History Now Essay The Hundred Days and Beyond: What Did the New Deal Accomplish? Anthony J. Badger Economics, Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ There wasn’t anybody in that entire Brains Trust apparently that had given any thought—they had absolutely no plans—or any real study to the problem created by this banking situation. —Walter Wyatt, Federal Reserve official, amazed at... Appears in: 19 | The Great Depression Spring 2009
History Now Essay "Nature’s Nation": The Hudson River School and American Landscape Painting, 1825–1876 Linda Ferber Art 8 Introduction The late nineteenth-century critic who first referred to a "Hudson River School" intended the nickname to be dismissive, describing artists whose style was old fashioned and whose American subjects were provincial. The... Appears in: 45 | American History in Visual Art Summer 2016
News Frederick Douglass at 200 This February marks the 200-year anniversary of Frederick Douglass’s birth. In commemoration, the Gilder Lehrman Institute is featuring the great African American orator and abolitionist throughout the year. Activist for Equality:...
About page 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...
Essay America's Role in the World: World War I to World War II Michael Neiberg Government and Civics, World History Between World War I and World War II the United States emerged on the world stage as a superpower. This ascendancy had military, economic, humanitarian, and cultural dimensions. Some Americans expressed discomfort with this unwelcome...
Program/Event Hamilton Education Program | Press Coverage and Media Eduham in the News 2022 "‘Hamilton’ Returns to Pantages Theatre With Performance for L.A. Public High School Students" in Variety - February 11, 2022 "HAMILTON's Celebrated Education Program Returns Today in LA" in Broadway World -...
Spotlight on: Primary Source President Truman’s Farewell Address, 1953 Government and Civics, World History 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 It has none of the catch phrases or warnings of other, more famous presidential inaugural or farewell addresses, no cautions against permanent alliances or military-industrial complexes, no appeals to better angels or declarations...
Classroom Resources Historical Context: The Breakdown of the Party System Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ As late as 1850, the two-party system seemed healthy. Democrats and Whigs drew strength in all parts of the country. Then, in the early 1850s, the two-party system began to disintegrate in response to massive foreign immigration. By...
Lesson Plan The Treaty of Tordesillas: Resolving "a Certain Controversy" over Land in the Americas Foreign Languages, Geography, World History 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Background Imperial rivalries have often been resolved through war; however, the Treaty of Tordesillas is an important example of a rivalry that was resolved without hostilities through the demarcation of areas of influence by the...
History Now Essay Reconstructing the West and North Richard White Economics, Government and Civics In 1865 the Radicals of the Republican Party regarded the Northern victory in the Civil War as a “golden moment” to remake the Republic. The Republicans controlled Congress, the Supreme Court, and, so they thought until Andrew Johnson... Appears in: 55 | Examining Reconstruction Fall 2019
Essay Postwar Politics and the Cold War Jeremi Suri The late summer of 1945 marked the height of American power. The country that had suffered from dust bowls, economic depression, and a devastating attack on its Pacific naval fleet in the last decade-and-a-half emerged as the dominant...
Essay The Thirteen Colonies Francis J. Bremer Government and Civics The thirteen colonies that joined together to become the United States of America were but a part of the first British Empire. They were the product of a broad and dramatic expansion of England that began with the establishment of ...