Video: Book Breaks Woody Holton - "Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution" Woody Holton is the McCausland Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. Order Liberty Is Sweet at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank...
Online Exhibition World War I World War I 1914–1918 During World War I, 4.7 million Americans served in the military, among them Louis Santop Loftin, Ella Jane Osborn, and James Reese Europe. Louis Santop Loftin served in the US Navy, leaving behind a successful career in Negro...
Essay World War I Jennifer D. Keene Economics, Government and Civics, World History 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ War swept across Europe in the summer of 1914, igniting a global struggle that would eventually take nine million lives. World War I pitted the Allies (initially composed of Britain, France, Belgium, Serbia, and Russia, and eventually...
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...
Program/Event Traveling Exhibitions | World War I and America World War I and America examines the role the United States played in World War I and the impact of this move away from a policy of isolationism. Viewers will learn about life on the homefront and at war through documents, posters,...
Program/Event Professional Development | World War I Centennial Workshop Series To commemorate the centennial of World War I, we are pleased to offer free professional development sessions in forty cities across the country. These sessions will focus on different aspects of the war and how to effectively bring...
News World War I Lesson Plans and Other Resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute In July 2018, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, in collaboration with the US World War I Centennial Commission, National History Day, and the National World War I Museum and Memorial, embarked on a comprehensive two...
Spotlight on: Primary Source World War I poems: “In Flanders Fields” and “The Answer,” 1918 Literature, World History Ella Osborn’s 1918 diary provides insight into the experiences of an American nurse serving in France at the end of World War I. In addition to her notes about the men under her care and events in France, Osborn jotted down two...