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Capstone in American History Course Number : AMHI 699 Semesters : All semesters Image: Photograph of John Quincy Adams Ward’s Stock Exchange Pediment, 1903 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC06343.038)
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AP US Government and Politics | History School (2024)
AP US Government and Politics: The US Constitution Master Teachers: Lois MacMillan, Tyler Nice, Amy Palo, and Ryan Werenka Course Dates: July 11–August 15, 2024 Live Session Time Slot: Thursdays, 5–6 p.m. ET Online Platform: Zoom Eligibility : High...
Environmentalism, Love Canal, and Lois Gibbs, 1953-1997
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Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Speech Teaching Civics through History In this unit, students will develop knowledgeable and well-reasoned points of view on the history of free speech in the United States. Image Source : Stump Speaking by George C. Bingham, published by...
Federal, State, and Tribal Governance
Federal, State, and Tribal Governance Teaching Civics through History In this unit, students will learn how federalism forms the basis of the relationship between national, state, and tribal governments in the United States. Image Source: Map...
AP US History | History School (2024)
AP United States History: "Complex Understanding" Master Teacher: Sara Ziemnik Course Dates: July 2–August 13, 2024 Live Session Time Slot: Tuesdays, 5–6 p.m. ET Online Platform: Zoom Eligibility : High school students (grades 9–12) Deadline to...
History School
This summer we are offering three AP prep courses led by Gilder Lehrman master teachers. AP US History: "Complex Understanding": July 2–August 13 AP African American Studies: An Overview: July 10–August 14 AP US Government and Politics: The US...
History School | Hamilton's World: Founding Era Documents
How did the United States become a country? How do we know that we have the real story? We know because we have evidence written and created by people who lived at that time. For four classes we are going to look at some of that...
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...
Harold Holzer - "Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration"
Harold Holzer is a scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the American Civil War era. He serves as Jonathan F. Fanton Director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College. Order Brought Forth on...
Dora Dougherty Strother McKeown, Women Airforce Service Pilot in World War II
When Dora Dougherty Strother McKeown was just a kid she couldn’t wait for Sunday. For every Sunday her entire family would climb into their old Oakland motor car and drive to the airport to spend the day watching planes fly. It had...
The Life and Death of Roger Romine: A Tuskegee Airman Gone Too Soon
The Tuskegee Airmen were an elite group of African American pilots and support personnel who fought in World War II. Their relevance in the African American struggle for equality and respect cannot be overstated. During World War II,...
Jack Cleveland Montgomery: Peace to War and Back Again
Few combat veterans have seemingly overcome the trauma that comes with their terrifying, horrific experiences. Most, in fact, suffer from the mild to severe effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and undergo flashbacks,...
Harry Katsuharu Fukuhara: A Life of Service in War and Peace
Harry peered at the document aboard the transport ship bound for the Pacific. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had written to the American troops, “Upon the outcome depends the freedom of your lives: the freedom of the lives of...
"Courage to Face the Unknown": The World War II Service and Legacy of Celina Baez Sotomayor
During the 1940s hundreds of thousands of American women left their hometowns to serve in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), a US Army unit created in World War II to enable women to serve in noncombat positions and “free a man to fight.” ...
From the Editor
This issue of History Now is supported by the Veterans Legacy Grant Program, an initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs. For most Americans, the sacrifices made by the men and women in the military services command respect...
History U | The American West
The American West This History U course will examine the expansion of the United States to the Pacific, the exploration of the West, the defeat and dispossession and profound tragedy of its Native peoples, and unparalleled environmental...
History U | LGBTQ+ History of the United States: 1800 to the Present
LGBTQ+ History of the United States: 1800 to the Present This History U course traces the history of LGBTQ+ identities, relationships, communities, and politics in the United States from the late eighteenth century to the present, with a primary...
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