Lesson Plan Deadly Diseases: A Fate Worse than Dying on the Battlefield Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 9, 10, 11, 12 Background Cannons blasted and bayonets tore through flesh in America’s worst war, the American Civil War. This war was gruesome for many different reasons. It tore the country apart and created divides that exist to this day. One of...
About page Fall 2018 Newsletter A Message from President Jim Basker Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Friends of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, I am pleased to present an exciting new edition of the Gilder Lehrman Institute Newsletter, which will come to you three times...
News Summer 2019 Teacher Seminars, Weeks and 4 and 5 Held at colleges and historic sites across the US and abroad, Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars offer teachers daily programs with leading historians, visits to local historic sites, and hands-on work with primary sources. Teachers...
News Women’s History Month Resources March is Women’s History Month, a time to commemorate the significant role women played in shaping American history. The Gilder Lehrman Institute has numerous essays, primary sources, lesson plans, videos, and more on American women’s...