News Book Breaks in April Confronts Complicated Histories Book Breaks is a weekly interview series with historians held every Sunday at 2 pm ET (11 am PT) on Zoom. The program and its archive are free for K–12 teachers and students in the Affiliate School Program, college students, and...
Video: Book Breaks Carol Berkin - "Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence" Order Revolutionary Mothers at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our programs!
News 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,...
News The Gilder Lehrman Institute presents Joe Welch with the 2018 National History Teacher of the Year Award On October 10, 2018, in the Grand Ballroom at the Yale Club in New York City, Joseph Welch of North Hills Middle School in Pittsburgh, PA was formally presented with the 2018 National History Teacher of the Year Award. At the event,...
News 2021 State History Teachers of the Year Announced The Gilder Lehrman Institute is proud to announce the 2021 State History Teachers of the Year. Since 2004, 855 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense...
News Study the Origins of the Civil War with James Oakes, Distinguished Professor of History, CUNY Graduate Center The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History Program for K–12 teachers affiliated...
News Get to Know the 2017 History Teachers of the Year: Rebecca Berry, West Virginia, and Robert Prichard, Missouri This year, the Gilder Lehrman Institute recognized 52 State History Teachers of the Year for their tireless and innovative efforts to make history come alive for their students. But who are they, really? We asked these talented...
Video: Book Breaks Ken Burns - "Our America: A Photographic History" Art, Economics, Foreign Languages, Geography, Government and Civics, Literature, Religion and Philosophy, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History Ken Burns, the producer and director of numerous film series, including The Roosevelts: An Intimate History and Country Music , founded his own documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark film, The Civil War ,...