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Advancing education through programs that improve the quality of classroom teaching, support libraries & museums, & create opportunities for lifelong learning.
**TX TEACHERS**
📣 Last chance to register for "The Declaration of Independence"!

🗓 MON, NOV 17, 2025
🕔 5–6:15 p.m. CT

The webinar will examine the Declaration, tracing its complex origins, international influences, & far-reaching legacy. #htxedu #America250

www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
November 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Veterans and the Power of Conversation”—a recent episode of the “Humanities =“ podcast—features a conversation about our Veterans' Voices reading and discussion program!

🎧 Listen to the episode by searching “Humanities =“ on your podcast app or at statehumanities.org/podcast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you work or volunteer at a small museum, don't miss the
@aaslh.org virtual summit next week dedicated to the collections concerns of museums with modest budgets and small/no paid staff. Learn more and register at tinyurl.com/SMICSummit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
**THIS WEEKEND**
@humanitiestexas.bsky.social presents U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón in conversation about Startlement: New and Selected Poems at @texasbookfest.bsky.social!

⏰ SAT, NOV 8, 3:00 PM
📚 Capitol Auditorium

➡️ Learn more: texasbookfestival.org/schedule/ada...
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
⏰ There's still time to register for "Teaching Texas Literature" in MCALLEN on THU, NOV 13!

📲 APPLY: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
**ATTN: TEXAS ELA TEACHERS**
Apply now for "Teaching Texas Literature" a one-day workshop in MCALLEN (NOV 13) focusing on how Texas writers have engaged the state's history and culture.

➡️ Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Do you know an outstanding Texas teacher in your school or community? Nominate them for a 2026 Outstanding Teaching Award! bit.ly/NominateOTA2...

All #htxota award winners receive $5,000 w/ an additional $1,000 for their school. Nominations will be accepted through DECEMBER 1.
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
**ATTN: TEXAS ELA TEACHERS**
Apply now for "Teaching Texas Literature" a one-day workshop in MCALLEN (NOV 13) focusing on how Texas writers have engaged the state's history and culture.

➡️ Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
October 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Apply now for "Teaching Early Texas History, 1528–1821," a one-day workshop in DALLAS on NOVEMBER 6 focused on early Texas history from the Age of Contact through the Spanish Colonial period. #TX4T

➡️ Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
October 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
**ATTN: TX TEACHERS**
Join us next week (OCT 29) for "Teaching Drama," a one-day workshop in AUSTIN on strategies for generating student interest in and understanding of drama at the secondary level.

➡️ Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
⏰ Last call for “Teaching the Progressive Era”!

Join us in HOUSTON, OCTOBER 21, for a one-day workshop for secondary social studies teachers on the politics, reforms, and journalism that transformed the nation.

Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
October 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It's National Arts and Humanities Month! 🌟

Tune in to "Humanities =" — a new podcast by the Federation of State Humanities Councils — to learn how councils nationwide are using the humanities to build connection and community.

Listen and get inspired! 🎧 www.statehumanities.org/podcast/
Humanities = - Federation of State Humanities Councils
Humanities = is a podcast about real individuals, organizations, and communities making a real difference through the humanities. Tune in for hopeful and inspiring interviews with professionals and vo...
www.statehumanities.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Jack Miller Center will award $5,000 to one teacher in every state to carry out a special civics project next year related to the #America250 anniversary of the Declaration of Independence!

The deadline to apply is NOV 16, 2025. Learn more: www.jackmillercenter.org/teaching-ame...
Teaching America250 Awards - Jack Miller Center
Nationwide teaching awards program in celebration of the semiquincentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
www.jackmillercenter.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Register now "Digital Storytelling: Developing Student Podcasts in the Writing Classroom"!

🖥️ Webinar
🗓 October 7, 2025
🕔 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT

➡️ Learn more: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
October 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
There's still time to register for "The Imperial Crisis in British North America, 1763–1775"!

🖥️ Webinar
🗓 October 6, 2025
🕔 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT

➡️ Learn more: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Join Humanities Texas on WED, NOV 19, for a FREE #htxgrants workshop in Fredericksburg for Hill Country organizations! In partnership w/ TX Rural Funders, TX Comm on the Arts, TX Historical Comm & TX Historical Foundation

Learn more and register (required): www.humanitiestexas.org/hill-country...
October 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
There's still time to sign up for our September webinar series on using primary sources in the ELA classroom w/ @ncte.org and @librarycongress.bsky.social!

Register today! www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
**ATTN: TX TEACHERS**
Register now for "Introducing, Interpreting, and Integrating Primary Sources in the ELA Classroom"!

The webinar series (SEPT 15 & 22) will draw upon teaching ideas compiled by @ncte.org in collaboration w/ @librarycongress.bsky.social.

www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
September 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
**UPDATE ON FALL MAJOR GRANTS CYCLE**
The fall major grants cycle is now open for programs that will take place on or after JAN 1, 2026. #htxgrants

LOI deadline: SEPT 30, 2025
Final app deadline: OCT 3, 2025

Please visit our website for application details: www.humanitiestexas.org/grants/major
September 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
With generous support from the Tejemos Foundation, the new Humanities Texas exhibition "Soul Circuit: Juneteenth Rodeos in Texas" will travel to six Texas communities over the coming year! #htxexhibits

Learn more: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...
September 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
In fall 2025, Humanities Texas will offer online and in-person professional development programs for Texas social studies and ELA teachers. Apply now at www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...! #htxedu
August 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
**ATTN: TX TEACHERS**
"America Before the American Revolution" will take place via Zoom from 5:00–6:15PM CT on SEPT 16.

The webinar will explore the place of the American colonies in the British Empire on the eve of the American Revolution. #America250

www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
August 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Join us for an #htxgrants webinar for Texas cultural and educational orgs on WED, AUG 27, at 11AM CT. Staff will make brief presentations and then be available for questions and discussion. This webinar is FREE and open to the public.

Register online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We're delighted to resume grantmaking!

Rural #htxgrants are available to nonprofit orgs in counties with 60,000 residents or fewer. Exhibition grants are available to support rental and associated programming for #htxexhibits.

Learn more at humanitiestexas.org/grants!
August 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We were saddened to learn of Bruce Bugg’s passing earlier this month. Bruce, who served on the Humanities Texas board from 2010–12, was a thoughtful and effective civic leader deeply committed to San Antonio and the state of Texas. We'll miss him greatly.

www.tpr.org/government-p...
San Antonio banker Bruce Bugg, chair of the Texas Transportation Commission, dies at 70
Bugg's legacy was wide ranging in San Antonio and across Texas.
www.tpr.org
August 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
**ATTN: TX TEACHERS**
Register now for "Introducing, Interpreting, and Integrating Primary Sources in the ELA Classroom"!

The webinar series (SEPT 15 & 22) will draw upon teaching ideas compiled by @ncte.org in collaboration w/ @librarycongress.bsky.social.

www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
August 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
📢 NEH (@nehgov.bsky.social) invites institutions affected by the floods in Central Texas in July 2025 to apply for fast-track emergency grants to preserve and protect humanities collections. Details and application info at: www.neh.gov/news/neh-cha...
August 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM