Lesson Plan The Resignation Speech of Richard M. Nixon Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this two-lesson unit.
Program/Event Traveling Exhibitions Traveling exhibitions are available to rent or purchase for display at any site in the United States. These informative, colorful pop-up displays cover subjects in American history, from leading figures like Alexander Hamilton to important events...
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Program/Event Internship Program Applications for Summer 2024 are now closed. 2024–2025 Academic Year Applications for the 2024–2025 Academic Year will open by the end of May 2024. If you would like to be notified about internships as they become available, please complete the...
Basic Page History U | The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence This History U course investigates the origins, meanings, and contested legacies of one of the most consequential political documents in world history. Course Instructor : Professor Eric Slauter, University of Chicago...
Basic Page History U | The Great Depression and the New Deal The Great Depression and the New Deal This History U course considers the causes and consequences of the economic slump of 1929–1933 and the economic recovery of 1933–1941 under the New Deal. Course Instructor : Professor Eric Rauchway, University...
Basic Page AP US History Study Guide AP US History Study Guide Begin your journey through US history by exploring primary sources, essays, and videos, organized by time period. Late-Testing Exam Date : Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Image Source : World War II recruiting poster created by the...
Basic Page MA Courses MA Courses MA students can choose from a wide variety of courses each semester. Browse courses below to watch lecture previews, meet your professors, and see course details. Upcoming Summer Semester Deadlines Course Registration Begins : Saturday,...
About page Scholarly Advisory Board Cawo Abdi, Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota Lauren Acker, History Instructor Pasadena City College Laura Rosanne Adderley, Associate Professor of African Diaspora History Tulane University Westenley Alcenat, Assistant...
Basic Page Historiography and Historical Methods Historiography and Historical Methods Led by : Andrew Robertson (Lehman College and The Graduate Center, CUNY) Course Number : AMHI 698 Semesters : All semesters Image: Title page from Mercy Otis Warren’s History of the Rise, Progress and...
Basic Page The History of American Protest The History of American Protest Led by : Prof. John Stauffer (Harvard University) Course Number : AMHI 691 Semesters : Fall 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2024 Image: Warren K. Leffler, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963 (Library...
Basic Page The American West The American West Led by : Prof. Elliott West (University of Arkansas) Course Number : AMHI 632 Semesters : Spring 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2024 Image : William Hicks Jackson, Walpi Pueblo First Hopi Mesa, Arizona (The Gilder Lehrman Institute,...
Program/Event National History Teacher of the Year April 30 Nominate a teacher today! National winner chosen from among state winners receives a $10,000 prize presented at an award ceremony in their honor in New York City. State winners receive a $1,000 prize, an archive of classroom resources...
Basic Page Black Women's History Black Women's History (A Six-Week Compressed Course, Term II) Led by : Prof. Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley College) Course Number : AMHI 675 Semesters : Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Spring 2023, Summer 2024 (Term II) Image: Shirley Chisholm campaign...
Basic Page The Early Republic The Early Republic Led by : Prof. Alan Taylor (University of Virginia) Course Number : AMHI 630 Semesters : Summer 2024 Image: Joseph Laing, Inauguration of Gen. George Washington , published by William Blackman, New York, NY, ca. 1870s (The Gilder...
Basic Page World War II World War II (A Six-Week Compressed Course, Term II) Led by : Prof. Michael Neiberg (US Army War College) Course Number : AMHI 656 Semesters : Fall 2018, Summer 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2024 (Term II) Image: A photograph of President Franklin D....
Basic Page World War I World War I (A Six-Week Compressed Course, Term I) Led by : Prof. Michael Neiberg (US Army War College) Course Number : AMHI 655 Semesters : Summer 2017, Summer 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2024 (Term I) Image: Adolph Treidler, For Every Fighter a...
Basic Page Reconstruction and Resistance Reconstruction and Resistance: Constructing a Nation Led by : Prof. Kermit Roosevelt III (University of Pennsylvania) Course Number : AMHI 646 Semesters : Summer 2024 Image: Engraving of five African American members of Congress, ca. 1870 (The...
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Lesson Plan Colonial Pennsylvania and the Paxton Massacre, 1763 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this four-lesson unit. About This Lesson Plan Unit The four lessons in this unit explore a massacre in colonial Pennsylvania in which the Paxton Boys—immigrants from Ulster,...
News Brown v. Board of Education: On This Day, May 17 On May 17, 1954, the US Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas , unanimously ruling that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. The decision overturned the 1896...
Program/Event Book Breaks May 26 Every Sunday at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) Upcoming Book Breaks May May 26 - Dylan Penningroth on Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights Legal scholar Dylan Penningroth traces the roots of civil rights back to the...
Basic Page Sport in American History (Teacher Symposium) Sport in American History Meanings Beyond the Field, Court, Track, and Rink REGISTRATION CLOSED This course examines the historical development of sport in the United States from a societal and cultural viewpoint and explores the significance of...
Basic Page Native American History (Teacher Symposium) Native American History REGISTRATION CLOSED This course will offer glimpses of the daunting diversity of Native America—thousands of distinctive peoples, cultures, languages, and lifeways stretching over millennia. Lead Scholar : K. Tsianina...
Basic Page All Upcoming Deadlines All Upcoming Deadlines May 2024 NHTOY Friday, May 31, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET Last Day to Submit Dossier submissions are due for National History Teacher of the Year nominees. June 2024 MA in American History Wednesday, June 5,...
Basic Page American Revolution The American Revolution REGISTRATION CLOSED When did the American Revolution begin and end? What were its causes and effects? How did entirely new forms of both freedom and unfreedom come about at exactly the same time? We will investigate these...
Lesson Plan Apprenticeship and Indentured Servitude: Contract Labor in the British Colonies 5, 6, 7, 8 Click here to download this three-lesson unit. About This Lesson Plan Unit The four lessons in this unit explore a massacre in colonial Pennsylvania in which the Paxton Boys—immigrants from Ulster,...
Basic Page America Heads West (Teacher Symposium) America Heads West Westward Expansion and the Making of the Nation REGISTRATION CLOSED In this course, we will follow the westward growth of the United States, from its colonial beginnings to the late nineteenth century, and consider how that...
Basic Page American Presidency (Teacher Symposium) The American Presidency The Most Powerful, Impossible Job in the World REGISTRATION CLOSED The course will discuss the origins of the presidency and the executive branch, how it has evolved over the past 234 years, and the challenges facing the...
Basic Page The Civil Rights Movement (Teacher Symposium) The Civil Rights Movement REGISTRATION CLOSED This course will examine the US Civil Rights Movement. It will begin by looking at Black life in the early twentieth century—the height of the Jim Crow era—to establish critical context for the Black...
Basic Page The American Civil War (Teacher Symposium) The American Civil War REGISTRATION CLOSED This course examines the era of the American Civil War, with emphasis on its origins, scope, and consequences. Lead Scholar : Gary Gallagher, University of Virginia Master Teacher : Gena Oppenheim Image...
Program/Event Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium Join us and three hundred fellow educators at Gettysburg College for this four-day program. You will study one topic in depth with a world-renowned scholar and be able to attend optional events such as book talks, networking sessions, trivia night,...
Program/Event Collection Programs | Inside the Vault Inside the Vault: A 1925 Study Guide for Eighth-Grade Graduation in Iowa Are you smarter than a (1925) eighth grader? In the 1920s, when most students did not go to high school, the eighth-grade state examinations marked the end of...
Program/Event Summer Professional Development Whatever your budget and your interests, the Gilder Lehrman Institute has a professional development opportunity for you. Study with world-renowned scholars, connect with other teachers from across the United States, and reinvigorate your enthusiasm...
Basic Page Master's Degree in American History Master's Degree in American History K–12 educators can earn their graduate degree in this affordable, online, accredited program. It’s easy to apply and become an enrolled student. Applications are open all year and are reviewed on a rolling basis....
Basic Page The Kennedy Challenge | Special Topics (Summer PD 2024) The Kennedy Challenge: Inspiring a Divided Nation as Candidate and President Date and Time : July 23, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. ET Register Now About This Session On January 14, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy, less than two weeks...
Basic Page American Jews and the Second Red Scare | Special Topics (Summer PD 2024) American Jews and the Second Red Scare Date and Time : J uly 30, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET Register Now About This Session During World War I, the United States underwent a hyper-nationalist shift, which encouraged...
Basic Page Homepage Teacher Seminars Online Study with eminent American history professors and dive deep into primary sources with master teachers this summer. Each of our seminars is composed of lectures that you can watch on your own schedule as well as live Zoom...
Basic Page History U History U The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s History U offers free, self-paced courses in American history to high school students. Each History U course includes Video lectures by a leading history professor Primary sources and in-depth readings Short...
News May 4 - Virtual PD: Veterans Legacy Program with Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery In partnership with the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program, we are pleased to offer free professional development sessions in spring 2024 focusing on different aspects of American Veterans’ and Service Members’...
News May 11 - Virtual PD: Veterans Legacy Program with Black Hills National Cemetery In partnership with the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program, we are pleased to offer free professional development sessions in spring 2024 focusing on different aspects of American Veterans’ and Service Members’...
Basic Page Period 7: 1890-1945 (AP US History) Period 7: 1890-1945 An increasingly pluralistic United States faced profound domestic and global challenges, debated the proper degree of government activism, and sought to define its international role. Topics may include Debates over Imperialism...
Basic Page All Upcoming Events All Upcoming Events May 2024 All Audiences Book Breaks Subscription Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET Dylan Penningroth, University of California, Berkeley Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights June...
Lesson Plan Sharecropping Contracts in the Reconstruction-Era South, 1867-1870 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this three-lesson unit.
Basic Page Veterans Legacy Project | 2024 Student Contest Winners The 2024 World War II: Portraits of Service Award Winners About the Contest As part of the Veterans Legacy Program , the Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to announce the ten winners of the 2024 World War II: Portraits of...
Basic Page Veterans Legacy Program | Student Contest Student Contest The 2024 World War II: Portraits of Service Awards Submit an original essay, report, eulogy, poem, song, mini-podcast, or mini-documentary profiling the sacrifices, strengths, and legacies of a World War II Veteran who was honorably...
Special Topics Celebrating American Historical Holidays Recognizing and celebrating historical holidays—from memorializations of monumental American figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. to remembrances of events like Juneteenth—offer entry points for a deeper exploration of the pivotal...