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Black History Month Resources

In celebration of Black History Month, the Gilder Lehrman Institute highlights resources for studying Black history in America through curated groupings of documents and accompanying materials. Frederick Douglass Resources The Gilder...

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Susan Nagel - "Patriotism and Profit: Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City"

Susan Nagel is the author of Marie-Thérèse, Child of Terror and Mistress of the Elgin Marbles as well as a critically acclaimed book on the novels of Jean Giraudoux. She has written for the stage and screen as well as the New York...

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Inside the Vault: David Blight Discusses Frederick Douglass Documents

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

On February 3, 2022, our curators were joined by Dr. David Blight to discuss his favorite Frederick Douglass documents in the Gilder Lehrman Collection. Click here to download the slides from the presentation. Featured Documents...

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Celebrating the Partnership of the Council of Independent Colleges and the Gilder Lehrman Institute

Since 2002, Gilder Lehrman has offered seminars for teachers and college faculty members in partnership with the Council of Independent College, lately with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Over the years,...

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Featured in FORBES Article on History Education

In her February 2, 2022 Forbes article "Want Kids To Learn History? Ask These 4 Questions," Natalie Wexler cited the Gilder Lehrman Institute as "offer[ing] a dizzying array of programs based on the 75,000 items in its collection, all...

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Akhil Reed Amar - "The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation: 1760-1840"

Akhil Reed Amar is the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. Order The Words That Made Us at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided....

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How Did We Get Here? On Demand: American Indian and Latina/Latino American Experiences and More

Our How Did We Get Here? series, which 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, is now On Demand with new classes...

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HAMILTON's Celebrated Education Program Returns in LA - Variety and Broadway World

"The best way to teach history to our young people is to capture their imaginations," said Mayor Eric Garcetti. "That's why I'm excited to welcome Gilder Lehrman and the HAMILTON Education Program to Los Angeles. The EduHam program...

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2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced

February 15, 2022 — The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College announced today that Caroline E. Janney , author of Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox (The University of North...

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2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College announced today that Caroline E. Janney , author of Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox (The University of North Carolina Press), is...

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Jia Lynn Yang - "One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle over American Immigration, 1924-1965

Jia Lynn Yang is national editor at the New York Times . Order One Mighty and Irresistible Tide at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for...

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Gilder Lehrman Institute Holds Inaugural Teacher Symposium at Gettysburg College Summer of 2022

NEW YORK, New York , February 15, 2022 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to announce our return to large-scale, in-person programming with our upcoming special event, the Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium at Gettysburg College....

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Abraham Lincoln Highlights

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, founded in 1994 promotes the knowledge and understanding of American history through educational programs and resources. Drawing on the 80,000 documents in the Gilder Lehrman...

History Now Issue

The Honored Dead: African American Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Burial Grounds

#62 Spring 2022

History Now Essay

Memorializing the Gravesites of Twentieth-Century African Americans

Karla F. C. Holloway

Excerpts reprinted by permission of Karla F. C. Holloway from her book Passed On: African American Mourning Stories (Duke University Press, 2003). I wandered for an hour trying to find Harriet Tubman (1913). I didn’t mind the time. I...

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EduHam Online February 2022 Newsletter: George Washington

Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online , the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the Founding Era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g...

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African American Burial Sites in New England from Colonial Times through the Early Twentieth Century

Glenn A. Knoblock

For most of New England’s history, African Americans have been present. Their history here begins as far back as at least 1629, when enslaved Africans were brought to Massachusetts, African Americans subsequently making significant...

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Jonathan W. White - "A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House"

Jonathan W. White is professor of American studies at Christopher Newport University. Order A House Built By Slaves at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided....

History Now Essay

The New York African Burial Ground

Edna Greene Medford

The unearthing of the “Negroes Burying Ground” in New York City in 1991 challenged the narrow, popular perception of slavery as an antebellum, southern-based, agrarian institution. It revealed to the public what historians had long...

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62 | The Honored Dead: African American Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Burial Grounds Spring 2022

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Our National Cemetery and Its Honored Dead: The African American History of Arlington

Ric Murphy

Adapted by permission of Ric Murphy from his book, Section 27 and Freedman’s Village in Arlington National Cemetery: The African American History of America’s Most Hallowed Ground (McFarland & Company, 2020), co-authored with...

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History Now Essay

"What We Leave the Earth": The African Burial Ground in New York City

David Mills

Literature

In October 2021, the African Burial Ground National Monument commemorated the thirtieth anniversary of the New York City slave cemetery’s rediscovery by the General Services Administration (GSA). In 1991, the GSA started construction...

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From the Editor

Carol Berkin

Personal visits to cemeteries and burial grounds evoke both emotions and memories. But these final resting places are also windows into our national history. The heroes buried at Arlington tell us the story of our nation’s wars while...

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Inside the Vault on Thursday, March 3: Postmaster Mary Katherine Goddard Appeals to Washington

Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is an online program that explores unique primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. From iconic historical treasures, such as the Declaration of Independence,...

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Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross - "A Black Women's History of the United States"

Daina Ramey Berry is the Michael Douglas Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Kali Nicole Gross is the National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of African American Studies at Emory...

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Announcing the Spring 2022 Issue of HISTORY NOW: The Honored Dead: African American Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Burial Grounds

The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the Spring 2022 issue of History Now , The Honored Dead: African American Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Burial Grounds . Commemorating the lives of African Americans...

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America's Unseen Soldiers

9, 10, 11, 12, 7, 8

Click to download this five-lesson unit.

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Inside the Vault: Mary Katherine Goddard

Government and Civics, World History

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

On March 3, 2022, our curators were joined by Dr. Martha J. King to discuss Mary Katherine Goddard. Goddard was a newspaper publisher and printer, producing one of the first copies of the Declaration of Independence, and served as...

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Woody Holton - "Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution"

Woody Holton is the McCausland Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. Order Liberty Is Sweet at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank...

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Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era

The name Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt conjures up many images: from hunter to teddy bear, from trust-buster to champion of capitalism, from Republican president to Bull Moose challenger. TR remains controversial, contradictory, and...

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Jeanne Theoharis - "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks"

Jeanne Theoharis is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College. Order The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the...

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Reframing Lincoln Symposium | "Reframing Lincoln" Symposium Remote Registration

All K–12 teachers can register for free to attend via Zoom any live lecture at the Reframing Lincoln: Myth, Memory, and Changing Narratives Symposium. You can find dates, times, and guest lecturers below. Jonathan W. White, the...

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History U Offers Free Advanced American History Courses for High School Students

The Gilder Lehrman Institute now offers free, graduate-level American history courses for high school students with History U. The History U program lets high school students explore American history with top scholars, via modified...

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Garrett M. Graff - "Watergate: A New History"

Garrett M. Graff is a journalist and historian who has spent more than a dozen years covering politics, technology, and national security. He serves as the director of cyber initiatives for The Aspen Institute and is a contributor to...

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2022 Spring Newsletter

The Gilder Lehrman Institute welcomes you to spring with a host of new and familiar programs for teachers and students. We recount our recent events, offer news about our upcoming Lincoln Prize Ceremony and Gala, and celebrate our...

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EduHam Online March 2022 Newsletter: The Boston Massacre and Mandy Gonzalez

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Spring 2022 Newsletter

The Gilder Lehrman Institute welcomes you to spring with a host of new and familiar programs for teachers and students in our Spring 2022 Newsletter ! Highlights include Spring and summer professional development opportunities for...

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Two New Self-Paced Courses: Chinese in the United States and the 1960s in Historical Perspective

The Gilder Lehrman Institute is excited to offer two new Self-Paced Courses. Chinese in the United States , led by Madeline Y. Hsu, University of Texas at Austin The 1960s in Historical Perspective , led by Michael Flamm, Ohio...

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Keisha N. Blain - "Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America"

Keisha N. Blain is a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow, Class of 2022 Carnegie Fellow, Full Professor Africana Studies and History at Brown University, and columnist for MSNBC. Order Until I Am Free at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an...

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Inside the Vault: A Summary View of the Rights of British America

Government and Civics, Literature, Religion and Philosophy

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

On April 7, 2022, our curators were joined by Professor Andrew Robertson to discuss A Summary View of the Rights of British America . Written in 1774 by Thomas Jefferson, this document laid out the principal point that he would argue...

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The Gettysburg College-Gilder Lehrman MA in American History

The new Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History gives K–12 teachers the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree without leaving home New York, NY, April 5, 2022 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and...

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College Fellowships in American History

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History provides annual short-term research fellowships in the amount of $3000 each to undergraduate students majoring or minoring in History, American Studies, Africana, Political Science, or...

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Announcing the Gettysburg College-Gilder Lehrman MA in American History

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College have partnered to offer the new Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History , an affordable, fully online master’s degree program, led by renowned,...

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Mary Sarah Bilder - "Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution"

Mary Sarah Bilder is Founders Professor of Law at Boston College Law School. Order Female Genius at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for...

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American Foreign Policy in Relation to Former Soviet States: Teaching Resources from GLI

What has been the US position on involvement in the Soviet or former Soviet states, including in relationship to NATO? In what ways has US soft power and military power evolved, especially in relation to Russia? What has been the...

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John Avlon - "Lincoln and the Fight for Peace"

Government and Civics

John Avlon is a senior political analyst and anchor at CNN. Order Lincoln and the Fight for Peace at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for...

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Dawes to Burke to McGirt: Tribal Sovereignty, 1887–2020

Geography

9, 10, 11, 12

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Meet the 10 Winners of the In Their Own Words Student Essay Contest

Last fall we introduced the In Their Own Words essay contest to provide high school students with an opportunity to explore primary sources in the Gilder Lehrman Collection and demonstrate their skills in historical interpretation and...

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EduHam Online April 2022 Newsletter: Announcing the 2021-22 Winners!

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David Eltis - "Atlas of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade"

Government and Civics

David Eltis is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor Emeritus of History at Emory University. Order Atlas of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the...

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Robert W. Lee - "A Sin by Any Other Name: Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South"

Government and Civics

Robert W. Lee is an author, activist, commentator, and clergyman. Order A Sin by Any Other Name at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for...

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