About page The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant Funds Long Island, Brooklyn, Queens, and Greater New York State Gilder Lehrman Affiliate Schools NEW YORK CITY, January 2021 — The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (GLI) received a grant for a $1 million endowment gift, to be given over four years, from The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. The grant will support...
News Announcing the Winners of the Hamilton Education Program Online Fall 2020 Competition We are pleased to announce the Outstanding Performance Winners and Lottery Winners of the Fall 2020 Hamilton Education Program Online National Competition. The Outstanding Performance Winners are All Saints Academy in Winter Haven,...
Video: Read Along "Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills" Born to parents who were both former slaves, Florence Mills knew at an early age that she loved to sing and that her sweet, bird-like voice, resonated with those who heard her. Performing catapulted her all the way to the stages of...
Video: Read Along "Locomotive" It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America’s brand-new transcontinental railroad. These pages come alive with the details of the trip and the sounds, speed, and strength of the...
Video: Read Along "Grandfather's Journey" When he was a young man, Allen Say’s grandfather left his home in Japan to explore the world. He began his journey by crossing the Pacific Ocean on a steamship, then wandered the deserts, farmlands, and cities of North America. Allen...
Video: Read Along "Goin' Someplace Special" Through moving prose and beautiful watercolors, an award-winning author-illustrator duo collaborates to tell the poignant tale of a spirited young girl who comes face to face with segregation in her southern town. Read by Morgan Wood...
Video: Read Along "Ticktock Banneker's Clock" Throughout his life, Benjamin Banneker was known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy, just to name a few pursuits. But even when he was born in Maryland in 1731, he was already an extraordinary person for...
Video: Read Along "The Bell Rang" A young enslaved girl witnesses the heartbreak and hopefulness of her family and their plantation community when her brother escapes for freedom in this brilliantly conceived picture book by Coretta Scott King Award–winner James E....
Video: Read Along "Ona Judge Outwits the Washingtons" Soon after American colonists had won independence from Great Britain, Ona Judge was fighting for her own freedom from one of America’s most famous founding fathers, George Washington. George and Martha Washington valued Ona as one...
News Hamilton Education Program Online February Newsletter FEBRUARY 2021: BLACK LIVES IN THE FOUNDING ERA Welcome to the first 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...
About page 2021 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced February 12, 2021 — Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced today that David S. Reynolds , author of Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times (Penguin Press), is the recipient of the 2021 Gilder...
News Invitation to the 22nd Frederick Douglass Book Prize Ceremony on February 23 The 22nd annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize ceremony takes place online this Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. ET. It is hosted jointly by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale...
Special Topics Black Lives in the Founding Era The “Black Lives in the Founding Era” project restores to view the lives and works of a wide array of African Americans in the period 1760 to 1800. Drawing on our archive of historic documents and our network of scholars and master...
News Open House for the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History, February 25 Learn everything you need to know about getting a master’s degree in American history through the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History , a highly affordable, fully online, fully accredited, 30-credit degree program. Please join...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Most people know Frederick Douglass as an abolitionist, but his fight for equality did not end after the Thirteenth Amendment. In the February 18, 2021 session of Inside the Vault, educator Mandel Holland and Hamilton cast member...
News Interview with Black Lives in the Founding Era History School Teacher Jason Butler Black Lives in the Founding Era is one of six Gilder Lehrman History School courses being offered this spring. It will be taught by Jason Butler , a professional learning specialist supporting K–12 social studies instruction in a...
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Video: Read Along "Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story" World History Gittel and her mother were supposed to immigrate to America together, but when her mother is stopped by the health inspector, Gittel must make the journey alone. Her mother writes her cousin’s address in New York on a piece of paper....
News Young Women of the Revolutionary and Civil War Eras Featured in March Inside the Vault This March Inside the Vault , the online program that highlights unique primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, celebrates Women's History Month with explorations of two fascinating teenagers caught in the 1775 siege of...
News Gena Oppenheim Helps You Tell Your EduHam Story in Spring History School Course The Hamilton Education Program Online (EduHam Online) has proven a creative outlet for many students in 2020 and 2021. EduHam Online helps students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the Founding Era by using primary sources to...
News 2021 Teacher Seminar Registration Now Open The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History’s Teacher Seminars offer K–12 educators the opportunity to work with the nation’s top American history professors and work in-depth with primary sources. This summer, we’re pleased to...
News Book Prize Winners and Finalists Featured on Book Breaks in March Since the summer of 2020, Gilder Lehrman Book Breaks has featured the most exciting history scholars in America discussing their books live with host William Roka followed by a Q&A with home audiences. This March, discussions...