Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: The Surrender of Robert E. Lee 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ “I ask a suspension of hostilities pending the discussion of the Terms of surrender of this army.” —Robert E. Lee, April 9, 1865 Shortly before noon on April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee sent a message to Union General...
Video: Book Breaks Frank J. Cirillo - "The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle to Transform the Union" Government and Civics Frank J. Cirillo is a historian of slavery and antislavery in the nineteenth-century United States. Order The Abolitionist Civil War at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the...
Video: Book Breaks Tomiko Brown-Nagin - "Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality" Government and Civics Tomiko Brown-Nagin is dean of Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Daniel P. S. Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, and professor of history in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Order Civil Rights Queen at the...
Video: General Black Writers of the Founding Era: A Conversation with James Basker Literature Black Writers of the Founding Era: A Conversation with James Basker Recorded at Roosevelt House, Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, April 17, 2024. This discussion of the new Library of America anthology Black Writers of the...
Video: Book Breaks Matthew Davenport - "The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906" Government and Civics Matthew J. Davenport’s first book, First Over There: The Attack on Cantigny, America’s First Battle of World War I (2015), was a finalist for the 2015 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History. Davenport is a practicing attorney...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Jewish American Soldiers & Jewish Refugees after World War II Geography, Government and Civics, World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In the wake of World War II, American servicemen helped Jewish refugees come to the United States. Join us as we learn more about the servicemen’s work through primary sources. Who were these people? What are their stories? On...
Video: Book Breaks James G. Basker - "Black Writers of the Founding Era" Literature James G. Basker is president and CEO of the Gilder Lehrman Institute and Richard Gilder Professor of Literary History at Barnard College, Columbia University. Order Black Writers of the Founding Era at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We...
News Congratulations to three 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners featured on Book Breaks! Congratulations to Jacqueline Jones, Jonathan Eig, and Ilyon Woo! On May 6, 2024, Columbia University announced the 108th Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board. Among the winners were Jones, Eig,...
News Teaching Resources for Teacher Appreciation Week It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! The Gilder Lehrman Institute is honored to work with K–12 teachers across the globe and provide support for their invaluable work in not only bringing history to life for their students, but educating...
Video: Book Breaks Anastasia C. Curwood - "Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics" Government and Civics Anastasia Curwood is a professor of history and director of the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies at the University of Kentucky. Order Shirley Chisholm at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from...
Video: Book Breaks James Traub - "True Believer: Hubert Humphrey's Quest for a More Just America" Geography, Government and Civics James Traub is a historian, journalist, and scholar. Order True Believer at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our programs! ...
Basic Page Veterans Legacy Project | 2024 Student Contest Winners The 2024 World War II: Portraits of Service Award Winners About the Contest As part of the Veterans Legacy Program , the Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to announce the ten winners of the 2024 World War II: Portraits of...
Video: Book Breaks Steve Inskeep - "Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America" Government and Civics Steve Inskeep is an American journalist who hosts Morning Edition and Up First on National Public Radio. Order Differ We Must at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...
Video: Book Breaks Dylan C. Penningroth - "Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights" Government and Civics Dylan C. Penningroth is Alexander F. & May T. Morrison Professor of American History & Citizenship at the University of California, Berkeley. Order Before the Movement at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: A 1925 Study Guide for Eighth-Grade Graduation in Iowa Foreign Languages, Geography, Government and Civics, Literature, Religion and Philosophy, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Are you smarter than a (1925) eighth grader? In the 1920s, when most students did not go to high school, the eighth-grade state examinations marked the end of their formal education. Sam C. Stephenson published review books to help...
Video: Book Breaks Rachel L. Swarns - "The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church" Religion and Philosophy Rachel L. Swarns is a journalism professor at New York University and a contributing writer for the New York Times . Order The 272 at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the...
Lesson Plan Pilgrims, the Plymouth Colony, and Thanksgiving, 1608-1621 Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy, World History 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this five-lesson unit.
Basic Page Special Topics in History: Introduction to World War II Portraits of Service | Summer PD 2024 An Introduction to World War II Portraits of Service Date and Time: August 6, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET Register Now About This Session In this session, Professor Michael S. Neiberg (Professor of History and Chair of War...
Video: Book Breaks Eddie Glaude Jr. - "We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For (The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures)" Government and Civics Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is an American academic, author, and pundit. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Order We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For...
Video: Book Breaks Fergus M. Bordewich - "Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction" Government and Civics Fergus M. Bordewich is the author of eight highly praised previous books, including Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America . Order Klan War at the Gilder...
Video: Book Breaks David Chrisinger - "The Soldier's Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II" World History David Chrisinger is the executive director of the Harris Writing Workshop at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. He is the author of Public Policy Writing That Matters . Order The Soldier’s Truth at the Gilder...
Video: Book Breaks Alan Taylor - "American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873" World History Alan Taylor is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Order American Civil Wars at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the...
Video Economic and Financial Crises in American History, Part 1 Economics, Government and Civics 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video Great Biographies: African American Scientists Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video Reflections on the History of Environmental Health and Sustainability Economics, Geography, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History
Video An Overview of Key Moments in the Separation of Powers and the Supreme Court; Federalism and the Two Court Systems 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video Eleanor Roosevelt’s Role in the White House Government and Civics 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974 Art, Economics, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History
Video Race and Renaissance: African Americans in Pittsburgh Since World War II Economics, Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Professor of History and Social Justice and Department Head, Carnegie Mellon University Professor Trotter talks about his recent book, Race and Renaissance: African Americans in Pittsburgh Since World War II . ...
Video Madison’s Role in the Virginia Ratification Convention Government and Civics 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+