Global History and US Foreign Policy

Essays

“Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge,” by Brown & Bigelow, 1907. (LOC)

Advice (Not Taken) for the French Revolution from America

Author: Susan Dunn Curriculum Subjects: World History Grade Levels: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Two Revolutions in the Atlantic World: Connections between the American Revolution and the Haitian Revolution

Author: Laurent Dubois Curriculum Subjects: Economics, Government and Civics, World History Grade Levels:
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Featured Primary Sources

Posting bond for manumission of a slave, May 5, 1757 (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

A bond for the manumission of a slave, 1757

Creator: Philip Livingston Curriculum Subjects: Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Letter from John S. Mosby to Sam Chapman, June 4, 1907. (GLC03921.21p1)

A former Confederate officer on slavery and the Civil War, 1907

Creator: John S. Mosby Curriculum Subjects: Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Rufus King. Substance of Two Speeches, Delivered in the Senate of the United Sta

A Founding Father on the Missouri Compromise, 1819

Creator: Rufus King Curriculum Subjects: Grade Levels: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
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Multimedia

A Man for All Seasons: Lincoln in Spain

Abraham Lincoln and the English Imagination

Abraham Lincoln in Germany and Italy

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Teaching Resources

Jefferson on the French and Haitian Revolutions, 1792

Curriculum Subjects: Geography, Government and Civics, World History Grade Levels:
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