History Now Essay The Role of China in US History Warren I. Cohen Economics, Government and Civics, World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Today, our homes are filled with countless products "Made in China." Long before the American Revolution, thanks to British trade with China, many colonists were able to purchase Chinese furniture, wallpapers, silks, and porcelains.... Appears in: 42 | The Role of China in US History Spring 2015
History Now Essay New Orleans and the History of Jazz Loren Schoenberg Art, Geography 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ New Orleans is a city built in a location that was by any measure a mistake. North American settlers needed a way to import and export goods via the Mississippi River, so a city was created atop swamps. By virtue of its location and... Appears in: 11 | American Cities Spring 2007
Video Anti-Federalism and Dissent in Constitutional History Government and Civics For our first live web chat for Affiliate Schools, Fordham University historian Saul Cornell joined Gilder Lehrman Institute President James Basker to discuss constitutional history and the modern-day implications of dissent in the...
Program/Event Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman Institute History Scholarship The Gilder Lehrman Institute and Gettysburg College are pleased to offer the Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman Institute History Scholarship. Each year, Gettysburg College will provide two scholarships at $5,000 per year for four...
Video Introduction to Supreme Court Controversies throughout History Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video Economic and Financial Crises in American History Economics, Government and Civics 10, 11, 12, 13+
Lesson Plan Free Speech in US History, 1917-1988 Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download the middle school lesson unit. Click here to download the high school lesson unit.
History Now Essay The Reconstruction Amendments: Official Documents as Social History Eric Foner Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On June 13, 1866, Thaddeus Stevens, the Republican floor leader in the House of Representatives and the nation’s most prominent Radical Republican, rose to address his Congressional colleagues on the Fourteenth Amendment to the... Appears in: 2 | Primary Sources on Slavery Winter 2004
Video: Book Breaks Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross - "A Black Women's History of the United States" Daina Ramey Berry is the Michael Douglas Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Kali Nicole Gross is the National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of African American Studies at Emory...