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A Message from President Jim Basker Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Friends of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, I am pleased to join you for the 2019–2020 school year with our fall Newsletter, which will now come to you four times a year...
Washington DC High School Social Studies Teacher Named 2019 National History Teacher of the Year
NEW YORK, NY (September 10, 2019) --The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (GLI) today announced that Alysha Butler, a social studies teacher at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC, has been named the 2019...
Andrew Lambert Wins the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History
Winner of the Sixth Annual Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Announced Award Program on Monday, October 28, 2019, at the New-York Historical Society New York, NY, September 19, 2019 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American...
Author Colin Calloway Wins 2019 George Washington Prize
Award Ceremony to Take Place in New York on October 24 MOUNT VERNON, VA – Author and historian Colin Calloway has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of $50,000, for his new book, The Indian World of George...
Author Colin Calloway Wins 2019 George Washington Prize
Author and historian Colin Calloway has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of $50,000, for his new book, The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the...
History Teacher of the Year Finalists Featured in the News
History Teacher of the Year Finalists and other state winners have enjoyed local and state press for their achievements. We will continue to highlight their success in the coming months as we celebrate our National History Teacher of...
2019 National History Teacher of the Year Alysha Butler in the News
The Gilder Lehrman Institute announced on September 10 that Alysha Butler, a history teacher at McKinley Technological High School in Washington, DC, has been named the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year. Since then, she has...
Introducing Amy King, the 2019 North Carolina History Teacher of the Year and National Finalist
Amy King North Carolina History Teacher of the Year and Finalist for National History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 802 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of...
Learn about the Institute's Work with a Civil Rights Leader and NYC Students
In September 2018, the Gilder Lehrman Institute discovered that the creator of a document at the center of the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, was now living in New York. We brought the Reverend C. Herbert Oliver to the...
Watch Justice Sandra Day O'Connor’s Teacher Seminar on the Anniversary of Her Swearing In
On September 25, 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice in the United States when she was sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger. She had been nominated by President Ronald Reagan. She retired in 2006...
Getting to Know Alysha Butler, 2019 National History Teacher of the Year
Alysha Butler is a social studies teacher at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC. She won the 2019 Daughters of the American Revolution Outstanding Teacher of United States History Award, was a 2019 GrantEd Recipient,...
Introducing John Zingale, the 2019 Washington History Teacher of the Year and National Finalist
John Zingale 2019 Washington Teacher of the Year and Finalist for National History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 802 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of...
The Gilder Lehrman Institute Presents Alysha Butler with the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Award
On October 2, 2019, in the Grand Ballroom at the Yale Club in New York City, Alysha Butler of McKinley Technology High School in Washington DC was presented with the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Award. At the event,...
David McCullough Speaks to a Full House of Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School Students
On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, Gilder Lehrman Institute Trustee David McCullough gave a book talk at Trinity School, a Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School in New York City. The auditorium was packed full with more than 240 students and...
Colin Calloway Receives the 2019 George Washington Prize
Colin Calloway, winner of the $50,000 George Washington Prize for his 2018 book The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation, was honored by George Washington’s Mount...
Spring 2020 Registration Now Open for the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for the Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History for K–12 teachers affiliated with...
Spring 2020 Online Courses: Meet the Professors for Historiography
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for the Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History for K–12 teachers affiliated with...
Reconstruction and the Remaking of the Constitution
Reprinted by permission of Eric Foner from the preface to his book The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution (Norton, 2019) The Civil War and the Reconstruction period that followed form the...
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Reconstructing the West and North
In 1865 the Radicals of the Republican Party regarded the Northern victory in the Civil War as a “golden moment” to remake the Republic. The Republicans controlled Congress, the Supreme Court, and, so they thought until Andrew Johnson...
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Study the Origins of the Civil War with James Oakes, Distinguished Professor of History, CUNY Graduate Center
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History Program for K–12 teachers affiliated...
Yale and the Gilder Lehrman Institute Announce 2019 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner
New Haven, Conn.— Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition announces the winner of the 21st annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize. The 2019 winner of the prize is Amy Murrell Taylor...
Frederick Douglass and the Dawn of Reconstruction
Historians today debate precisely when Reconstruction began, yet in many ways that is a very old discussion. At the time, its goals and focus were disputed, and even what to call the federal policy for the collapsing Confederacy was...
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Professional Development | World War I Centennial Workshop Series
To commemorate the centennial of World War I, we are pleased to offer free professional development sessions in forty cities across the country. These sessions will focus on different aspects of the war and how to effectively bring...
November Affiliate School Offer Lesson Plans
Click the images below to access the lesson plans offered to Affiliate School teachers this month. Teaching With Documents:Colonial America to Reconstruction:A Selection of Unitsfor Elementary School American Symbols:The Flag, the...
Citizenship in the Reconstruction South
Slaveholders created a system of race, gender, and class inequality in the pre-Civil War South. They justified slavery by arguing that enslaved people could not take care of themselves and needed masters to look after them. White...
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2020 Teacher Seminars, Spotlight on the Teacher Seminar Summit at Gettysburg
Registration for the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars is now open! New this year is the Teacher Seminar Summit at Gettysburg College, July 19–22, 2020. During this inaugural Summit the Institute will offer twelve concurrent...
The Rise (and Fall) of the First Ku Klux Klan
Some of the historical details in this essay could be disturbing for younger readers. In 1866, a group of defeated Confederate veterans created the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee. The group consisted of the local newspaper editor,...
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Editor’s Log
If the Civil War preserved the Union, then Reconstruction grappled with what that Union was to look like in the future. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, passed in the years immediately after...
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Study the American West with Elliott West, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Arkansas
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History Program for K–12 teachers affiliated...
Study Women in the American Revolution with Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History, Baruch College, CUNY
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History Program for K–12 teachers affiliated...
Study American Immigration History with Madeline Hsu, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History Program for K–12 teachers affiliated...
Spotlight on the 3-Day Regional Teacher Seminars in 2020
In its 25th year of offering dynamic, content-rich Teacher Seminars led by the top scholars in the country, the Gilder Lehrman Institute announces that, in addition to 6-Day Teacher Seminars and the inaugural Teacher Seminar Summit, 3...
Amy Murrell Taylor Wins 2019 Frederick Douglass Book Prize and Gives Interview on NPR
Amy Murrell Taylor, Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, is the winner of the 2019 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps (University of North Carolina...
Spotlight on the 6-Day Teacher Seminars in 2020
Registration for the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars is now open! In its 25th year of offering dynamic, content-rich Teacher Seminars led by the top scholars in the country, the Gilder Lehrman Institute announces that, in...
Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Event Features Two Military Historians in Dialogue
On Monday, November 26, the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History was awarded to Cathal Nolan for his book The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost (Oxford University Press, 2017) at the New-York...
Introducing Mark Foley, the 2018 Illinois History Teacher of the Year
Mark Foley Illinois History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have...
Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA Spotlight: “The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass”
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University offer a Master of Arts in American History through online courses for K–12 teachers. Applications are now open. Click here to apply. Course Spotlight: The Life and...
In Memory of Sean Enos-Robertson
Sean Enos-Robertson, a devoted teacher at Harlem Academy in New York City with close connections to the Gilder Lehrman Institute, passed away on November 29, 2018. Sean had been a Gilder Lehrman Master Teacher Fellow since 2014,...
Introducing Susan Tomlinson, the 2018 Indiana History Teacher of the Year
Susan Tomlinson Indiana History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories...
The Civil War in American Memory Teacher Seminar
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, in partnership with the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), is pleased to announce a multidisciplinary seminar, “The Civil War in American Memory,” for full-time faculty members in...
Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA Spotlight: The Kennedy Era
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University offer a Master of Arts in American History through online courses for K–12 teachers. Applications are now open. Click here to apply. Course Spotlight: The Kennedy...
Introducing Kimberly Meller-Angus, the 2018 Iowa History Teacher of the Year
Kimberly Meller-Angus Iowa History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories...
History Shop FAQs and General Information
FAQS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LIBRARIES What is the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ’s EIN number?13-3795391 What is the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ’s DUNS number? 008544652 How do I apply my 25%...
Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA Spotlight: The Vietnam War (REGISTER BY DEC 20 FOR THE SPRING)
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University offer a Master of Arts in American History through online courses for K–12 teachers. Applications are now open. Click here to apply. LAST DATE FOR NEW STUDENTS TO...
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s advice to high school students, 1922
In 1922, Sharpless Dobson Green, a teacher at Senior High School in Trenton, New Jersey, wrote to influential people around the world to get their advice for his students. In his request, he explained his project: There are about 400...
Making History Sing with Sasha Rolón Pereira, Director of the Hamilton Education Program
Sasha Rolón Pereira is the associate director of education and director of the Hamilton Project at the Gilder Lehrman Institute. She has logged many miles overseeing the Hamilton Education Program for the Institute, partnering with...
Introducing April Deener, the 2018 Kentucky History Teacher of the Year
April Deener Kentucky History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have...
Civil War Essay Contest Deadline is February 25
The Gilder Lehrman Institute presents an annual essay contest for Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School students in grades 5–12 The Civil War Essay contest encourages students to examine the nation’s most divisive conflict using letters,...
Introducing Joe Adragna, the 2018 Louisiana History Teacher of the Year
Joe Adragna Louisiana History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have...
WINTER 2019 NEWSLETTER
A Message from President Jim Basker Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Other Friends of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, As we celebrate our 25th anniversary in 2019, we pursue our mission with more determination than ever. We have 21,000...
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...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Receives Grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation
Grant Will Fund Diverse Gilder Lehrman Institute Programs over Two Years NEW YORK CITY, November 19, 2018 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has been awarded a $500,000 grant over two years from the Robert David Lion...
The Gardiner Foundation Awards a Major Two-Year Grant to the Institute
Grant Will Fund Diverse Gilder Lehrman Institute Programs The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has been awarded a $500,000 grant over two years from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to support schools and teachers...
Introducing Kathryn Kennedy, the 2018 Maine History Teacher of the Year
Kathryn Kennedy Maine History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have...
Hamilton Education Program Video Released by the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts has released a video about the Hamilton Education Program at work in Hartford, Connecticut. Filmed in the days leading up to and including the December 13, 2018, performance, the video...
Introducing Molly Smith, the 2018 Maryland History Teacher of the Year
Molly Smith Maryland History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have...
Why I Embrace the Term Latinx
When I first saw the word Latinx—best described as a gender-neutral term to designate US residents of Latin American descent—in print it seemed awkward and hard to pronounce. But rather than giving in to my first instinct, I came to...
Introducing Brinda Tahiliani, the 2018 Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year
Brinda Tahiliani Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US...
Announcing the 2019 Lincoln Prize Finalists
Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History have announced the finalists for the 2019 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, awarded annually to a work that enhances the general public’s understanding of the Civil...
Frederick Douglass Resources
Frederick Douglass, the “Prophet of Freedom,” was a prolific writer and speaker whose legacy of activism continues to inspire the world. The Gilder Lehrman Institute is fortunate to have several original Frederick Douglass documents...
Introducing Adam Hellebuyck, the 2018 Michigan History Teacher of the Year
Adam Hellebuyck Michigan State History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US...
History Scholar Award for Undergraduates Accepting Applications through April 15
For the 2019 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award, up to fifteen outstanding college students will be recognized for excellence in American history or American studies as well as commitment to public service, leadership, and community...
Introducing Heather Loeschke, the 2018 Minnesota History Teacher of the Year
Heather Loeschke Minnesota History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories...
Mexicans in the Making of America
Today more than one of every ten Americans claims Mexican descent or heritage. In 2017 Mexican-origin people accounted for 63 percent (thirty-five million) of the nation's total Latino population. By 2050 the Latino share of the...
Hispanics in the United States: Origins and Destinies
In 2019 the Hispanic population of the United States surpassed sixty million—or sixty-four million if the inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are included. Only Mexico is larger among Spanish-speaking countries in the world...
Risk Takers and History Makers: Mexican Women of the World War II Generation
Escaping poverty and revolution and lured by prospective employment in agriculture, mining, transportation, and the building trades, more than one million Mexicans migrated to the United States between 1910 and 1930, an estimated one...
Sugar, Cigars, and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York
Barely a week after arriving in New York, the young poet wrote to his mother: “One reason I am inclined to remain here is the constant communication there is with Havana; it is where I can easily and frequently receive news of my...
The Puerto Rican Experience in World War I
Between 18,000 and 20,000 Puerto Ricans served in the United States Armed Forces during World War I. [1] Puerto Ricans have been serving in the US military since 1899, when Congress authorized the creation of the Battalion of Porto...
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the Gilder Lehrman Collection
The 54th Regiment from Massachusetts, composed of volunteers, was the first African American regiment organized by the Union Army during the American Civil War. It is perhaps best known for leading the charge on Fort Wagner in...
American Sabor: A Guided Playlist of Latino Music
The word sabor in Spanish evokes the delights of music, as well as food. It signifies a rich essence that makes our mouths water, or makes our bodies want to move. In this article we highlight a few songs by Latinos and Latinas that...
David Blight Awarded the 2019 Lincoln Prize for “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom”
NEW YORK CITY, February 8, 2019 – Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced today that David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Simon & Schuster), is the recipient of...
Mexican Farm Labor and the Agricultural Economy of the United States
In July of 1958, a Mexican man in Empalme, Mexico, died outside a recruitment center for Mexican men who wanted to participate in a guest-worker program known as the Bracero Program. The program, designed and agreed upon by both the...
Special Printing of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Offered to Title I-eligible Schools
Thanks to the generosity of a group of African American business and civic leaders, the Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to present a special offer only for Title I-eligible schools: a Gilder Lehrman Institute-exclusive printing of...
David Blight Awarded the 2019 Lincoln Prize for <em>Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom</em>
Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History have announced that David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Simon & Schuster), is the recipient of the 2019 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln...
Uproxx Story on EduHam Before and During the Time of COVID
Associate Director of Education and Director, Hamilton Education Program Sasha Rolón Pereira is featured prominently in this story from Uproxx by Allison Sanchez on December 18, 2020. Says Rolón Pereira in the article, when asked...
The Gilder Lehrman Institute, St. John Fisher College, Rochester Historical Society Partnership Funds Scholarship
A new partnership between St. John Fisher College, the Rochester Historical Society, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History will create a scholarship for students interested in pursuing studies in history. The Gilder...
Q&A with Sara Ziemnik on APUSH Test Prep: 1890-Present for History School
AP United States History Test Prep: 1890–Present is a Gilder Lehrman History School course that will introduce high school students to the final three time periods (1890–Present) covered by the College Board’s AP United States History...
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