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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Economic and Financial Crises in American History, Part 1

Economics, Government and Civics

10, 11, 12, 13+

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1,584 items

Steve Inskeep - "Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America"

Dylan C. Penningroth - "Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights"

Inside the Vault: A 1925 Study Guide for Eighth-Grade Graduation in Iowa

Rachel L. Swarns - "The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church"

Pilgrims, the Plymouth Colony, and Thanksgiving, 1608-1621

Eddie Glaude Jr. - "We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For (The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures)"

Fergus M. Bordewich - "Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction"

David Chrisinger - "The Soldier's Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II"

Alan Taylor - "American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873"

Economic and Financial Crises in American History, Part 1

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