Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium Open House Q&A Recording Available Now

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Want to find out what to expect at our 2023 Teacher Symposium, July 16–19 at Gettysburg College?

Our education team held this live discussion and Q&A open house on March 28.

Discussion topics include

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2022 National History Teacher of the Year Misha Matsumoto Yee Honored at Harvard Club Ceremony

The 2022 National History Teacher of the Year was honored in a ceremony at the Harvard Club in New York City this week.
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EduHam Online October 2022 Newsletter: Broadway's Nik Walker Reads Aaron Burr's Letters

Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online, the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the founding era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g., a s
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Announcing the Winners of the Second Annual Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Hamilton are delighted to announce the winners of the second annual Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement, a cash award supporting college-bound high school students from communities that directly experience the consequences of injustice and discrimination.
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GLI Receives Funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs for “Their Last Full Measure: Americans on the Battlefield”

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Join Us for the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Ceremony on November 2

On Wednesday, November 2, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History will celebrate Kevin J. Weddle, winner of the ninth annual Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History for The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution (Oxford University Press) with an award ceremony and moderated discussion.
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Celebrate Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day with Gilder Lehrman Resources

In 2021, the President declared Indigenous Peoples’ Day a federal holiday to be observed on the same day as Columbus Day. The Gilder Lehrman Institute invites everyone—students, teachers, and history enthusiasts—to visit our Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day resource page in honor of this coming observance.
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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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