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David McCullough Speaks to a Full House of Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School Students
On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, Gilder Lehrman Institute Trustee David McCullough gave a book talk at Trinity School, a Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School in New York City. The auditorium was packed full with more than 240 students and...
Colin Calloway Receives the 2019 George Washington Prize
Colin Calloway, winner of the $50,000 George Washington Prize for his 2018 book The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation, was honored by George Washington’s Mount...
Spring 2020 Registration Now Open for the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for the Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History for K–12 teachers affiliated with...
Spring 2020 Online Courses: Meet the Professors for Historiography
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for the Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History for K–12 teachers affiliated with...
Reconstruction and the Remaking of the Constitution
Reprinted by permission of Eric Foner from the preface to his book The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution (Norton, 2019) The Civil War and the Reconstruction period that followed form the...
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Reconstructing the West and North
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...
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Study the Origins of the Civil War with James Oakes, Distinguished Professor of History, CUNY Graduate Center
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...
Yale and the Gilder Lehrman Institute Announce 2019 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner
New Haven, Conn. — Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition announces the winner of the 21st annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize. The 2019 winner of the prize is Amy Murrell Taylor...
Frederick Douglass and the Dawn of Reconstruction
Historians today debate precisely when Reconstruction began, yet in many ways that is a very old discussion. At the time, its goals and focus were disputed, and even what to call the federal policy for the collapsing Confederacy was...
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Professional Development | World War I Centennial Workshop Series
To commemorate the centennial of World War I, we are pleased to offer free professional development sessions in forty cities across the country. These sessions will focus on different aspects of the war and how to effectively bring...
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...
Citizenship in the Reconstruction South
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...
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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...
The Rise (and Fall) of the First Ku Klux Klan
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,...
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Editor’s Log
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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 ,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
History Shop FAQs and General Information
FAQS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LIBRARIES What is the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ’ s EIN number? 13-3795391 What is the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ’ s DUNS number? 008544652 How do I apply my 25%...
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...
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s advice to high school students, 1922
In 1922, Sharpless Dobson Green, a teacher at Senior High School in Trenton, New Jersey, wrote to influential people around the world to get their advice for his students. In his request, he explained his project: There are about 400...
Making History Sing with Sasha Rolón Pereira, Director of the Hamilton Education Program
Sasha Rolón Pereira is the associate director of education and director of the Hamilton Project at the Gilder Lehrman Institute. She has logged many miles overseeing the Hamilton Education Program for the Institute, partnering with...
Introducing April Deener, the 2018 Kentucky History Teacher of the Year
April Deener Kentucky 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...
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