News "Document of the Month" - September 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News "Document of the Month" - September 2014 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News "Thanksgiving: Another Serving" from Jill Lepore Harvard professor and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore describes how, within a single generation, relations between the settlers and the Wampanoags declined from the fabled First Thanksgiving to a devastating war. Lepore notes: ...
News "The Progressive Era" Traveling Exhibition at New Dorp High School Thinking of hosting a Gilder Lehrman traveling exhibition at your school? Get some tips for incorporating one of our exhibitions into your curriculum from New Dorp High School in Staten Island, New York! New Dorp High School has...
About page “Eduham en Casa” Versión en Español del Programa Educacional de Hamilton, Ahora Disponible para Estudiantes y Sus Familias Musical HAMILTON y The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History traen este nuevo recurso de aprendizaje aplicado, para conocer de historia NUEVA YORK, NY (11 de mayo, 2020) -- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History y el...
News “Freedom Vote” v. Voter Suppression in Mississippi, 1963 From the Gilder Lehrman Collection: Voting and Obstructions to It in 1963 The Gilder Lehrman Institute recently acquired a collection of civil rights documents, including the two discussed here. In the summer of 1963, the Student...
News #mygli25 Posts Keep Coming You don't have to be a teacher to make a #mygli25 video, but it can't hurt. Simply record and post up to a 30-second video on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram using the hashtag #MyGLI25 and we’ll do the rest. Enjoy the latest posts...
News 10 Reasons to Submit after Being Nominated for National History Teacher of the Year (from State and National Winners) Nominations have been made for the 2022 National History Teacher of the Year Award . For all those nominated, we encourage you to submit your materials by June 15. Take it from these past State and National winners: It is worth it....
News 2016 National History Teacher of the Year Ceremony Yesterday, we honored Kevin Cline of Indiana as the 2016 National History Teacher of the Year in an exciting ceremony at the Yale Club. Mr. Cline’s award was presented by historian Gordon S. Wood, Alva O. Way University Professor and...
News 2016 Teacher Seminar Application Now Open! Each summer, the Gilder Lehrman Institute offers academically rigorous seminars for K–12 educators and National Park Service interpreters. Held at colleges and historic sites across the US and abroad, the weeklong seminars offer...
News 2017 Teacher Seminar Applications Now Open Applications are now being accepted for Summer 2017 Teacher Seminars ! Spend an exciting week living among fellow educators at a university campus or historical site and learning from renowned scholars on a variety of historical...
News 2018 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced The 2018 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize will be awarded to Edward Ayers for The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America (W.W. Norton and Company). Ayers is President Emeritus of the University of...
News 2018 Library Affiliate Program Grants Announced The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce another successful round of the Library Affiliate Program Grant. Gilder Lehrman Library Affiliates across the country applied for a $400 grant to host one K–12...
About page 2019 Fall Newsletter A Message from President Jim Basker Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Friends of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, I am pleased to join you for the 2019–2020 school year with our fall Newsletter, which will now come to you four times a year...
News 2019 George Washington Prize Winner Colin G. Calloway on Book Breaks this Sunday 2019 George Washington Prize Winner and National Book Award for Nonfiction Finalist Colin G. Calloway discusses his book The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation on...
About page 2019 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Honored the Day after Winning the Pulitzer Prize NEW YORK CITY, April 17, 2019 – Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History honored 2019 Lincoln Prize recipient David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Simon & Schuster), at an...
News 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Alysha Butler in the News The Gilder Lehrman Institute announced on September 10 that Alysha Butler, a history teacher at McKinley Technological High School in Washington, DC, has been named the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year. Since then, she has...
About page 2019 Spring/Summer Newsletter A Message from President Jim Basker Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Other Friends of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, I write to you directly after a highly successful Gilder Lehrman Institute event featuring our new Trustee, Henry Louis...
News 2019 Teacher Seminar Registration Now Open The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History offers rigorous Teacher Seminars for K–12 educators. Held at colleges and historic sites across the US and abroad, the weeklong workshops include daily programs with leading American...
News 2019 Teacher Seminars Conclude for the Summer The 2019 Teacher Seminars have come to a close. Held at colleges and historic sites across the US and abroad, Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars of 2019 offered teachers daily programs with leading historians, visits to local historic...
About page 2020 Fall Newsletter Letter from President James Basker Dear Friends, As has been true for our country and most of the world, the past few months have been extraordinarily challenging for the Gilder Lehrman Institute. The effects of the COVID crisis were...
About page 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced today that Elizabeth R. Varon , author of Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War (Oxford University Press), is the recipient of the 2020...
About page 2020 New Year Newsletter - redirect Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Friends of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, I greet you at the end of a very successful 2019, looking forward to more in 2020. We have reached more than 24,000 Affiliate Schools in all fifty states and in...
About page 2020 Spring Newsletter Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Friends, I hope this finds you and your loved ones doing well, staying safe and healthy. This newsletter had been prepared and was ready to go out when the COVID-19 crisis struck and we had to close our...
News 2020 Teacher Seminars, Spotlight on the Teacher Seminar Summit at Gettysburg Registration for the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars is now open! New this year is the Teacher Seminar Summit at Gettysburg College, July 19–22, 2020. During this inaugural Summit the Institute will offer twelve concurrent...