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Caroline Castillo Crimm
Department of History
SHSU Box 2239
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas 77341-2239
936.294.1487
his_ccc@shsu.edu
Caroline Castillo Crimm is an associate professor of history and chair of the Encuentro Hispanic Outreach Program at Sam Houston State University. She is the author of several books and numerous articles on Petra Vela Kenedy, the De León family, and other aspects of Tejano history. She is a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, a former Piper Professor, and a recipient of the Community Amigo Award in Education from the League of United Latin American Citizens.
Presentations
Hispanics in Early Texas
Based on the award-winning book De León, a Tejano Family History, this fascinating and entertaining narrative provides a carefully documented history of the successes of the early Spanish settlers and the many challenges that Hispanics overcame in adapting to a foreign government and to the new Anglo culture during the 1800s. Based on fifteen years of research in both the United States and Mexico, this presentation will encourage all Americans to develop a new understanding and appreciation for all that is Hispanic.
Religious Controversies in Seventeenth-Century Rhode Island: The Story of Samuel Gorton of Warwick, Rhode Island
This presentation focuses on the conflict over land and religion between the original Massachusetts settlers and the nonconformists, such as Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, and Samuel Gorton, who arrived during the early 1600s but left Boston to find safer accommodations in Rhode Island. Samuel Gorton is an example of the religious leaders who helped to create the separation of church and state that impacts us today.
History by Dilemma
This program offers teachers a new way to help their students get involved in history and make decisions in their own lives. Participants will learn about dilemmas or historical problems with no right or wrong answer. The students will create their own characters, explain the facts as those characters would have known them, and then come to a conclusion about what they would have done in similar circumstances. In the discussion that follows, students learn to respect other views and learn from other students who may have made different choices. It is an exciting way to get students involved. Dilemmas work for students of all ages.