Inside the Vault on Thursday, July 7: Common Sense
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Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is an online program that explores unique primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection.
EduHam Online February 2022 Newsletter: George Washington
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 song, rap, poem, or scene) following the model used by Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the musical Hamilton.
Read moreSummer 2022 American History Professional Development
The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s summer professional development programs provide K–12 teachers the chance to engage in live conversations with renowned historians, watch lectures that explore key topics in American history, visit historic sites, and work hands-on with primary sources.
Read more2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College announced today that Caroline E. Janney, author of Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox (The University of North Carolina Press), is the recipient of the 2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize.
Read moreHow Did We Get Here? On Demand: American Indian and Latina/Latino American Experiences and More
Our How Did We Get Here? series, which has been designed to provide teachers with ready-made, classroom-friendly resources on topics in American history that are front-and-center in current events, is now On Demand with new classes being added as the program continues into the Spring of 2022.
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Read moreCelebrating the Partnership of the Council of Independent Colleges and the Gilder Lehrman Institute
Since 2002, Gilder Lehrman has offered seminars for teachers and college faculty members in partnership with the Council of Independent College, lately with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Over the years, leading historians such as Joyce Appleby, Thomas Bender, Henry Binford, David Blight, Robert Dallek, David Brion Davis, James Oliver Horton, Ernest May, Carl Smith, and Richard White have led seminars. Participants enjoy working with a leading historian and colleagues on curriculum design and teaching.
Read moreBlack History Month Resources
In celebration of Black History Month, the Gilder Lehrman Institute highlights resources for studying Black history in America through curated groupings of documents and accompanying materials.
Frederick Douglass Resources
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