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The Early Republic
The Early Republic Led by : Prof. Alan Taylor (University of Virginia) Course Number : AMHI 630 Semesters : Summer 2024 Image: Joseph Laing, Inauguration of Gen. George Washington , published by William Blackman, New York, NY, ca. 1870s (The Gilder...
The American West
The American West Led by : Prof. Elliott West (University of Arkansas) Course Number : AMHI 632 Semesters : Spring 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2024 Image : William Hicks Jackson, Walpi Pueblo First Hopi Mesa, Arizona (The Gilder Lehrman Institute,...
The History of American Protest
The History of American Protest Led by : Prof. John Stauffer (Harvard University) Course Number : AMHI 691 Semesters : Fall 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2024 Image: Warren K. Leffler, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963 (Library...
Reconstruction and Resistance
Reconstruction and Resistance: Constructing a Nation Led by : Prof. Kermit Roosevelt III (University of Pennsylvania) Course Number : AMHI 646 Semesters : Summer 2024 Image: Engraving of five African American members of Congress, ca. 1870 (The...
World War I
World War I (A Six-Week Compressed Course, Term I) Led by : Prof. Michael Neiberg (US Army War College) Course Number : AMHI 655 Semesters : Summer 2017, Summer 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2024 (Term I) Image: Adolph Treidler, For Every Fighter a...
World War II
World War II (A Six-Week Compressed Course, Term II) Led by : Prof. Michael Neiberg (US Army War College) Course Number : AMHI 656 Semesters : Fall 2018, Summer 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2024 (Term II) Image: A photograph of President Franklin D....
Black Women's History
Black Women's History (A Six-Week Compressed Course, Term II) Led by : Prof. Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley College) Course Number : AMHI 675 Semesters : Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Spring 2023, Summer 2024 (Term II) Image: Shirley Chisholm campaign...
Dora Dougherty Strother McKeown, Women Airforce Service Pilot in World War II
When Dora Dougherty Strother McKeown was just a kid she couldn’t wait for Sunday. For every Sunday her entire family would climb into their old Oakland motor car and drive to the airport to spend the day watching planes fly. It had...
An Introduction to Gilder Lehrman Curricular Programs | Summer PD 2024
An Introduction to Gilder Lehrman Curricular Programs Date and Time: July 17, 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. ET Register Now
About This Session The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Teaching Literacy through History, Teaching Civics through...
Introducing MA+15/30, a New Graduate Course Option for K–12 Educators
You’ve earned your master’s degree, but like all great teachers, you never stop looking for ways to expand your knowledge and bring deeper levels of learning to your students. The challenge is finding a high-quality, fully accredited,...
History U | The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence This History U course investigates the origins, meanings, and contested legacies of one of the most consequential political documents in world history. Course Instructor : Professor Eric Slauter, University of Chicago...
"Courage to Face the Unknown": The World War II Service and Legacy of Celina Baez Sotomayor
During the 1940s hundreds of thousands of American women left their hometowns to serve in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), a US Army unit created in World War II to enable women to serve in noncombat positions and “free a man to fight.” ...
Harry Katsuharu Fukuhara: A Life of Service in War and Peace
Harry peered at the document aboard the transport ship bound for the Pacific. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had written to the American troops, “Upon the outcome depends the freedom of your lives: the freedom of the lives of...
Sarah Keyes - "American Burial Ground: A New History of the Overland Trail"
Sarah Keyes is an assistant professor of history at the University of Nevada. Order American Burial Ground at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you...
From the Editor
This issue of History Now is supported by the Veterans Legacy Grant Program, an initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs. For most Americans, the sacrifices made by the men and women in the military services command respect...
Remembering Gilder Lehrman Trustee Daniel P. Jordan (1938–2024)
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is saddened by the loss of Daniel P. Jordan, a longtime trustee of the Institute, Scholar in Residence at the University of Virginia, and leader of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at...
Donald L. Miller and Kirk Saduski - "Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War against Nazi Germany"
Donald L. Miller is the John Henry MacCracken Professor of History Emeritus at Lafayette College. Kirk Saduski is an award-winning producer. Order Masters of the Air at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission...
Free Speech in US History, 1917-1988
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Harold Holzer - "Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration"
Harold Holzer is a scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the American Civil War era. He serves as Jonathan F. Fanton Director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College. Order Brought Forth on...
#mygli25 Posts Keep Coming
You don't have to be a teacher to make a #mygli25 video, but it can't hurt. Simply record and post up to a 30-second video on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram using the hashtag #MyGLI25 and we’ll do the rest. Enjoy the latest posts...
Morgan DeMartis and Cassidy Hooker Move into New Roles at the Gilder Lehrman Insitute
Looking to the Future from the Front Lines of GLI: What’s on the Horizon for Cassidy Hooker and Morgan DeMartis Upon entering the Gilder Lehrman office, visitors are welcomed by Cassidy Hooker and Morgan DeMartis. They have made the...
Digital Version of Celebrated Hamilton Education Program to Be Offered Free to Schools Nationwide
HAMILTON and The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Bring Hands-On Learning to History NEW YORK, NY (July 30) --- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (GLI) and HAMILTON today announced the launch of a digital...
Digital Version of Celebrated Hamilton Education Program to Be Offered Free to Schools Nationwide
The Hamilton Education Program Online (#EduHamOnline) will launch a pilot program this fall with 76 participating schools from across the country. Middle school students will have access to the education program for the first time....
2019 Teacher Seminars Conclude for the Summer
The 2019 Teacher Seminars have come to a close. Held at colleges and historic sites across the US and abroad, Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars of 2019 offered teachers daily programs with leading historians, visits to local historic...
Meet the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Finalists
Congratulations to the ten 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Finalists! These educators were chosen from the 53 exceptional 2019 State History Teachers of the Year for their innovative methods of bringing history to life for...
Gilder Lehrman Collection Advice for Home Care of Family Photographs and Documents
Summer 2019 Marketing and Communications intern Olivia Luntz recently interviewed archivists and curators at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History to create a Gilder Lehrman Institute piece on Medium about preserving family...
Scholarships and Loans Available for the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History
There is still time to apply for fall courses in the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program. While the degree and individual courses are competitively affordable, some prospective students may be eligible for financial aid...
Celebrating Thomas Edison in the Collection on the Anniversary of His Lighting New York City
On September 4, 1882, the first electrical lighting in New York City signaled a new era of urban illumination. Pearl Street Station, the first central power station in the world, was operated by Thomas Alva Edison and the Edison...
2019 Fall Newsletter
A Message from President Jim Basker Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Friends of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, I am pleased to join you for the 2019–2020 school year with our fall Newsletter, which will now come to you four times a year...
Washington DC High School Social Studies Teacher Named 2019 National History Teacher of the Year
NEW YORK, NY (September 10, 2019) --The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (GLI) today announced that Alysha Butler , a social studies teacher at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC, has been named the 2019...
Andrew Lambert Wins the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History
Winner of the Sixth Annual Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Announced Award Program on Monday, October 28, 2019, at the New-York Historical Society New York, NY, September 19, 2019 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American...
Author Colin Calloway Wins 2019 George Washington Prize
Award Ceremony to Take Place in New York on October 24 MOUNT VERNON, VA – Author and historian Colin Calloway has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of $50,000, for his new book, The Indian World of George...
Author Colin Calloway Wins 2019 George Washington Prize
Author and historian Colin Calloway has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of $50,000, for his new book, The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the...
History Teacher of the Year Finalists Featured in the News
History Teacher of the Year Finalists and other state winners have enjoyed local and state press for their achievements. We will continue to highlight their success in the coming months as we celebrate our National History Teacher of...
2019 National History Teacher of the Year Alysha Butler in the News
The Gilder Lehrman Institute announced on September 10 that Alysha Butler, a history teacher at McKinley Technological High School in Washington, DC, has been named the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year. Since then, she has...
Introducing Amy King, the 2019 North Carolina History Teacher of the Year and National Finalist
Amy King North Carolina History Teacher of the Year and Finalist for National History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 802 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of...
Learn about the Institute's Work with a Civil Rights Leader and NYC Students
In September 2018, the Gilder Lehrman Institute discovered that the creator of a document at the center of the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, was now living in New York. We brought the Reverend C. Herbert Oliver to the...
Watch Justice Sandra Day O'Connor’s Teacher Seminar on the Anniversary of Her Swearing In
On September 25, 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice in the United States when she was sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger. She had been nominated by President Ronald Reagan. She retired in 2006...
Getting to Know Alysha Butler, 2019 National History Teacher of the Year
Alysha Butler is a social studies teacher at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC. She won the 2019 Daughters of the American Revolution Outstanding Teacher of United States History Award, was a 2019 GrantEd Recipient,...
Introducing John Zingale, the 2019 Washington History Teacher of the Year and National Finalist
John Zingale 2019 Washington Teacher of the Year and Finalist for National History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 802 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of...
The Gilder Lehrman Institute Presents Alysha Butler with the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Award
On October 2, 2019, in the Grand Ballroom at the Yale Club in New York City, Alysha Butler of McKinley Technology High School in Washington DC was presented with the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Award. At the event,...
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