News Announcing the 2021 David McCullough Essay Prize High School Winners The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 David McCullough Essay Prizes . Named for David McCullough—Pulitzer and National Book Award–winning historian and member of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s...
Spotlight on: Primary Source Voting restrictions for African Americans, 1944 Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 In 1944 a group of southern editors and writers documented cases of voter suppression in southern states. They took this step because, in the presidential election of 1944, only 28 percent of potential voters in the South participated...
Guided Readings Guided Readings: The Farmers' Revolt Economics, Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12 Reading 1 For our business interests, we desire to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers into the most direct and friendly relations possible. Hence we must dispense with a surplus of middlemen, not that we are...
News Explore the Constitution with the Gilder Lehrman Institute September 17 is Constitution Day, a time to celebrate the US Constitution, the oldest written national framework for government in the world. Take the opportunity to discover and appreciate its history, content, and meaning with...
Program/Event 2006 - Gerry Kohler The Institute presented the 2006 National History Teacher of the Year Award to Gerry Kohler, a ninth grade US history teacher at VanDevender Junior High School in Parkersburg, West Virginia. During her twenty-seven-year career in...
History Now Essay From The Editor Carol Berkin Modern headlines often carry news of scandals, crimes, corruption, and violence. When historians study this darker side of life, they hope to use the events as windows on a particular era, shedding light on its cultural and religious... Appears in: 20 | High Crimes and Misdemeanors Summer 2009
History Now Essay Advice (Not Taken) for the French Revolution from America Susan Dunn World History 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ "I come as a friend to offer my help to this very interesting republic," wrote the nineteen-year-old Marquis de Lafayette from aboard the Victoire as it sailed from France across the ocean to the rebellious British colonies in the... Appears in: 34 | The Revolutionary Age Winter 2012
History Now Essay Editor’s Log Carol Berkin This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. On August 26, 1920, American women were at last given that most fundamental of rights in a democratic society: the right to vote. But “given” is... Appears in: 56 | The Nineteenth Amendment and Beyond Spring 2020