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  • Book Breaks: Now free and open to all!

    Sundays at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) on Zoom

     

    Upcoming Session: June 30, 2024
    Author: David Chrisinger, University of Chicago
    Book: The Soldier’s Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II

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    • Free

    • All Audiences

    • Every Sunday

  • Traveling Exhibitions at five public sites this June

    Who Can Vote?: A Brief History of Voting Rights in the US tours the country

    From June 3 through June 28, this traveling exhibition will visit Brooklyn, NY, Elizabeth City, NC, Concord, NH, Buffalo, NY, and Galveston, TX.

    Who Can Vote Traveling Exhibition
  • Teacher Seminars Online

    Study with eminent American history professors and dive deep into primary sources with master teachers this summer. Each of our seminars is composed of lectures that you can watch on your own schedule as well as live Zoom sessions featuring the scholar, Gilder Lehrman master teachers, partner organizations, and your peers.

     

    Registration Deadline 1 week prior to the start of the seminar’s live sessions

    Cost: $25 per seminar

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    • 10 Seminars

    • Online

  • Master's Degree in American History

    Register for 6-Week Summer II Courses

    MA students can choose from a wide variety of courses each semester. Browse summer courses, watch lecture previews, meet the professors, and see course details.

     

    Summer II Semester Dates

    • Courses Start: Thursday, July 11, 2024
    • Course Registration Ends: Wednesday, July 17, 2024
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  • New Self-Paced Course

    Immigrants and Immigration in the Age of Lincoln

    Through the lens of Abraham Lincoln’s rise in politics, this course will follow the growing nativist response to the rise of Catholic immigration in the 1840s, through to Lincoln’s 1863 and 1864 proposals to expand—and even underwrite—immigration to fill the depleted ranks of the Union military as well as American farming and industry. 

     

    Regular Price: $39.99

    Affiliate Price: $29.99

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    • 15 Professional Development Hours

  • New Issue of History Now

    Issue No. 70: “World War II: Portraits of Service” (Spring 2024)

    Explore the lives and legacies of five men and women who overcame racial and gender discrimination to emerge as true American patriots.

    First Lieutenant Roger Romine in 1944 (CAF RISE ABOVE)

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    MA in American History

    Our master’s degree program gives K–12 educators an affordable way to earn a graduate degree while working full time.

    Self-Paced Courses

    Explore American history from your own home, in your own time, and at your own pace! Educators can obtain professional development credit.

    History U

    These self-paced courses in American history are taught by the nation's top historians and are completely free for high school students. 

    Upcoming Events

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    • Traveling Exhibitions
    June 3–28, 2024

    See "Who Can Vote?"

    Visit our exhibition at sites across the country this month

    Thursday, July 4, 2024

    Fourth of July

    Deepen your knowledge of this holiday with historical documents, essays, videos, and lesson plans from the Gilder Lehrman Institute.

    Upcoming Deadlines

    • Students
    Friday, June 28, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET

    History School 2024

    Last chance to register for Summer 2024 History School's three six-week AP prep courses.

    Book Breaks

    Every Sunday at 2:00 pm ET (11:00 am PT) on Zoom

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    Join us for our weekly interview series in which historians discuss their acclaimed books followed by a Q&A with the at-home audience. Please click any of the upcoming episodes to register. You can purchase any of the books featured on our bookshop.org page, for which we receive an affiliate commission.

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    Our Historical Documents

    In 1991, Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman embarked on a mission to create one of the most important repositories of historical American documents in the country. Today, the Gilder Lehrman Collection contains 86,000+ items documenting the political, social, and economic history of the United States.

    Our catalog is free to search. K–12 students, K–12 educators, and parents can access a selection of 7,800+ full-sized images for free. Others can purchase an annual History Resources subscription for $25.
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    History Now

    The Online Journal of the Gilder Lehrman Institute

    Signing the Declaration of Independence

    History Now features essays by the nation’s leading historians and provides the latest in American history scholarship for teachers, students, and general readers.

    History Now is completely free for all K-12 students and teachers. Others can purchase a one-year subscription for $25.

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    How to Research a World War II Veteran

    Learn about the historical research process in this step-by-step guide. As you progress, you will have opportunities to apply what you are learning.

    Image: American Servicemen and women in Paris celebrating the unconditional surrender of the Japanese, August 15, 1945 (National Archives, 111-SC-210241)

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