News Meet the 2019 Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Since 2012, the Gilder Lehrman Institute has recognized up to fifteen outstanding college students for excellence in American history or American studies as well as commitment to public service, leadership, and community involvement...
News Introducing Chuck Taft, the 2018 Wisconsin Teacher of the Year Chuck Taft Wisconsin 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...
News Historian Michael Neiberg on the causes of World War II In this video from our Self-Paced Course on World War II , US Army War College historian Michael Neiberg explores World War II from its roots in World War I through the Potsdam Conference and Hiroshima, shifting from Pacific to...
News Congratulations to the First Class of Graduates of the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program! In May 2019, forty-eight participants in the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program from across the country completed their master’s degree in American history. Approximately half of them attended the graduation ceremony...
Lesson Plan Americans All: Foreign-born Soldiers and World War I 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this three-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan American Women and World War I 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this three-lesson unit :
News World War I Lesson Plans and Other Resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute In July 2018, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, in collaboration with the US World War I Centennial Commission, National History Day, and the National World War I Museum and Memorial, embarked on a comprehensive two...
News The Gilder Lehrman Institute Hosts Henry Louis Gates, Jr., at Pace University On Friday, May 31, 2019, the Gilder Lehrman Institute and Pace University hosted a book talk and screening with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for...
News CUNY Professor Carol Berkin’s “Women in the American Revolution” Available as a Self-Paced Course The Gilder Lehrman Institute is now offering three new Self-Paced Courses with distinguished professors Carol Berkin, Lucas Morel, and Michael Neiberg, perfect for summer professional development and general interest. Each course,...
About page 2019 Spring/Summer Newsletter A Message from President Jim Basker Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Other Friends of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, I write to you directly after a highly successful Gilder Lehrman Institute event featuring our new Trustee, Henry Louis...
News Washington and Lee University Professor Lucas Morel’s “Race and Rights in America” Available as a Self-Paced Course The Gilder Lehrman Institute is now offering three new Self-Paced Courses with distinguished professors Carol Berkin, Lucas Morel, and Michael Neiberg, perfect for summer professional development and general interest. Each course,...
News Sing Along with the Lincoln Campaign Songster and Other Election Songbooks There are currently fifty-seven items from the Gilder Lehrman Collection on loan at the Gettysburg National Military Park for an exhibition about American democracy. Among these items are three presidential candidate songbooks from...
News Students at Affiliate School Stuyvesant High School Win First Place in National History Day Contest On Thursday, June 13, National History Day (NHD) presented the awards for the national finals of the 2019 National History Day Contest. More than half a million students entered the competition last year, and 3,000 of them advanced...
About page Carolyn Katz Carolyn Katz has extensive experience with evolving and fast-growing companies, from small start-ups to public multinationals. As a managing director at Goldman Sachs, she ran the credit research department and specialized in early...
About page Mark Shafir Mark Shafir is the co-head of global mergers & acquisitions at Citi. He has thirty-four years of experience advising clients and leading top M&A teams. Prior to joining Citi in 2008, Mark was head of global M&A at Lehman...
News Fall 2019 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 Fall 2019 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History for K–12 teachers affiliated with...
News Introducing Emily McCormick, the 2018 Department of Defense Schools History Teacher of the Year Emily McCormick DoDEA 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...