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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University offer a Master of Arts in American History through online courses for K–12 teachers everywhere. The online program offers the unique opportunity for educators to work with two dynamic and eminent institutions dedicated to lifelong learning and career preparedness. The Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History allows participants in the Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School network to pursue a graduate degree or take individual courses as desired, on their own schedule, from anywhere in the world, with top professors from Harvard…
Charles McDougall, Ohio History Teacher of the Year, Charles McDougall, Crestwood High School, Mantua, Ohio Charles McDougall, Crestwood High School, Mantua, Ohio Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have been named State History Teacher of the Year . The National History Teacher of the Year is named in the fall. The 2018 State History Teachers of the Year were asked informal questions by the Gilder Lehrman Institute. , Do you have a favorite/funny…
The Dear George Washington Contest is exclusively for students in grades 2-5 at Gilder Lehrman Affiliate Schools. The Dear George Washington Contest is exclusively for students in grades 2-5 at Gilder Lehrman Affiliate Schools. The Dear George Washington Contest is an annual writing contest for Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School students in grades 2–5. The contest introduces students to the issues facing early Americans and encourages them to think critically about the founding of the nation. Each student contestant writes a letter of 250–300 words to President George Washington, telling the…
Fifth-Grade Division, First Place, Haiden Grenier, Notre Dame Academy, Palisades Park, NJ, Second Place, Alexandre Abrams, Bullis Charter School, Los Altos, CA, Third Place, Kaitlin Li, PS 174 William Sidney Mount School, Rego Park, NY, Fourth Place, Nathan Sottomano Santiago, Holy Cross School, Santa Cruz, CA, Fourth-Grade Division, First Place, Anna Nassar, Saint James Catholic School, Falls Church, VA, Second Place, Gina Ha, Notre Dame Academy, Palisades Park, NJ, Third Place, Rishi Chundury, The Independent School, WIchita, KS, Fourth Place, Lily Eldridge, Wolftrap Elementary School,…
Jane Williams, Oklahoma, Jane Williams with her 5th grade students at Centennial Elementary School, Edmond, Oklahoma Jane Williams with her 5th grade students at Centennial Elementary School, Edmond, Oklahoma Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have been named State History Teacher of the Year . The National History Teacher of the Year is named in the fall. The 2018 State History Teachers of the Year were asked informal questions by the Gilder Lehrman…
Andrew Beyer, Oregon History Teacher of the Year, Andrew Beyer, Academy of International Studies on the Woodburn High School campus, Woodburn, Oregon Andrew Beyer, Academy of International Studies on the Woodburn High School campus, Woodburn, Oregon Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have been named State History Teacher of the Year . The National History Teacher of the Year is named in the fall. The 2018 State History Teachers of the Year were asked…
On Sunday, April 14, 2019, revered historian David Brion Davis passed away at the age of 92. Professor Davis was integral to the founding of the Gilder Lehrman Institute and served as the founding director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale, where he was Sterling Professor of American History Emeritus. Davis wrote sixteen highly influential books, most famously his trilogy, The Problem of Slavery , which revolutionized the study of slavery, making it central to the study of American history. Davis was memorialized on Tuesday night, April…
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 event on April 16 at the Union League Club in New York City. The award includes a $50,000 prize and a bronze replica of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ life-size bust “Lincoln the Man.” The book won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in the category of history, the second time the Pulitzer has been given to a Lincoln Prize–winning book. Eric Foner’s The Fiery Trial: Abraham…
The thirtieth annual Lincoln Prize was presented to David Blight for his biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom at a ceremony held in the Union League Club of New York City on April 16, 2019. Lewis Lehrman, Richard J. M. Blackett, David Blight, and Richard Gilder before the 2019 Lincoln Prize award ceremony Lewis Lehrman, Richard J. M. Blackett, David Blight, and Richard Gilder before the 2019 Lincoln Prize award ceremony In attendance were such eminent historians as Eric Foner, Martha Hodes, and Richard J. M. Blackett; co-presenter Gettysburg College President Janet Riggs; Medal of…
Jeremy Risty, South Dakota History Teacher of the Year, Jeremy Risty, Brandon Valley High School, Brandon, South Dakota (pictured with students in Washington, DC) Jeremy Risty, Brandon Valley High School, Brandon, South Dakota (pictured with students in Washington, DC) Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have been named State History Teacher of the Year . The National History Teacher of the Year is named in the fall. The 2018 State History Teachers of…
Connie Lopez-Fink, Tennessee History Teacher of the Year, Connie Lopez-Fink, University School of Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee (pictured with her students) Connie Lopez-Fink, University School of Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee (pictured with her students) Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have been named State History Teacher of the Year . The National History Teacher of the Year is named in the fall. The 2018 State History Teachers of the Year…
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, recognizing the achievements and contributions of Asians and Pacific Islanders to the history and culture of the United States. Senators Daniel K. Inouye and Spark Matsunaga of Hawaii, along with Representatives Frank Horton of New York and Norman Y. Mineta of California, introduced similar bills in 1977 to declare the first ten days of May Asian-Pacific Heritage week. They chose the month of May to commemorate two important dates in American history: Japanese immigration to the United States began on May 7, 1943, and the first transcontinental…
Cherry Whipple, Texas History Teacher of the Year, Cherry Whipple, Stephen F. Austin High School, Austin, Texas Cherry Whipple, Stephen F. Austin High School, Austin, Texas Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have been named State History Teacher of the Year . The National History Teacher of the Year is named in the fall. The 2018 State History Teachers of the Year were asked informal questions by the Gilder Lehrman Institute. , Do you have a favorite…
Send Us Your #MyGLI25 Story!, Are you a teacher, student, administrator, scholar or history buff who has benefited from or been involved in the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History? Be it through gaining new knowledge or finding new opportunities for professional development or personal growth, how has GLI been a part of your life? We would love to hear your story! In honor of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s 25th Anniversary, we are gathering as many GLI tales as we can and then sharing them on gilderlehrman.org., Simply record and post up to a 30-second video on Twitter, Facebook or…
Two students from the Academy of American Studies in Queens, New York, a Gilder Lehrman Flagship School , were awarded prizes in the New York State Finals of the National History Day Competition in Cooperstown, New York, on April 29, 2019. The STS-51-L crew: (back row from left) Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher in Space Participant Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis, and Mission Specialist Judy Resnik; (front row from left) Pilot Mike Smith, Commander Dick Scobee, and Mission Specialist Ron McNair. (NASA photo) (November 15, 1985) The STS-51L crewmembers: in the…
Megan Osborn, Utah History Teacher of the Year, Megan Osborn, Sunset Ridge Middle School, West Jordan, Utah Megan Osborn, Sunset Ridge Middle School, West Jordan, Utah Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have been named State History Teacher of the Year . The National History Teacher of the Year is named in the fall. The 2018 State History Teachers of the Year were asked informal questions by the Gilder Lehrman Institute. , Do you have a favorite/…
Mary Anne Christy, Washington History Teacher of the Year, Mary Anne Christy, Lakeside High School, Seattle, Washington Mary Anne Christy, Lakeside High School, Seattle, Washington Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have been named State History Teacher of the Year . The National History Teacher of the Year is named in the fall. The 2018 State History Teachers of the Year were asked informal questions by the Gilder Lehrman Institute. , Do you have a…
Ron Chernow with student speakers and performers at the 2019 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Gala Ron Chernow with student speakers and performers at the 2019 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Gala The Gilder Lehrman Institute held its 25th Anniversary Gala on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. In attendance were 300 friends of the Institute; students and teachers; and the evening’s three honorees, award-winning biographer Ron Chernow, President Emerita of Harvard University Drew Gilpin Faust, and Chairman and Founder of GCP Capital…
Their lives had taken different paths in the years since Bruno Morlan Villafuerte sat in Shannon Rosenfeld’s first AP Government class thirteen years ago, but these paths converged in 2020 through the Gilder Lehrman Institute. Shannon and her former student Bruno, now a high school teacher himself, recognized each other during a live Q&A session in their Spring 2020 American Immigration course taught by UT Austin professor Madeline Hsu in the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program . Bruno sent a message to Shannon: “You were my AP Government teachers! Centennial High ’07!”…
The Making of America: Colonial Era to Reconstruction, Dates: July 11–17, 2021 Location: Virtual Seminar Application Deadline: March 1, 2021, The Making of America: Colonial Era to Reconstruction, is a virtual, weeklong 2021 summer institute that offers K–8 educators the opportunity to explore the people, ideas, and events that made America into a cultural, social, and political reality. This institute will be purposefully broad to address the needs of K–8 educators. Paul Revere, "A View of Part of the Town of Boston in New England and Brittish Ships of War Landing Their Troops, 1768," Boston…
New Haven, Connecticut, December 9, 2020, — Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition announces the winner of the 22nd annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize . The 2020 winner of the prize is Sophie White for Voices of the Enslaved: Love, Labor, and Longing in French Louisiana (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press). White is Professor of American Studies, Concurrent Professor in the Departments of Africana Studies, History, and Gender Studies, and Fellow of the Nanovic Institute for…
On December 9, 2020, Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition announced the winner of the 22nd annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize . Sophie White is Professor of American Studies, Concurrent Professor in the Departments of Africana Studies, History, and Gender Studies, and Fellow of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Sophie White is Professor of American Studies, Concurrent Professor in the Departments of Africana Studies, History, and Gender Studies, and Fellow of the Nanovic Institute for European…
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 Book Breaks this Sunday, December 20, followed by a Q&A with home audiences. Colin Calloway won the $50,000 George Washington Prize for his 2018 book and was honored by George Washington’s Mount Vernon, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and Washington College at the Union League Club in New York City on October 24, 2019. Colin Calloway won…
Sergio de Alba was the 2020 National History Teacher of the Year. Sergio de Alba was the 2020 National History Teacher of the Year. Nominations are now open for the National History Teacher of the Year Award for 2021 . Any full-time educator of grades K–12 who teaches American history (including state and local history) is eligible for consideration. American history may be taught as an individual subject or as part of other subjects, such as social studies, reading, or language arts. Eligible generalist and specialist teachers in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Department of…