BY SPONSORED to 1877 HUM ANI T IE S T E X A S Shaping the IN COLLABORATIONTEXASLEADINGWITHUNIVERSITIESIN INSTITUTES TEXAS FOR TEACHERS AUSTIN | EL PASO | FORT WORTH | HOUSTON | LAREDO | SAN ANTONIO SAN | LAREDO | HOUSTON | WORTHFORT | PASO EL | AUSTIN 2010 AMERICAN REPUBLIC AMERICAN HUM ANITIES TEXAS SHAP ING THE A M ERICAN REP U BLIC TO 1877 2010 Shaping the 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AMERICAN REPUBLIC Julius Glickman, Houston (Chair) Mary L. Volcansek, Fort Worth (Vice Chair) Nancy Cain Marcus, Dallas (Secretary) to 1877 Michael L. Klein, Midland/Austin (Treasurer) Joseph R. Krier, San Antonio (Past Chair) AUSTIN | EL PASO | FORT WORTH | HOUSTON | LAREDO | SAN ANTONIO Alwyn Barr, Lubbock Joy Ann Havran, Fort Worth Leslie D. Blanton, Houston Ray Marvin Keck III, Laredo Albert S. Broussard, College Station Robert J. Kruckemeyer, Houston Vicki Vinson Cantwell, Fort Worth Janie Strauss McGarr, Dallas Larry D. Carver, Austin Kit T. Moncrief, Fort Worth Maceo C. Dailey Jr., El Paso Monica Perales, Houston Elinor Donnell, Corpus Christi Caren H. Prothro, Dallas Virginia Dudley, Comanche Catherine L. Robb, Austin George M. Fleming, Houston Ricardo Romo, San Antonio Juliet V. García, Brownsville Venus F. Strawn, Austin Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth, Austin Linda A. Valdez, Rockport INSTITUTES FOR TEXAS TEACHERS George C. Wright, Prairie View 2010 Board Alumni Co-chairs SPONSORED BY J. Sam Moore Jr., El Paso Humanities Texas Ellen C. Temple, Lufkin William P. Wright Jr., Abilene The College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Executive Director The University of Texas at El Paso Michael L. Gillette Texas Christian University Director of Grants and Education Center for Texas Studies at TCU Eric Lupfer University of Houston Shaping the American Republic to 1877, Editor Texas A&M International University Susanna R. Hill The University of Texas at San Antonio MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS TABLE OF CONTENTS A WE THE PEOP L E I NITIATIV E O F T HE INTRODUCTI O N . ........................................................ 2 N A TIONAL E N DOWMENT F OR T HE H U MANITIES INSI GHTS . ........................................................... 14 Additional funding from the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, ADVISORS, FACULTY, AND S TAFF . .......................................... 62 the Philip R. Jonsson Foundation, the George and Anne Butler Foundation, INSTI T UTE SCHEDULES, PA RTI CIPANTS, AND PHOTOS Dee and Adair Margo, the UTEP Teachers for a New Era Program: A Model AUSTIN . .......................................................... 90 for Teacher Preparation, and the Tenneco Lecture Series EL PA SO . ......................................................... 98 FO RT WORTH . ..................................................... 106 HO USTON . ........................................................ 114 L A REDO . ......................................................... 122 SA N A N TONI O . ..................................................... 130 INSTI T UTE S TATIS T I C S . ................................................ 138 PA RTI CIPANTS’ PROGRAM E VALUATI O NS . ................................... 140 PA RTI CIPANTS’ SCHOOLS . .............................................. 142 Any views, !ndings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not REACHIN G TEACHERS STATEW IDE . ........................................ 144 necessarily re"ect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Shaping the American Republic to 1877 n June 2010, Humanities Texas partnered with leading Texas universities I to host “Shaping the American Republic to 1877,” a series of six teacher enrich- Humanities Texas board member ment institutes focusing on major topics in U.S. history through Reconstruction. and treasurer Michael L. Klein greets teachers at the Austin institute. I believe teaching is the most vital and noblest of all professions. All of us, when asked who are some of the greatest in! uences in our lives, would name a teacher. To the 242 teachers participating in the Humanities Texas institutes, thank you for your compassion, your concern for your students, and your dedication to a profession that will determine our future. MICHAEL L. KLEIN, TREASURER, HUMANITIES TEXAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Background The success of the Texas educational system depends on nurturing quali! ed teachers and keeping them in the classroom. According to the Texas State Board for Educator Certi! cation, between 1996 and 2002 at least 8.3 percent of the teachers employed by the state left the profession at the end and our grants help schools and organizations pay for humanities speakers, exhibitions, and other This institute was the most bene" cial of each school year. This attrition is especially high among young teachers. The Texas Education educational programs. professional development I have attended. Agency (TEA) estimates that 15.8 percent of teachers leave the classroom after their ! rst year. Among educators, however, Humanities Texas is perhaps best known for its teacher enrichment The faculty lectures were great. The chance Studies indicate that many of these teachers do so in part because they feel ill prepared to teach their institutes. In collaboration with an array of cultural and educational institutions, we have held rigor- to receive resources and discuss them in the subjects—a problem more common than is often assumed. A revealing study by the State Board for ous, innovative workshops for the state’s classroom teachers for more than a decade. Our “Teaching primary source workshops was incredibly Educator Certi! cation found that between 2001 and 2004, more than a quarter of Texas teachers with Technology” summer workshops provided instruction in integrating digital resources into helpful. I plan to use many of the strate- were assigned to teach subjects for which they did not hold a standard teaching certi! cate. humanities curricula. More recently, we have held residential summer institutes with the support gies to enhance student engagement in my For more than two decades, Humanities Texas has addressed these challenges by supporting the of the National Endowment for the Humanities We the People initiative and a number of the state’s classroom. work of the state’s social studies and language arts teachers through a range of educational initiatives, major universities (see inset). ANDREA KLINE, LANCASTER MIDDLE including an awards program recognizing outstanding teaching and Humanities Interactive, an Humanities Texas designs these institutes so that teachers ! nd them both professionally useful (LANCASTER) online exhibitions gallery with more than forty digital exhibitions. Humanities Texas also offers and personally rewarding. Emphasis is placed on expanding teachers’ command of the subjects that more than sixty traveling exhibitions and media resources to museums, schools, and libraries, they teach. Participants work closely with leading scholars, as well as with colleagues from around HUMANITIES TEXAS TEACHER INSTITUTES 2004–2009 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 “Institute on Congress and “Gateway on the Gulf: Galveston and “Southwest Vistas: “The West and the Shaping “From Disunion to Empire: “The U.S. Constitution and American History” American Immigration, 1845–1915” The Border in American History” of America” The United States, 1850–1900” American History” with the Lyndon with the Bob Bullock with the University with Texas with the University with the College Baines Johnson Texas State History of Houston and Christian of North Texas and of Liberal Arts at Library and Museum, Museum The University of University, Trinity University The University of the National Texas at El Paso Texas Tech Texas at Austin, Archives and Records University, and The University Administration, and the Amon Carter of Texas at San the College of Liberal Museum of Antonio, and the Arts and Dolph American Art Lyndon Baines Briscoe Center for Johnson Library American History at and Museum The University of Texas at Austin 2 SHAPING THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC TO 1877 2010 HUMANITIES TEXAS INSTITUTES FOR TEXAS TEACHERS 33 INTRODUCTI ON INTRODUCTI ON Texas, to explore topics central to the state’s humanities curri- Alexander X. Byrd (left), cula. Teachers have the opportunity to attend dynamic lectures, associate professor of history participate in faculty-led workshops, and explore such major at Rice University, leads a cultural institutions as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; discussion on slavery. Lubbock’s National Ranching Heritage Center; San Antonio’s Institute of Texan Cultures; and Galveston’s Rosenberg Library. Teachers attend these programs at no cost to themselves or their schools. They earn Continuing Professional Education credits toward the renewal of their professional certi!cation, which is required every !ve years. They also receive a stipend, reimbursement for travel expenses, and a wealth of instructional materials. Program evaluations have been consistently superla- tive, with many teachers reporting that they returned home inspired to share what they learned with students and colleagues. TAMIU President and Humanities 2010 Expansion of the Teacher model that divided the components of institute planning and administration between our staff I was able to get resources from profes- Texas board member Ray M. Keck Institute Program and those of other program sponsors. In the early spring, Humanities Texas and the universities