Video: Book Breaks Jeanne Theoharis - "A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History" Government and Civics, Literature Jeanne Theoharis is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College. Order A More Beautiful and Terrible History at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the...
Lesson Plan What Does Liberty Look Like? Government and Civics " We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ." Declaration of...
Video: Book Breaks Denver Brunsman - "The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World" Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History Denver Brunsman is an associate professor of history at The George Washington University. Order The Evil Necessity at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided....
Video: Book Breaks David Hackett Fischer - "African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals" Art, Economics, Foreign Languages, Geography, Government and Civics, Literature, Religion and Philosophy David Hackett Fischer is University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History, Emeritus at Brandeis University. Order African Founders at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase...
Lesson Plan World War I, African American Soldiers, and America’s War for Democracy 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this lesson plan.
Video: Book Breaks Peter Cozzens - "Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation" Geography Peter Cozzens is a retired US foreign service officer and winner of the 2017 Gilder Lehrman Prize in Military History. Order Tecumseh and the Prophet at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every...
Video: Book Breaks Gary Gallagher - "The Enduring Civil War: Reflections on the Great American Crisis" Geography Gary Gallagher is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War Emeritus at the University of Virginia. Order The Enduring Civil War at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from...
Video: General Ira Hayes: An Archetype of 20th-Century American Indian Veterans Tom Holm (Creek/Cherokee) is a professor in the American Indian Studies Program, which he helped found, at the University of Arizona. This video was filmed as part of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s partnership with the Veterans...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence Geography, Government and Civics On September 1, 2022, our curators discussed the 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico. They were joined by Professor H. W. Brands of the University of Texas at Austin, who provided insight into the background and...