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The Institute promotes and celebrates accomplishments in American history education and scholarship at every level. Deepen your understanding and appreciation of American history by participating in a program or joining the Institute...

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Arguing Cases in the Supreme Court

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Jeffrey L. Fisher is Associate Professor of Law at Stanford University Law School and Co-Director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. He analyzes the current Supreme Court including the personalities and philosophies involved,...

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The Calhoun School Cyanotype Album: Document in a Minute

Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffer discusses a cyanotpe album from the Calhoun Industrial School around the turn of the century. The Calhoun School was a social experiment of the Hampton Institute in Virginia, in which local...

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition

View a full-screen version of The Lewis and Clark Exhibition . Learn more about the Louisiana Purchase in Elliott West’s essay " America the Newcomer: Claiming the Louisiana Purchase " and a printed copy of the map Meriwether Lewis...

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Disasters in Modern American History

#40 Fall 2014

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Wartime Memoirs and Letters from the American Revolution to Vietnam

#43 Fall 2015

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Alexander Hamilton in the American Imagination

#44 Winter 2016

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Spotlight on Primary Sources

Spotlights on Primary Sources Each of the Spotlights from our Collection provides explanatory text, a transcript, and an image of the featured document. Questions for classroom discussion are available to K–12 teachers. Below are some...

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American History in Visual Art

#45 Summer 2016

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American Women in Leadership

#47 Winter 2017