AMERICAN WRITING ON THE CIVIL WAR • AUSTIN

2012 HUMANITIES TEACHER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

8:40–9:30 a.m. How the Civil War Transformed American Literature Randall Fuller

WORKSHOP Drury University American Writing on the 9:45–10:30 a.m. Nature, God, and Mankind’s Opinions: Henry Civil War David Thoreau, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln with Respect to the Law LOCATION Evan Carton Byrne–Reed House The University of Texas at Austin 1410 Rio Grande Street Austin, Texas 10:30–11:15 a.m. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Daina Ramey Berry

DATE The University of Texas at Austin Friday, February 3, 2012 11:30–12:15 p.m. Bringing the Ditch Nearer: Reading and 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Teaching the Twentieth-Century Literature of the American Civil War Coleman Hutchison

The University of Texas at Austin 12:15–12:30 p.m. Introduction to Humanities Texas resources for teachers Eric Lupfer

Humanities Texas 12:30–1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30–3:30 p.m. Primary source workshops with faculty

THIS WORKSHOP WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, WITH ONGOING SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. AMERICAN WRITING ON THE CIVIL WAR • AUSTIN

2012 HUMANITIES TEXAS TEACHER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

PARTICIPANT EVALUATIONS

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70% TEACHER PARTICIPANTS 60% CHRISTOPHER ABBS, RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, RICHARDSON JENNIFER ALEXANDER, C.E. KING HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON 50% STEPHANIE BARNES, LEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, COPPERAS COVE CINDY BELZER, HAWKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAWKINS 40% DEANN BROOM, HERNANDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, ROUND ROCK MICHELLE CASTILLO, STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL, ROUND ROCK 30% AVERY CASTILLO, WESTVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, AUSTIN KATHERINE TAYLOR CLARK, SPRING HILL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, LONGVIEW LYNDA COBBS, STEVENSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOUSTON 20% TRACEY E. COX, BURTON HIGH SCHOOL, BURTON LAURA DEES, COLEMAN HIGH SCHOOL, COLEMAN 10% EDWARD DEVLIN, C.E. KING HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON LEAH FRAZIER DIXON, STEM ACADEMY, HOUSTON 0%

ERICCA S. DOUGLAS, CLIFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOUSTON l ee ee a ee ee r r tr r r SUSAN EVERETT, HERNANDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, ROUND ROCK g g u g g sa sa e a a i i n ly MISTY FRITZE, SCHULTZ JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WALLER d d g ly n PATTY GARLAND, VAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, VAN g ro n st ro JAMES E. GARLAND, , TYLER st KATHLEEN HOFFER, RANDOLPH MIDDLE SCHOOL, UNIVERSAL CITY KRISTEN M. JACKSON, HENDERSON HIGH SCHOOL, HENDERSON Workshop was relevant and STARLYN JEFFCOAT, MARTINʼS MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MARTINʼS MILL professionally useful. CECIL JOHNSON, LEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, COPPERAS COVE BERRY JOHNSON, WESTVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, AUSTIN SAMUEL JONES, HERNANDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, ROUND ROCK Workshop was intellectually DANA KELLNER, ROCKSPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, ROCKSPRINGS stimulating. CAROL KENNEDY, HAWKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAWKINS TINA LEE, SPRING HILL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, LONGVIEW Workshop compares favorably with CHARLES LOE, , NACOGDOCHES PATRICK MCSWAIN, C.E. KING HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON other professional development MARISOL MENDEZ, C.E. KING HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON programs. AYN NYS, KERR HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON CHRISTINE PEARSON, HARDIN HIGH SCHOOL, HARDIN SHAWNA POOLE, NEW SUMMERFIELD JUNIOR HIGH, NEW SUMMERFIELD BELINDA PULIDO, HARWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, EDINBURG FELICIA PURVIS, BURTON HIGH SCHOOL, BURTON CATHERINE RAMIREZ, WILLIAMS HOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL, LOMETA JORDAN ROWE, DANIEL ORTIZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOUSTON VICKI ROWE, TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL, TAYLOR RICKIE SCOTT, RANDOLPH MIDDLE SCHOOL, UNIVERSAL CITY KELLY TRELEAVEN, DANIEL ORTIZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOUSTON JOHNA UNDERWOOD, TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL, TAYLOR SARAH URBAN, KERR HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON SULEMA VELASQUEZ, HARWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, EDINBURG ROY WEESNER, , WALLER 1410 Rio Grande Street RACHELLE WILSON, STEVENSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOUSTON Austin, Texas 78701 t: 512.440.1991 • f: 512.440.0115 www.humanitiestexas.org