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Hamilton Cast Read Alongs
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is excited to share its archive of Hamilton Cast Read Alongs. Hamilton Cast Read Alongs is a program that features Hamilton cast members reading award-winning children’s books followed...
Revisiting the Founding Era
Beginning in Spring 2018, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History presents Revisiting the Founding Era, a public programming initiative to promote community conversations in public libraries. Funded by the National Endowment...
National History Teacher of the Year | 2020 State Winners
Alabama Marcee Hinds Baker High School, Mobile Alaska Jayme Gafford Fairbanks North Star School District, Fairbanks Arizona Katherine Reddy Westwood High School, Mesa Arkansas Neil Oatsvall Arkansas School of Math and Science, Hot...
How to Tag It!
The tags you create will shine a light on lives and events from the past and make the stories and topics easier to find in our catalog. With your help, students, teachers, and researchers will have increased digital access to these...
Collection Programs | Student Transcription Project
Welcome to the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Digital Volunteer Transcription Project. You may start transcribing documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection by selecting one of the projects below and logging in with...
Immigration: Our American Story | Teaching Resources: Immigration Course
LESSON PLANS Americans All: Foreign-born Soldiers and World War I by John McNamara and Ron Nash Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Immigration and Migration: History through Art (Grades 6–12) by Tim Bailey SPOTLIGHTS ON PRIMARY SOURCES...
Traveling Exhibitions | Immigration: An American Story
The United States has often been called “a nation of immigrants”—an oversimplification, to be sure. American Indians were present before the nation’s founding and hundreds of thousands of Africans were brought to these shores in...
Lincoln Speaks Virtual Lecture Series
Lincoln Speaks Virtual Lecture Series Dates: August 2–6, 2021 In partnership with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum We are pleased to invite K–12 educators to participate in a series of virtual lectures live-streamed...
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Collection Programs | Inside the Vault Archive
View the complete archive of Inside the Vault recordings, presentation slides, and related resources.
National History Teacher of the Year | 2021 State Winners
Alabama Jaclyn Foster Tuscaloosa Academy, Tuscaloosa Alaska Myla Liljemark Seward Middle School, Seward Arizona William Kibler Cesar Chavez High School, Laveen Arkansas Kristy Brasfield Blytheville High School New Tech, Blytheville...
Professional Development | How Did We Get Here? PD Series
Our How Did We Get Here? professional development series 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. The programs, held...
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NEH Summer Institute for K–8 Educators | Lectures and Resources from The Making of America
Please click the play button on the showcase below to view lectures by Denver Brunsman recorded for this NEH Summer Institute. You can pause the video and use the arrows to navigate between lectures. Closed captioning is available....
Affiliate School Program | McCormick Family Foundation–Gilder Lehrman Institute History Scholarship Program at Marist College
aria-labelledby="par-2969-figcaption" > McCormick Family Foundation–Gilder Lehrman Scholars Elisabet Guerrero Hernandez ’25, Olivia Korach ’26, and Ethan Roy ’26 converse with Kim Viggiano ’00 as Martin Shaffer (Dean of...
National History Teacher of the Year | National History Teacher of the Year Award Ceremony
Join us for a special live-streamed event: the 2023 National History Teacher of the Year Ceremony On October 24, Deborah Roberts, Peabody and Emmy Award–winning ABC News 20/20 Co-Host and Senior National Affairs Correspondent, will...
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