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Voting and Elections in American History (Teacher Seminar Online)
Voting and Elections in American History, 1788–2020 Lead Scholar : Allan J. Lichtman, American University Master Teacher : Alysha Butler Partner Organization : The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute Live Session Dates : Week of...
History U | The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass
The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass This History U course probes the nature of the life, work, and thought of the nineteenth-century abolitionist, orator, and author Frederick Douglass. Course Instructor : Professor David Blight, Yale...
Scholarly Advisory Board
Cawo Abdi, Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota Lauren Acker, History Instructor Pasadena City College Laura Rosanne Adderley, Associate Professor of African Diaspora History Tulane University Westenley Alcenat, Assistant...
History U | American Environmental History
American Environmental History This History U course introduces the history of human interactions with the environment in the United States, focusing on the history of political, social, cultural, and economic forces that have structured...
The New Nation, 1783–1815
The leaders of the American Revolution made three great gambles. First, they sought independence from the powerful British Empire, becoming the first colonies in the Americas to revolt and seek independence from their mother empire....
Guided Readings: Reconstruction
Reading 1 We hold it to be the duty of the government to inflict condign punishment on the rebel belligerents, and so weaken their hands that they can never again endanger the Union; and so reform their municipal institutions as to...
History U | American Indian History: Recasting the Narrative
American Indian History: Recasting the Narrative This History U course will introduce and explore the complexities of American Indian history from the Columbian Exchange through Native activism in the twentieth century. Course Instructor : Professor...
History U | American Immigration History: People, Patterns, and Policy
American Immigration History: People, Patterns, and Policy This History U course enables students to better understand the history of American immigration from the colonial period to the twenty-first century. Course Instructor : Professor Madeline Y...
History U | The American Revolution
The American Revolution This History U course focuses on the story of the birth and initial growth of the United States of America. Course Instructor : Professor Carol Berkin, Baruch College and The City University of New York Eligibility : High...
History U | The American West
The American West This History U course will examine the expansion of the United States to the Pacific, the exploration of the West, the defeat and dispossession and profound tragedy of its Native peoples, and unparalleled environmental...
History U | The Global Cold War
The Global Cold War This History U course examines the origins, strategy, and consequences of the Cold War from a global perspective. Course Instructor : Professor Jeremi Suri, University of Texas at Austin Eligibility : High school students Image...
History U | World War II
World War II This History U course aims to add more context and nuance to the traditional American views of the Second World War. Course Instructor : Professor Michael Neiberg, US Army War College Eligibility : High school students Image Source: ...
History U | Black Women's History
Black Women's History This History U course focuses on African American women’s history in the United States with certain aspects of Black women’s activism and leadership within the African Diaspora. Course Instructor : Professor Kellie Carter...
History U | The 1960s in Historical Perspective
The 1960s in Historical Perspective This History U course explores the myths and memories that constitute our perceptions of the 1960s. Course Instructors : Professor Michael Flamm, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Professor Michael Kazin, Georgetown...
History U | The History of American Protest
The History of American Protest This History U course explores the rich history of progressive protest literature in the United States from the American Revolution to contemporary music. Course Instructor : Professor John Stauffer, Harvard...
History U | Making Modern America
Making Modern America This History U course explores key moments and people in the history of the United States from the end of World War I to the present. Course Instructor : Professor Margaret O’Mara, University of Washington Eligibility : High...
Patriotic Postal Covers: "Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds," 1861
Patriotic postal covers are an important part of the material culture of the Civil War era. People often collected these covers in special keepsake albums. Such decorative envelopes were used as advertisements and to promote various...
Social Change in the Civil War Era (Teacher Seminar Online)
Social Change in the Civil War Era Lead Scholar : Catherine Clinton, University of Texas at San Antonio Master Teacher : CherylAnne Amendola Live Session Dates : Week of June 24 Registration Deadline : Monday, June 17 Image Source: “The First Vote”...
The History of Latina and Latino People in the US (Teacher Seminar Online)
The History of Latina and Latino People in the US Lead Scholar : Geraldo L. Cadava, Northwestern University Master Teacher : Ziara Smith Partner Organization : UnidosUS Live Session Dates : Week of June 24 Registration Deadline : Monday, June 17...
National Book Prizes | Frederick Douglass Book Prize
In partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University, the Institute awards an annual prize of $25,000 for an outstanding non-fiction book in English published on the...
Internship Program
2024–2025 Academic Year Applications are open! Application Deadline: Friday, July 19, 2024 Eligibility: High School, Undergraduate, or Graduate Students Employment Period: September 3, 2024–May 30, 2025
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Trumbull's Declaration, and Ours
In November 1826 John Trumbull’s paintings of the American Revolution were installed in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, DC. The most famous of them is his depiction of the Declaration of Independence being presented to the...
Rachel L. Swarns - "The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church"
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...
Special Topics in History: Introduction to World War II Portraits of Service | Summer PD 2024
An Introduction to World War II Portraits of Service Date and Time: August 6, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET Register Now
About This Session In this session, Professor Michael S. Neiberg (Professor of History and Chair of War...
Annual Reports
Download the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Annual Reports below. Annual Report 2023 (PDF) Annual Report 2022 (PDF) Annual Report 2021 (PDF) Annual Report 2020 (PDF) Annual Report 2019 (PDF) Annual Report 2018 (PDF) Annual Report 2017 ...
Eddie Glaude Jr. - "We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For (The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures)"
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...
Debating Chinese Immigration and Naturalization, 1869-1898
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Veterans Legacy Program
Their Full Measure: Americans on the Battlefield In partnership with the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program, the Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to offer free professional development sessions, lesson plans, and online...
Teacher Seminars Online
We are pleased to be celebrating thirty years of Teacher Seminars that give K–12 educators the opportunity to study with eminent American history professors and dive deep into primary sources with master teachers. Each seminar is composed of...
American Environmental History (Teacher Seminar Online)
American Environmental History Lead Scholar : Catherine McNeur, Portland State University Master Teacher : Dale Hoggatt Live Session Dates : Week of July 1 Registration Deadline : Monday, June 24 Image Source: Photograph of Columnar Basalts on the...
Colonial Pennsylvania and the Paxton Massacre, 1763
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About This Lesson Plan Unit The four lessons in this unit explore a massacre in colonial Pennsylvania in which the Paxton Boys—immigrants from Ulster,...
Fergus M. Bordewich - "Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction"
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...
United States Naturalization Test
United States Naturalization Test Could you pass the test required of new United States citizens? The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to present our version of the citizenship exam for use in the K–12 classroom. Students will be able to assess...
History U | The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War This History U course covers the long struggle for Vietnam waged between 1940 and 1975, with particular attention to the period of direct American involvement. Course Instructor : Professor Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University...
Open Positions at the Gilder Lehrman Institute
Internship Program Read more about our Internship Program . Development Manager The Organization The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (GLI) is the nation’s leading American history organization dedicated to K–12 education....
Children’s Attitudes about Slavery and Women’s Abolitionism as Seen through Anti-slavery Fairs
Overview Over two days, students will examine the attitudes that children from northern states had about slavery during the 1830s to 1860s and how abolitionists tried to change their way of thinking. They will also explore how woman...
American Jewish Origins, 1654-1820
A year after his inauguration as president, George Washington visited the Newport, Rhode Island Jewish Congregation, Jeshuat Israel, in 1790. He went in response to a letter he had received from the leaders of that synagogue as well...
Alexander Hamilton and the Civic Status of Jews in the Early Republic
“I fear prepossessions are strongly against us,” Alexander Hamilton confided to his beloved wife, Eliza. “But we must try to overcome them.” That day, February 5, 1800, marked the beginning of a high-stakes trial in which Hamilton...
Hometown Societies in the New World: Jewish Landsmanshaftn and Americanization
Jacob Sholts, a Jewish immigrant from the Russian Empire, wandered dejectedly through the streets of New York in 1904. Sholts, who had fled Russia to avoid military service during the Russo-Japanese War, could not keep a job. He felt...
The Jewish Health Professionals of Cincinnati
In studies of the significance of the Cincinnati Jewish community within the wider context of American Jewish history, the development of the Reform movement, and Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise’s oversight in establishing the iconic Plum...
Exiles by the Streams of Babylon: Newport Jews in the Colonial Era
Newport, Rhode Island, wears its colonial past like a badge of honor. Visitors to its historic district encounter numerous plaques, markers, and monuments as they wend the town’s narrow and cobblestoned streets. As contemporary...
Jewish Athletes and the Challenges of American Sports
The world of American sports has long offered the athletically inclined Jew with grand opportunities for achievement, acceptance, and even glory within this country’s society. But the road to success on the track, in stadiums, or in...
From the Editor
Jewish Americans have made contributions to American society that far exceed their percentage of our country’s population. This is a minority culture that has touched every aspect of American society, from the arts, to medicine and...
The Jewish Imprint on American Musical Theater
Long celebrated as one of the most quintessentially American of entertainment genres, Broadway musicals delight audiences with glitz, glitter, and polish; send them home with at least a glimmer of hope; and celebrate America’s promise...
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