WESTWARD EXPANSION • EDINBURG
2014 HUMANITIES TEXAS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
8:30–8:45 a.m. 8:45–9:30 a.m.
Opening remarks
Michael L. Gillette
Humanities Texas
Nineteenth-Century Innovations in Transportation and Communications
John L. Larson
WORKSHOP
Purdue University
Westward Expansion
9:35–10:20 a.m. 10:40–11:25 a.m.
Manifest Destiny
Daniel Feller
LOCATION
Region One ESC 1900 W. Schunior Street Edinburg, Texas
University of Tennessee
The Mexican War
Daniel Walker Howe
DATE
University of California, Los Angeles
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
11:30 a.m–12:15 p.m. Native Americans and Westward Expansion
Erika Bsumek
The University of Texas at Austin
1:00–3:30 p.m.
Primary source workshops with faculty
THIS WORKSHOP WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS
AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.
WESTWARD EXPANSION • EDINBURG
2014 HUMANITIES TEXAS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
PARTICIPANT EVALUATIONS
90% 80% 70%
TEACHER PARTICIPANTS
60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
EMMANUEL ABIRO, ALTON MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MISSION
JASON ACOSTA, MERCEDES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MERCEDES FRANCISCO AGADO, STELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, BROWNSVILLE
FRANCISCO ALVARADO, LOS CUATES MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOS FRESNOS
JOSEPH ALVAREZ, KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PHARR RENE ARAIZA, ALAMO MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALAMO
JUAN ARREDONDO, RESACA MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOS FRESNOS
BENJAMIN ARREDONDO II, STELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, BROWNSVILLE MONICA AVILA, VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, BROWNSVILLE JAMES BOYLE, SHARYLAND NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MCALLEN
DIANA BRYANT, BROWNSVILLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, BROWNSVILLE JEFFERY BURGELIN, SHARYLAND NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MCALLEN
LUIS CARMONA, HANNA HIGH SCHOOOL, BROWNSVILLE DAVID CASTANEDA, SOLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, DONNA
ELEAZAR CASTRO, BROWNSVILLE ACADEMIC CENTER, BROWNSVILLE
ROSIE CHAPA, GRULLA HIGH SCHOOL, RIO GRANDE CITY
JOHN CLAFLIN, ALTON MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MISSION POLICARPIO CORONA, GRULLA HIGH SCHOOL, RIO GRANDE CITY
ORALIA DE HOYOS, SOLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, DONNA
0%
JAVIER ESTRADA, VANGUARD ACADEMY SECONDARY, PHARR
JONATHON FIGUEROA, DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM, DONNA
YOLANDA FLORES-MOCTEZUMA, HANNA HIGH SCHOOOL, BROWNSVILLE
MARY LOU GARCIA, JORDAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAN BENITO
SAMUEL GARZA, KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PHARR AMANDA GOMEZ, WESLACO HIGH SCHOOL, WESLACO
RAUL GONZALEZ, VANGUARD ACADEMY, PHARR
JOSE HERNANDEZ JR., SOUTH PALM GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL, WESLACO
RAFAEL HINOJOSA, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY, LAREDO MAELENA INGRAM, BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL, MCALLEN
IRMA LOPEZ, SOLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, DONNA
Workshop was relevant and professionally useful.
Workshop was intellectually stimulating.
ENEDINA LOPEZ, REGION ONE ESC, EDINBURG
ELIAS LOZANO, GARZA MIDDLE SCHOOL, EDINBURG
JOSE LUNA JR, MERCEDES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MERCEDES WADE MARCUM, MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, HARLINGEN
LIANA MARTINEZ, REGION ONE ESC, EDINBURG
Workshop compares favorably with other professional development programs.
ZEKE MARTINEZ III, VANGUARD ACADEMY SECONDARY, PHARR ARACELI MATA, HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH, HARLINGEN
JOSEPH MONCIVAIS, LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PHARR ANTONIO MONRREAL, LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PHARR
JUAN NAVA, CUELLAR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WESLACO ROBBY NIETO, CUELLAR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WESLACO JAMES ORTIZ, RESACA MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOS FRESNOS MYLES PAREDES, MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, HARLINGEN
ISRAEL PEREZ, WESLACO HIGH SCHOOL, WESLACO
ARTHUR PORTIER, LOS CUATES MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOS FRESNOS
GLORIA N. RODRIGUEZ, ROWE HIGH SCHOOL, MCALLEN
MARIO RODRIGUEZ, ALTON MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MISSION
RENE RUIZ, ALTON MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MISSION
JOSE RUIZ III, SOLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, DONNA JOSE SAENZ, REGION ONE ESC, EDINBURG
MARIA A. SALINAS, PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL, SAN JUAN HEIDI SERRANO, GUTIERREZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, HARLINGEN
ADAN TIJERINA, VANGUARD ACADEMY, PHARR
RUSSELL TOTORA, SANTA ROSA HIGH SCHOOL, SANTA ROSA GABRIELA TRUJILLO, KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PHARR
PRISCILLA URIBE, MERCEDES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MERCEDES DOMINIC VILLARREAL, LOS CUATES MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOS FRESNOS
1410 Rio Grande Street Austin, Texas 78701 t: 512.440.1991 • f: 512.440.0115
LETICIA ZEPEDA, SOLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, DONNA