THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE • HOUSTON 2015 HUMANITIES TEXAS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 8:30–8:45 a.m. Opening remarks Eric Lupfer Humanities Texas 8:45–9:45 a.m. The Harlem Renaissance: What Was It, and Why Does It Matter? Cary D. Wintz WORKSHOP The Harlem Renaissance Texas Southern University 10:00–10:45 a.m. Langston Hughes, Renaissance Man LOCATION Jennifer M. Wilks Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens The University of Texas at Austin 6003 Memorial Drive 10:45–11:30 a.m. Zora Neale Hurston: Genius of the South Houston, Texas Heather D. Russell DATE Florida International University Friday, March 6, 2015 12:15–1:00 p.m. Teaching the Harlem Renaissance: 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Annotation, Text, and Context Brian A. Bremen The University of Texas at Austin 1:00–3:30 p.m. Critical reading seminars with faculty THIS WORKSHOP WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE • HOUSTON 2015 HUMANITIES TEXAS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANT EVALUATIONS 90% 80% 70% 60% TEACHER PARTICIPANTS 50% JOAN ATWOOD, BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ACADEMY, HOUSTON JILL AUFILL, NIMITZ HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON JACQUELINE BARON, DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAN ANTONIO 40% DERILIA BEAUBRUN, JOHNSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOUSTON BAVU BLAKES, DECKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, MANOR 30% LASHIA BOWERS, SPRING HIGH SCHOOL, SPRING SHERRI BOYD, MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON 20% REBECCA BRIDJMOHAN, ALVIN HIGH SCHOOL, ALVIN RAECHEL BROUSSARD, NULL MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOUSTON 10% ASHLEY BROWN, SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, HOUSTON ARIANN BURLEY, CHAVEZ HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON KAYLA CHEWNING, KING HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON 0% l SCHANDRA COMEAUX-POLLARD, WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON ee ee a ee ee r r tr r r g g u g g JULIA CROCKETT, LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL, LAKE WORTH sa sa e a a i i n ly d d g JOHN DEBOLT, FOX TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, SAN ANTONIO ly n g o n tr ERICCA DOUGLAS, KLEIN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON o s tr DANA GIBSON, HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL, HEMPSTEAD s SCOTT GONZALES, ALVIN HIGH SCHOOL, ALVIN KATHERINE GRAHAM, NEDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL, NEDERLAND Workshop was relevant and ELIZABETH GRAHAM, VICTORY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON professionally useful. CHRISTOPHER GREEN, NEW FRONTIERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAN ANTONIO CAROLYN KIMBLE, ALVIN HIGH SCHOOL, ALVIN JENNIFER KORENEK, MADISON HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON Workshop was intellectually JAMIE LANGLEY, RICHARDS SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS, AUSTIN stimulating. AKIRA LEBLANC, SPRING HIGH SCHOOL, SPRING IRA LYNN LEWIS, HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL, MISSOURI CITY Workshop compares favorably with RENNETTE LUCIEN, YATES HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON other professional development JAMIE LYONS, SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS VIRGINIA MANNING, LEE HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON programs. BRITTNEY MITCHELL, TAFOLLA MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAN ANTONIO JOSEPH NEHILA, EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY, HOUSTON MARIELA NILAND, YOUNG WOMEN’S COLLEGE PREPRATORY ACADEMY, HOUSTON SONIA NOYOLA, ALICE HIGH SCHOOL, ALICE GABRIELLE PATTON, DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAN ANTONIO DONNA PAULEY, ALVIN HIGH SCHOOL, ALVIN RHONDA PHILLIPS, STERLING HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON SCOTT PRESNALL, KAUFMAN HIGH SCHOOL, KAUFMAN CASSANDRA RAY, GUYER HIGH SCHOOL, DENTON CRYSTAL REPPERT, BALL HIGH SCHOOL, GALVESTON STEPHANIE RHODES, MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, PORT ARTHUR TIFFANY ROBERSON, ALVIN HIGH SCHOOL, ALVIN ANGELICA ROBERSON, BLOCKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, TEXAS CITY 1410 Rio Grande Street JENNA LAURA ROSEN, MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON Austin, Texas 78701 ILEANA SIMIEN, MOUNT CARMEL ACADEMY, HOUSTON • KELLEY SMITH, ALVIN HIGH SCHOOL, ALVIN t: 512.440.1991 f: 512.440.0115 RYAN SMITS, ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS www.humanitiestexas.org KIMBERLY SWIM, WUNSCHE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, SPRING THERESE TILLEY, DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON JENNIFER TRUJILLO, LASSITER JUNIOR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS ALLYSON WEILAND, LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL, LAKE WORTH LORI WHEELER, BONNETTE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, DEER PARK.