedagogical strategies. Free for teachers and their schools; participants receive CPE credit and curricular materials. Led by Allen MacDuffie (The University of Texas at Austin). Open to secondary-level humanities teachers in Texas schools.
- Wed, November 4 · 6:00 PM EST
Digital Timeline Tools in the Humanities Classroom
Humanities Texas webinar on how timelines and other digital tools can support inquiry, digital literacy, and source analysis in the humanities classroom. Participants will learn how to create and assign digital timelines and practical ways students can organize and synthesize research, evaluate sources, and articulate this research chronologically through multimedia digital storytelling. Content is aligned with the TEKS and emphasizes effective pedagogical strategies. Free for teachers and their schools; participants receive CPE credit and curricular materials. Led by Lorena Gauthereau (University of Houston). Open to secondary-level humanities teachers in Texas schools.
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