Lesson Plan Americans All: Foreign-born Soldiers and World War I 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this three-lesson unit.
Video The Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Cold War Government and Civics, World History Aaron David Miller, Vice President for New Initiatives, The Wilson Center, argues that in the Arab-Israeli conflict national interest, moral interest, and the capacity of America to make a difference are closely aligned. Miller...
Classroom Resources Historical Context: American Slavery and Abolition through Hollywood 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Throughout the twentieth century, many influential Hollywood films, such as Birth of a Nation , Gone with the Wind , Glory , and Amistad , have helped shape the way Americans have thought about slavery and its legacy. Birth of a...
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...
Classroom Resources Statistics: The Changing Lives of American Women Economics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The Changing Family Age of First Marriage Average Household Size Male Female 1790 -- -- 5.79 1890 26.1 22.0 4.93 1900 25.9 21.9 4.76 1910 25.1 21.6 4.54 1920 24.6 21.2 4.34 1930 24.3 21.3 4.11 1940 24.3 21.5 3.77 1950 22.8 20.3 3.52...
Classroom Resources Statistics: The Changing Lives of American Farmers Economics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 9, 10, 11, 12 Agricultural Productivity 1800 1900 Wheat Worker-hours to produce an acre 56 15 Yield per acre 15 14 Corn Worker-hours per acre 86 38 Yield per acre 25 26 Cotton Worker-hours per acre 185 112 Yield per acre 147 191 ...
Video The American West and the Great Depression Economics, Geography, Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video How Did the American Abolition Movement Begin? Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video What did Jefferson think about American freedom? Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video Economic and Financial Crises in American History Economics, Government and Civics 10, 11, 12, 13+
History Now Essay Patriotism Crosses the Color Line: African Americans in World War II Clarence Taylor Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Although African Americans have been the victims of racial oppression throughout the history of the United States, they have always supported the nation, especially during wartime. When World War II erupted, over 2.5 million black men... Appears in: 14 | World War II Winter 2007 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020
Essay US Treaties with American Indian Nations Gautham Rao Government and Civics After the American Revolution, the United States and Indian tribal nations governed their diplomatic relations through formal treaties. States could not be signatories to these treaties because the US Constitution required that only...
News New Exhibitions Featuring Gilder Lehrman Materials on Civil and Voting Rights for African Americans New-York Historical Society and Morgan Library Exhibitions Display Gilder Lehrman Collection Documents Opening on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 African American Voting Rights , an exhibit featuring materials from the Gilder Lehrman...
History Now Essay Iran and the United States in the Cold War Malcolm Byrne Religion and Philosophy, World History 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ As the latest wave of revolutionary uncertainty sweeps across the Middle East, Iran remains one of the region’s biggest question marks. The Islamic regime that temporarily crushed the Green Movement after Iran’s controversial... Appears in: 27 | The Cold War Spring 2011
History Now Essay Ralph W. Kirkham: A Christian Soldier in the US-Mexican War Amy S. Greenberg World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ North of Mexico’s border, most Americans know the 1846 conflict that established that boundary (if they know it at all) as the training ground for Civil War heroes. Generals Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Stonewall Jackson, and... Appears in: 43 | Wartime Memoirs and Letters from the American Revolution to Vietnam Fall 2015
Spotlight on: Primary Source Diary of World War I nurse Ella Osborn, 1918–1919 World History 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 At the outbreak of World War I, Ella Jane Osborn was a surgical nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. In January 1918, she volunteered to serve with the American Expeditionary Forces as a member of the Red Cross’s nursing...