Lesson Plan After World War II: The Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crimes Trials Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this lesson.
Program/Event November Affiliate School Offer Lesson Plans Click the images below to access the lesson plans offered to Affiliate School teachers this month. Teaching With Documents: Colonial America to Reconstruction: A Selection of Units for Elementary School American Symbols: The Flag, the...
History Now Essay Citizenship in the Reconstruction South Susanna Lee Economics, Government and Civics Slaveholders created a system of race, gender, and class inequality in the pre-Civil War South. They justified slavery by arguing that enslaved people could not take care of themselves and needed masters to look after them. White... Appears in: 55 | Examining Reconstruction Fall 2019
News 2020 Teacher Seminars, Spotlight on the Teacher Seminar Summit at Gettysburg Registration for the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars is now open! New this year is the Teacher Seminar Summit at Gettysburg College, July 19–22, 2020. During this inaugural Summit the Institute will offer twelve concurrent...
History Now Essay The Rise (and Fall) of the First Ku Klux Klan Elaine S. Frantz Some of the historical details in this essay could be disturbing for younger readers. In 1866, a group of defeated Confederate veterans created the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee. The group consisted of the local newspaper editor,... Appears in: 55 | Examining Reconstruction Fall 2019
History Now Essay Editor’s Log Carol Berkin If the Civil War preserved the Union, then Reconstruction grappled with what that Union was to look like in the future. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, passed in the years immediately after... Appears in: 55 | Examining Reconstruction Fall 2019
Lesson Plan The Decision to Escalate in Vietnam 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this three-lesson unit.
News Study the American West with Elliott West, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Arkansas 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 Study Women in the American Revolution with Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History, Baruch College, CUNY 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 Study American Immigration History with Madeline Hsu, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin 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 Spotlight on the 3-Day Regional Teacher Seminars in 2020 In its 25th year of offering dynamic, content-rich Teacher Seminars led by the top scholars in the country, the Gilder Lehrman Institute announces that, in addition to 6-Day Teacher Seminars and the inaugural Teacher Seminar Summit ,...
News Amy Murrell Taylor Wins 2019 Frederick Douglass Book Prize and Gives Interview on NPR Amy Murrell Taylor, Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, is the winner of the 2019 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps (University of North Carolina...
News Spotlight on the 6-Day Teacher Seminars in 2020 Registration for the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars is now open! In its 25th year of offering dynamic, content-rich Teacher Seminars led by the top scholars in the country, the Gilder Lehrman Institute announces that, in...
News Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Event Features Two Military Historians in Dialogue On Monday, November 26, the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History was awarded to Cathal Nolan for his book The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost (Oxford University Press, 2017) at the New-York...
News Introducing Mark Foley, the 2018 Illinois History Teacher of the Year Mark Foley Illinois 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 Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA Spotlight: “The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass” The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University offer a Master of Arts in American History through online courses for K–12 teachers. Applications are now open. Click here to apply. Course Spotlight: The Life and...
News In Memory of Sean Enos-Robertson Sean Enos-Robertson, a devoted teacher at Harlem Academy in New York City with close connections to the Gilder Lehrman Institute, passed away on November 29, 2018. Sean had been a Gilder Lehrman Master Teacher Fellow since 2014,...
News Introducing Susan Tomlinson, the 2018 Indiana History Teacher of the Year Susan Tomlinson Indiana 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...
News The Civil War in American Memory Teacher Seminar The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, in partnership with the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), is pleased to announce a multidisciplinary seminar, “The Civil War in American Memory,” for full-time faculty members in...
News Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA Spotlight: The Kennedy Era The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University offer a Master of Arts in American History through online courses for K–12 teachers. Applications are now open. Click here to apply. Course Spotlight: The Kennedy...
News Introducing Kimberly Meller-Angus, the 2018 Iowa History Teacher of the Year Kimberly Meller-Angus Iowa 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...
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News Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA Spotlight: The Vietnam War (REGISTER BY DEC 20 FOR THE SPRING) The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University offer a Master of Arts in American History through online courses for K–12 teachers. Applications are now open. Click here to apply. LAST DATE FOR NEW STUDENTS TO...