News A Civil War soldier’s letters: "Save them if it cost the farm" George Tillotson from Greene, New York, enlisted with the 89th New York Infantry in November of 1861. This ambrotype (photograph made on glass) and a series of letters from the summer of 1862 remind us that soldiers and their families...
Video The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Jill Lepore, Professor of Early American History at Harvard University, draws on scholarship from her book, The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity, to trace how the meanings attached to this brutally...
Guided Readings Guided Readings: Imperialism and the Spanish-American War Economics, Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy 9, 10, 11, 12 Reading 1 Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. . . . The frontier is the line of most rapid and effective Americanization. . . . The frontier promoted the...
News Announcing the Winners of the 2018–2019 Civil War Student Essay Contest The Gilder Lehrman Institute received a record 873 submissions for the 2018–2019 Civil War Student Essay Contest. Judges Kevin Cline (2016 National History Teacher of the Year and Indiana History Teacher of the Year (HTOY)), Kevin Dua...
Video The Men of Company E: Confronting Freedom after the Civil War Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Civil War Diaries of William Woodlin, 8th USCT, & Cyrena Hammond 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ During the Civil War, 22-year-old William Woodlin, a musician in the 8th United States Colored Troops, and 18-year-old Cyrena Hammond, from Clarendon, New York, kept diaries about their experiences and observations. They recorded the...
Program/Event Fighting America’s Wars: From the Civil War through Vietnam Veterans Legacy Program Seminar Application Deadline : The application closed on March 5, 2024. Join us for free livestreams of the seminar lectures. Livestream Dates : July 22–25, 2024 Lead Scholar : Beth Bailey, University of Kansas Master Teacher...