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Rise, an initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, is a global talent program that supports extraordinary young people who need opportunity for life as they use their talents to serve others. In November 2020, teachers in...

“ In Their Own Words ” is a new essay contest open to high school students at Gilder Lehrman Affiliate Schools . The contest offers students the opportunity to examine primary sources in the Gilder Lehrman Collection and to...

Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online , the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the Founding Era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g...

This holiday season, the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s staff recommends their favorite history books, all of which can be purchased from the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop . Today, we feature GLI staff members Mindy DePalma, Sasha Rolón...

2021 ends on several high notes for the Gilder Lehrman Institute, which we are pleased to share through our Winter Newsletter . We just welcomed our 30,000th Affiliate School—Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. We have a new...

On November 30, 2021, the Reverend C. Herbert Oliver, a civil rights activist who, as executive secretary of the Inter-Citizens Committee, documented police brutality against African Americans in Alabama in the early 1960s and later...

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is proud to partner with Hamilton on the Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement. The award supports college-bound high school juniors from communities that directly experience...

Situating the struggle for American independence amidst the broader transformations of the Age of Revolutions, Iona College Professor Nora Slonimsky explores the meanings and scope of revolution, both in the long eighteenth century...

The Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program is a fully online, fully accredited, 30-credit degree program. Following the completion of ten 3-credit courses, including the required Historiography and Historical Methods...

Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is an online program that explores unique primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. From iconic historical treasures, such as the Declaration of Independence,...

Since the summer of 2020, the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Book Breaks has featured the most exciting history scholars in America discussing their books live with Book Breaks hosts followed by a Q&A with home audiences. A Book...

Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online , the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the Founding Era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g...

Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is an online program that explores unique primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. From iconic historical treasures, such as the Declaration of Independence,...

Please join us Thursday, February 17 for a special virtual event: The 23rd annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize . One of the most coveted awards for the study of slavery and abolition, this $25,000 prize is sponsored jointly by the...

In celebration of Black History Month, the Gilder Lehrman Institute highlights resources for studying Black history in America through curated groupings of documents and accompanying materials. Frederick Douglass Resources The Gilder...

Since 2002, Gilder Lehrman has offered seminars for teachers and college faculty members in partnership with the Council of Independent College, lately with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Over the years,...

In her February 2, 2022 Forbes article "Want Kids To Learn History? Ask These 4 Questions," Natalie Wexler cited the Gilder Lehrman Institute as "offer[ing] a dizzying array of programs based on the 75,000 items in its collection, all...

Our How Did We Get Here? series, which has been designed to provide teachers with ready-made, classroom-friendly resources on topics in American history that are front-and-center in current events, is now On Demand with new classes...

"The best way to teach history to our young people is to capture their imaginations," said Mayor Eric Garcetti. "That's why I'm excited to welcome Gilder Lehrman and the HAMILTON Education Program to Los Angeles. The EduHam program...

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College announced today that Caroline E. Janney , author of Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox (The University of North Carolina Press), is...

Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online , the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the Founding Era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g...

Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is an online program that explores unique primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. From iconic historical treasures, such as the Declaration of Independence,...

The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the Spring 2022 issue of History Now , The Honored Dead: African American Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Burial Grounds . Commemorating the lives of African Americans...