WESTWARD EXPANSION • EDINBURG

2014 HUMANITIES TEXAS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

8:30–8:45 a.m. Opening remarks Michael L. Gillette

Humanities Texas

8:45–9:30 a.m. Nineteenth-Century Innovations in Transportation and Communications WORKSHOP John L. Larson

Westward Expansion Purdue University 9:35–10:20 a.m. Manifest Destiny LOCATION Region One ESC Daniel Feller

1900 W. Schunior Street University of Tennessee Edinburg, Texas 10:40–11:25 a.m. 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% EMMANUEL ABIRO, ALTON MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MISSION JASON ACOSTA, MERCEDES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MERCEDES 50% FRANCISCO AGADO, STELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, BROWNSVILLE FRANCISCO ALVARADO, LOS CUATES MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOS FRESNOS JOSEPH ALVAREZ, KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PHARR 40% RENE ARAIZA, ALAMO MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALAMO JUAN ARREDONDO, RESACA MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOS FRESNOS BENJAMIN ARREDONDO II, STELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, BROWNSVILLE 30% MONICA AVILA, VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, BROWNSVILLE JAMES BOYLE, SHARYLAND NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MCALLEN DIANA BRYANT, BROWNSVILLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, BROWNSVILLE 20% JEFFERY BURGELIN, SHARYLAND NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MCALLEN LUIS CARMONA, HANNA HIGH SCHOOOL, BROWNSVILLE DAVID CASTANEDA, SOLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, DONNA 10% ELEAZAR CASTRO, BROWNSVILLE ACADEMIC CENTER, BROWNSVILLE ROSIE CHAPA, GRULLA HIGH SCHOOL, RIO GRANDE CITY JOHN CLAFLIN, ALTON MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MISSION 0% POLICARPIO CORONA, GRULLA HIGH SCHOOL, RIO GRANDE CITY l ee ee a ee ee r r tr r r ORALIA DE HOYOS, SOLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, DONNA g g u g g sa sa e a a JAVIER ESTRADA, VANGUARD ACADEMY SECONDARY, PHARR i i n ly d d g JONATHON FIGUEROA, DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM, DONNA ly n g ro n st YOLANDA FLORES-MOCTEZUMA, HANNA HIGH SCHOOOL, BROWNSVILLE ro MARY LOU GARCIA, JORDAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAN BENITO st SAMUEL GARZA, KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PHARR AMANDA GOMEZ, WESLACO HIGH SCHOOL, WESLACO RAUL GONZALEZ, VANGUARD ACADEMY, PHARR Workshop was relevant and JOSE HERNANDEZ JR., SOUTH PALM GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL, WESLACO professionally useful. RAFAEL HINOJOSA, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY, LAREDO MAELENA INGRAM, BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL, MCALLEN IRMA LOPEZ, SOLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, DONNA Workshop was intellectually ENEDINA LOPEZ, REGION ONE ESC, EDINBURG ELIAS LOZANO, GARZA MIDDLE SCHOOL, EDINBURG stimulating. JOSE LUNA JR, MERCEDES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MERCEDES WADE MARCUM, MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, HARLINGEN LIANA MARTINEZ, REGION ONE ESC, EDINBURG Workshop compares favorably with ZEKE MARTINEZ III, VANGUARD ACADEMY SECONDARY, PHARR other professional development ARACELI MATA, HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH, HARLINGEN JOSEPH MONCIVAIS, LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PHARR programs. 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 1410 Rio Grande Street PRISCILLA URIBE, MERCEDES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MERCEDES Austin, Texas 78701 DOMINIC VILLARREAL, LOS CUATES MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOS FRESNOS • LETICIA ZEPEDA, SOLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, DONNA t: 512.440.1991 f: 512.440.0115 www.humanitiestexas.org