Book Breaks in June: Fierce Struggles to Freedom

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 Book Breaks is a weekly interview series with historians held every Sunday at 2 pm ET (11 am PT) on Zoom. The program and its archive are free for K–12 teachers and students in the Affiliate School Program, college students, and college faculty.

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Inside the Vault on May 4: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Voting Rights

Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is an online program focusing on unique primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection.
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Deep Dives with Two Civil War Era Courses at the Teacher Symposium

With Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium courses like The American Civil War already filled, teachers looking for further enrichment in the Civil War are encouraged to go deeper into its causes and aftermath with two exciting courses taught by leading historians in the field.
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Watch Jon Meacham and Jonathan W. White in Highlights from the 2023 Lincoln Prize Ceremony

The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to share a recording of the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize ceremony, held on April 11, 2023, in New York City.
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Veterans Legacy Program: Free Virtual PD Programs Exploring Veterans' and Service Members' Lives On and Off the Battlefield

In partnership with the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program, we are pleased to offer free professional development sessions in the spring of 2023 focusing on different aspects of American Veterans' and Service Members’ lives on and off the battlefield and how to effectively bring that content back to the classroom.  We are offering the following free virtual PD programs: 
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Register Now for Four Virtual Veterans Legacy Sessions through May

In partnership with the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program, we are pleased to offer free professional development sessions in the spring of 2023 focusing on different aspects of American Veterans’ and Service Members’ lives on and off the battlefield and how to effectively bring that content back to the classroom. As a part of this series, we are now offering online workshops at the following National Cemeteries from April 29 to June 3. Register now for the Their Full Measure series:
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Teacher Symposium Q&A about Travel, Accommodations, Events, Registration Deadlines, and More

Our education team held this live discussion and Q&A open house on March 28 about the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium, to be held at Gettysburg College.
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Recent Press Mentions

International Press for GLI's Spanish-American Curriculum Partnership with the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute

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The Sentinel Interviews Kevin Weddle on Winning the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History

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"In today’s 5 Questions, The Sentinel gave Weddle the opportunity to delve deeper into the research and findings of his book that recently earned him the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History."
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NBC News reports on Brooklyn School's African American Studies AP via GLI Training

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NBC News reported on Brooklyn Preparatory High School's new African American Studies AP course and how Assistant Principal Shannah Henderson trained to teach it. "Henderson traveled to Howard University in July to be trained on how to teach the course. She said that because she doesn't have a degree in African American studies, she was also required to take online courses at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History."
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