Upcoming Session: September 22, 2024
Author: Lindsay M. Chervinsky, George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
Book: Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic
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Each state winner is awarded $1,000 and becomes a nominee in the national contest. The national panel of eminent historians, former winners, and master teachers will select one national winner for the $10,000 award.
Image: Adrienne Glasgow, 2024 District of Columbia History Teacher of the Year, with students
MA students can choose from a wide variety of courses each semester. Browse fall courses, watch lecture previews, meet the professors, and see course details.
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This course will place Reconstruction and the resistance to it in a historical context, illuminating how Reconstruction broke from America’s past, how its radicalism was undermined and its promise beaten down, and how the struggles of that era continue today.
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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.
Deepen your knowledge of this holiday with historical documents, essays, videos, and lesson plans from the Gilder Lehrman Institute.
Deepen your knowledge of this holiday with historical documents, essays, videos, and lesson plans from the Gilder Lehrman Institute.
Q&A session for prospective students to learn about the Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman master's degree program.
Course registration period for Fall 2024 semester ends.
Apply for a $3000 short-term research fellowship in the field of American history.
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Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic
The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860–1920
HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience
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.
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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.
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History Now features essays by the nation’s leading historians and provides the latest in American history scholarship for teachers, students, and general readers.
Learn about the historical research process in this step-by-step guide. As you progress, you will have opportunities to apply what you are learning.
Image: American Servicemen and women in Paris celebrating the unconditional surrender of the Japanese, August 15, 1945 (National Archives, 111-SC-210241)
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