Free Workshop on “Un-Covering” History

“Un-Covering History” A workshop with historian Lendol Calder Saturday, May 26, 2012 9:00-10:30 am Liberal Arts Building (building #8 on this map), Room 323 The University of Texas at El Paso Come prepared: read the Journal of American History article and see the video Print a Poster Lendol Calder is a Professor of History at [...]

First Thanksgiving Celebration & Historic Conference

First Thanksgiving Celebration & Historic Conference at San Elizario Texas April 27-29, 2012 Presented by the San Elizario Genealogy & Historical Society and the El Paso Mission Trail Association      

Made in Texas Teacher Institutes

The Made in Texas Teacher Institute is looking for El Paso-area educators interested in an immersion program aimed at exploring literature by Texas-Mexican authors. The selected cohort will receive a $225 stipend for participating in the three sessions: March 31, April 21 and May 19. (Please do not apply if you cannot attend all three [...]

Center Co-Sponsors Black History Month Event

Honoring Black History Month: Education called key to achievement By Hayley Kappes \ El Paso Times Posted:   02/12/2012 11:06:58 AM MST URL: http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_19947347   Actor Phil Darius Wallace, who portrays Frederick Douglass, says… (Victor Calzada / El Paso Times) When actor Phil Darius Wallace steps on stage as Frederick Douglass, he feels the struggles [...]

Frederick Douglass One-Man Show

In honor of Black History Month, Frederick Douglass is coming to El Paso! El Paso Community College will host Self-Made Man: The Bondage and Freedom of Frederick Douglass, a one-man show written, produced, and enacted by actor Phil Darius Wallace. The show will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the EPCC Transmountain Campus Theatre, located [...]

Center Featured in UTEP Magazine

“History in the Making” By Laura L. Acosta Source: UTEP Magazine (Fall 2011), p. 36. See in Magazine View | PDF (opens slowly) The Center for History Teaching and Learning (CHTL) at The University of Texas at El Paso is preparing teachers to help their students better understand the lessons of the past. Established in [...]

U.S. History Teachers Learn New Standards

U.S. History Teachers Learn New Standards Source: Laura L. Acosta, UTEP Newsroom, 6/20/11 With the Texas State Board of Education’s decision last year to adopt new social studies standards starting this fall, U.S. history teachers from across the state gathered at The University of Texas at El Paso last week to work with scholars who [...]

Teaching the Teachers

Source: Victor Calzada,  El Paso Times, Saturday, June 18, 2011, 6B Irvin High School U.S. History teacher Tara Bell-Lopez, right, reviews historical literature during Friday’s “The Making of Modern America, 1877 to Present” presentation at UTEP. The session, sponsored by the Center for History Teaching and Learning at UTEP and Humanities Texas, introduced 46 area [...]

Free Lecture on “How the Rich Got Rich”

“How the Rich Got Rich: The Gilded Age in America” By H. W. Brands Tuesday, June 14, 2011 6:00 PM UGLC 116, UTEP Campus The decades after the Civil War saw the birth of modern American capitalism. American industry boomed, and with it the fortunes of those who mastered the corporate and financial techniques on [...]

Summer Institute Registration Info

CHTL/Humanities Texas 2011 Summer Teacher Institute Register at http://www.humanitiestexas.org/education/institutes/2011/index.php This summer the Center for History Teaching & Learning will again partner with Humanities Texas to hold a three-day summer institute on June 14-17 on the UTEP campus. The institute will explore U.S. history from Reconstruction to the present day. (Teachers interested in U.S. history from [...]

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