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Third Virginia Convention’s Request for Spanish Support | Spanish Influence on American History

Third Virginia Convention’s Request for Spanish Support Historian Uncovers a Primary Source > In this video, Esther Cruces, Director of the General Archive of the Indies in Seville, Spain, examines a letter from the Third...

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Spain’s Declaration of War Against Great Britain | Spanish Influence on American History

Spain’s Declaration of War Against Great Britain Historian Uncovers a Primary Source > In this video, Professor Larrie D. Ferreiro from George Mason University in Virginia examines a primary source detailing Spain’s...

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David Waldstreicher wins 2024 George Washington Prize

Mount Vernon, VA, September 23, 2024—David Waldstreicher has been awarded the 2024 George Washington Prize for his book, The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys through American Slavery and Independence (New York: Farrar,...

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The American Revolution | Spanish Influence on American History

Spanish Influence on the American Revolution Explore Our Resource Suite In partnership with the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute and the Royal Academy of History of Spain, the Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to offer this free suite of resources to...

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Spanish Influence on American History

Spanish Influence on American History The Spanish influence on American history is significant, complex, and diverse, spanning more than three centuries of cooperation between Spain and the United States. Learn more about this story through our...

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Infographic: The Vietnam War Military Statistics

Government and Civics, World History

9, 10, 11, 12

Download Infographic as PDF Questions for Discussion In what year were the greatest number of US service members stationed in Vietnam? In what year were there the greatest number of US battle deaths in Vietnam? How many...

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Hamilton Education Program

The Gilder Lehrman Institute is proud to partner with the producers of Hamilton on the Hamilton Education Program. Title I–eligible high schools are being invited to integrate Alexander Hamilton and the Founding Era into classroom...

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Reframing Lincoln: Myth, Memory, and Changing Narratives | Teacher Seminars In Person

The Reframing Lincoln Seminar: Myth, Memory, and Changing Narratives is a weeklong PD event for up to 25 K–12 teachers at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Application Deadline : March 5, 2024 Program...

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All Upcoming Deadlines

All Upcoming Deadlines October 2024 Scholars Monday, October 28, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET Scholarly Fellowship Applications Apply for a $3000 short-term research fellowship in the field of American history. December 2024 Students...

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Teacher Seminars In Person

This summer we are pleased to offer four in-person seminars in California, Illinois, New Jersey, and Virginia. You can apply to any or all of these seminars with a single application, which you will be able to save and then submit whenever you are...

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All Upcoming Events

All Upcoming Events November 2024 Free Book Breaks All Audiences Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET Noliwe Rooks, Brown University A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune American...

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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History was founded in 1994 by Richard Gilder and Lewis E. Lehrman, visionaries and lifelong supporters of American history education. The...

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Collection Programs | Inside the Vault

Inside the Vault : First Black Cadets at West Point Shortly after the Civil War, the United States Military Academy admitted its first Black cadets. However, this first attempt at racial integration failed due to shocking degrees of...

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Monthly Affiliate School Offer

Our offer of The Witnesses: Fifty Historic Anti-Slavery Poems, 1695–1865 is now closed. Check back later this fall for our next set of Monthly Affiliate Offers. >

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History U | American Environmental History

American Environmental History This History U course introduces the history of human interactions with the environment in the United States, focusing on the history of political, social, cultural, and economic forces that have structured...

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Historical Context: Facts about the Slave Trade and Slavery

Economics, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12

TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE VOYAGES Over the period of the Atlantic Slave Trade, from approximately 1526 to 1867, some 12.5 million captured men, women, and children were put on ships in Africa, and 10.7 million arrived in the Americas. The...

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James Madison Graduate Fellowships

James Madison Graduate Fellowship The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation supports educators desiring to become outstanding teachers of the American Constitution. Both prospective and current students in the Gettysburg College-Gilder...

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Gilder Lehrman Staff Directory

Executive Office James G. Basker , President and CEO Email: basker@gilderlehrman.org Kathrine Mott , Chief Operating Officer Email: mott@gilderlehrman.org Phone: 646-366-9666 ext. 119 Saige Kramer , Coordinator, President’s Office and...

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President’s Council

The President’s Council is a select group of supporters who provide insight to leadership on strategic issues facing the organization—including programs, fundraising, communications, and long-term planning. The President’s Council is...

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Jim Crow and Its Challengers (Teacher Seminar Online)

Jim Crow and Its Challengers Lead Scholar : Nikki L. Brown, University of Kentucky Master Teacher : Ziara Smith Live Session Dates : Week of August 5 Registration Deadline : Monday, July 29 Image Source: NAACP, “Register and Vote” poster, Detroit,...

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Social Change in the Civil War Era (Teacher Seminar Online)

Social Change in the Civil War Era Lead Scholar : Catherine Clinton, University of Texas at San Antonio Master Teacher : CherylAnne Amendola Live Session Dates : Week of June 24 Registration Deadline : Monday, June 17 Image Source: “The First Vote”...

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Voting and Elections in American History (Teacher Seminar Online)

Voting and Elections in American History, 1788–2020 Lead Scholar : Allan J. Lichtman, American University Master Teacher : Alysha Butler Partner Organization : The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute Live Session Dates : Week of...

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Student Opportunities | Gilder Lehrman-National History Academy Scholarships

> > > Apply now on the National History Academy site by May 1 What if you had the opportunity not just to learn American history, but to live it? Spend your summer at the National History Academy’s Residential Summer...

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Traveling Exhibitions | World War II: Voices of Service

> World War II: Voices of Service explores major events of the war through the photographs, letters, and oral histories of everyday Americans. From the attack on Pearl Harbor through the GI Bill, this traveling exhibition...

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Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Immigration and Migration: Pairing Text and Visual Materials

Art

3, 4, 5

About This Lesson Plan Unit > In the three lessons in this unit, students will explore European immigration to the United States, the Great Migration, and the deportation of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the late...