Lesson Plan The Soldier's Experience: Letters from Four American Wars 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this four-lesson unit.
Spotlight on: Primary Source African American soldiers at the Battle of Fort Wagner, 1863 On July 18, 1863, on Morris Island near Charleston, South Carolina, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, a Union regiment of free African American men, began their assault on Fort Wagner, a Confederate stronghold. After the...
Video: Book Breaks Ada Ferrer - "Cuba: An American History" Order Cuba: An American History at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our programs!
Video: Book Breaks Caroline Janney - "Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox" Order Ends of War at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our programs!
Video: Book Breaks Jim Downs - "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine" Order Maladies of Empire at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our programs!
Video: Book Breaks Elliott West - "Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion" Economics, Foreign Languages, Geography, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Elliott West is Alumni Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Arkansas. Order Continental Reckoning at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...
Video: Book Breaks Paul Ortiz - "An African American and Latinx History of the United States" Government and Civics Paul Ortiz is an associate professor of history and the director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida. Order An African American and Latinx History of the United States at the Gilder Lehrman Book...
Video: Book Breaks Brandon Byrd - "The Black Republic: African Americans and the Fate of Haiti" Order The Black Republic at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our programs!
Video: Book Breaks Allen C. Guelzo - "Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment" Government and Civics Allen C. Guelzo serves as the Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Research Scholar and Director of the Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. Order Our Ancient Faith at the Gilder...
Video: Book Breaks Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, and Lisa McGirr - "Give Me Liberty! An American History" Literature Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. Kathleen DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lisa McGirr is a Charles Warren Professor of American...