The Right to Vote: The Role of States and the US Constitution is a multi-year project to develop a high school program on the role of the states in determining and protecting voting rights. It includes a full suite of resources with essays, lesson plans, digital exhibitions, and more.
Constitution Day commemorates the signing of the US Constitution by thirty-nine delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787.
Enjoy our Constitution Day resources! They include
Daina Ramey Berry, The Lives of the Enslaved
Timothy Shannon, Warfare in Early America: 1585–1840
Caroline Winterer, The American Enlightenment: Intellectual History to 1787
Stephen Vider, LGBTQ+ History of the US: 1800 to the Present
Madeline Hsu, American Immigration History
Barbara Perry, The Kennedy Era
The Hamilton Education Program Online is a free program that helps students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the founding era by using primary sources to create a performance piece following the model used by Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the musical Hamilton.
Students in the program will have the chance to submit their performance piece and be selected to see a performance of Hamilton in New York City.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is delighted to announce the ten finalists for the 2023 National History Teacher of the Year Award. The national winner will be announced this fall and celebrated at a ceremony in New York City.
Join professor Geraldo L. Cadava of Northwestern University to explore the pivotal role of Latino communities in the United States from the sixteenth century through the early twenty-first century.
Regular Price: $39.99
Affiliate Price: $29.99
15 Professional Development Hours
Our master’s degree program gives K–12 educators an affordable way to earn a graduate degree while working full time.
Explore American history from your own home, in your own time, and at your own pace! Educators can obtain professional development credit.
These self-paced courses in American history are taught by the nation's top historians and are completely free for high school students.
Our curators discuss the infamous Reynolds Pamphlet in which Alexander Hamilton admitted to having an affair.
Join us for a lecture and pedagogy workshop (the two sessions are identical in content).
Learn about the first woman in America to receive a military pension.
Semester Dates: September 21–December 13, 2023
Affiliate Schools, libraries, and other sites can host this exhibition for free in December.
The Institute provides fellowships of $3,000 each to scholars of American history.
Every Sunday at 2:00 pm ET (11:00 am PT) on Zoom
Join us for our weekly interview series in which historians discuss their acclaimed books followed by a Q&A with the at-home audience. A Book Breaks subscription includes access to the weekly live programs and our ever-expanding archive, featuring 150+ episodes.
What Sorrows Labour in My Parent's Breast?: A History of the Enslaved Black Family
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
We hold many rare copies of foundational American documents, like this first draft of the US Constitution
Discover 2,000+ individuals who lived through the American Revolution, like the poet Phillis Wheatley.
Bring history to life with visual sources, like this US War Department recruitment poster (ca. 1944–1945).
In addition to documents, the Collection includes objects, like this campaign button for Lyndon Johnson.
Our Collection highlights the contributions of many Americans, like those of a female pilot in the 1910s.
Explore the fight against slavery through abolitionist writings, like this note by Frederick Douglass.
The Online Journal of the Gilder Lehrman Institute
History Now features essays by the nation’s leading historians and provides the latest in American history scholarship for teachers, students, and general readers.
Veterans Legacy Program: Online Exhibition
Gilder Lehrman is proud to announce the launch of this new online exhibition introducing viewers to nineteen men and women who served during six conflicts in American history.
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