Johnson, Lyndon B. (1908-1973)
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Grant Will Fund Diverse Gilder Lehrman Institute Programs , The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has been awarded a $500,000 grant over two years from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to support schools and teachers on Long Island, Brooklyn, and Queens in their teaching of American history, thereby strengthening students’ academic performance. “The generous funding directly benefits students and teachers of American history in profound ways, funding schools to receive indispensable resources through their Gilder Lehrman affiliation, enabling teachers to grow…
Kathryn Kennedy, Maine History Teacher of the Year, Kathryn Kennedy, Bangor School Department, Bangor, Maine Kathryn Kennedy, Bangor School Department, Bangor, Maine 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…
Hamilton Education Program Video Released by the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts has released a video about the Hamilton Education Program at work in Hartford, Connecticut. Filmed in the days leading up to and including the December 13, 2018, performance, the video follows the process of students engaging with Hamilton Education Program materials to research primary sources and create original pieces, from which the morning program of student work is drawn. Emphasizing the significance of students having the opportunity to perform on the Mortenson stage of the Bushnell Center and to be enthusiastic audience members for each…
Molly Smith, Maryland History Teacher of the Year, Molly Smith, Friends School of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland Molly Smith, Friends School of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 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. , Tell us one fun…
Brinda Tahiliani, Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year, Brinda Tahilani, New Mission Collegiate Academy, Hyde Park, Massachusetts Brinda Tahilani, New Mission Collegiate Academy, Hyde Park, Massachusetts 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…
Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History have announced the finalists for the 2019 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize , awarded annually to a work that enhances the general public’s understanding of the Civil War era. Richard J. M. Blackett, The Captive’s Quest for Freedom: Fugitive Slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the Politics of Slavery (Cambridge University Press) David Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Simon & Schuster) William W. Freehling, Becoming Lincoln (University of Virginia Press) Joanne B. Freeman, The Field of Blood: Violence in…
Image from Frederick Douglass's second auto-biography, 1855 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC05820), available at the Gilder Lehrman Institute History Shop. Image from Frederick Douglass's second auto-biography, 1855 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC05820), available at the Gilder Lehrman Institute History Shop. Frederick Douglass, the “Prophet of Freedom,” was a prolific writer and speaker whose legacy of activism continues to inspire the world. The Gilder Lehrman Institute is fortunate to have several original Frederick Douglass documents in its Collection and has amassed many scholarly…
Adam Hellebuyck, Michigan State History Teacher of the Year, Adam Hellebuyck, University Liggett School, Grosse Point Woods, Michigan Adam Hellebuyck, University Liggett School, Grosse Point Woods, Michigan 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…
For the 2019 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award , up to fifteen outstanding college students will be recognized for excellence in American history or American studies as well as commitment to public service, leadership, and community involvement., For the first time, college freshmen and sophomores students may apply along with juniors and seniors., 2018 History Scholar Award winners with Education Program Coordinator Jamie Marcus 2018 History Scholar Award winners with Education Program Coordinator Jamie Marcus The winners will Spend six days in New York City, June 2–7, 2019 Participate in…
Heather Loeschke, Minnesota History Teacher of the Year, Heather Loeschke, Cannon Falls Independent School District, Cannon Falls, Minnesota 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 moment from teaching?, I…
2019 History Scholars in the Gilder Lehrman Collection with Assistant Curator Allison Kraft 2019 History Scholars in the Gilder Lehrman Collection with Assistant Curator Allison Kraft Since 2012, the Gilder Lehrman Institute has recognized up to fifteen outstanding college students for excellence in American history or American studies as well as commitment to public service, leadership, and community involvement as Gilder Lehrman History Scholars. The Scholars come to New York City to participate in a program of special presentations, including meetings with eminent scholars. They experience…
Chuck Taft, Wisconsin History Teacher of the Year, 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. Chuck Taft, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Chuck Taft, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Do you have a…
So many things could have gone wrong with the invasion of Normandy, but D-Day proved to be the beginning of the end of the war in Europe, as Germany faced a full-scale assault on two fronts with the full determination of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and the American, British, and Canadian military. To commemorate the historic anniversary, the Gilder Lehrman Institute offers an essay on Operation Overlord by Antony Beevor, two letters written on D-Day by a soldier and his wife, and this video on D-Day by Professor Michael Neiberg, below. The video is from our new Self-Paced Course on World War…
Graduates of the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program (from left) Elizabeth Shaver, Lisa Kallmes, Susan Weaver Johnson, Kim Denning-Knapp Graduates of the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program (from left) Elizabeth Shaver, Lisa Kallmes, Susan Weaver Johnson, Kim Denning-Knapp In May 2019, forty-eight participants in the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program from across the country completed their master’s degree in American history. Approximately half of them attended the graduation ceremony at Radio City Music Hall with other graduates of Pace…
Peace Congress, Versailles 1919, Session of 28 June 1919: Agenda. (Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC00752) Peace Congress, Versailles 1919, Session of 28 June 1919: Agenda. (Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC00752) 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-year program to educate teachers and students on World War I through a series of more than 100 teaching events nationwide, including workshops and webinars.…
Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., speaks at Pace University for a Gilder Lehrman Institute event. Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., speaks at Pace University for a Gilder Lehrman Institute event. On Friday, May 31, 2019, the Gilder Lehrman Institute and Pace University hosted a book talk and screening with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Professor Gates is also an Emmy Award–winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, and…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is now offering three new Self-Paced Courses with distinguished professors Carol Berkin, Lucas Morel, and Michael Neiberg, perfect for summer professional development and general interest. Each course, composed of twelve lectures, was originally presented as part of the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program., WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, with Professor Carol Berkin, Professor Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History at Baruch College and a member of the history faculty of the Graduate Center of CUNY Professor Carol Berkin, Presidential…
A Message from President Jim Basker, President Jim Basker 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 Gates, Jr. , at which 260 high school students from Gilder Lehrman Affiliate Schools (of 400 plus attendees) received free copies of Professor Gates’s latest book, Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow, and had the opportunity to preview his new PBS documentary series, Reconstruction:…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is now offering three new Self-Paced Courses with distinguished professors Carol Berkin, Lucas Morel, and Michael Neiberg, perfect for summer professional development and general interest. Each course, composed of twelve lectures, was originally presented as part of the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program and is now available at the History Shop ., RACE AND RIGHTS IN AMERICA, Professor Lucas Morel Professor Lucas Morel with Professor Lucas Morel, Professor of Politics and Head of the Politics Department, Washington and Lee University This course…
There are currently fifty-seven items from the Gilder Lehrman Collection on loan at the Gettysburg National Military Park for an exhibition about American democracy. Among these items are three presidential candidate songbooks from 1856 to 1880 that shed unique light on the concerns, obsessions, and political maneuverings in the lead-up to nineteenth-century elections., Fremont Songs for the People, Fremont Songs for the People, compiled by Thomas Drew (Boston: John P. Jewett and Co., 1856). (Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC08500.02) Fremont Songs for the People, compiled by Thomas Drew (Boston…
On Thursday, June 13, National History Day (NHD) presented the awards for the national finals of the 2019 National History Day Contest. More than half a million students entered the competition last year, and 3,000 of them advanced through the local, state, and affiliate rounds to earn their place in the National Contest held at the University of Maryland, College Park. Many Gilder Lehrman Affiliate Schools participated and 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…
Carolyn Katz has extensive experience with evolving and fast-growing companies, from small start-ups to public multinationals. As a managing director at Goldman Sachs, she ran the credit research department and specialized in early-stage communications companies and technologies, before moving to investment banking, where she co-managed the group responsible for providing financial and strategic advice to these and larger, multinational firms. At Providence Equity Partners, she focused on venture capital investments in and support of smaller, early-stage private companies. She then founded…
Mark Shafir is the co-head of global mergers & acquisitions at Citi. He has thirty-four years of experience advising clients and leading top M&A teams. Prior to joining Citi in 2008, Mark was head of global M&A at Lehman Brothers. He is on the Board of Governors of Multiplying Good, the largest and most prestigious platform for public service in America, and frequently appears on CNBC and Bloomberg television on M&A matters. Mark holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, and was a Marshall Scholar at Kings College, Cambridge…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for the Fall 2019 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History for K–12 teachers affiliated with the Gilder Lehrman Institute. The online program offers a unique and affordable 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 Program is currently one of the largest online graduate programs offered by Dyson College at Pace…
Credit: Tracy Geahan The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce that Sara Ziemnik of Rocky River, Ohio, has been named the 2017 National History Teacher of the Year . Ziemnik will be honored at a ceremony in New York on November 8, where Pulitzer Prize – winning historian Eric Foner will present her with the award and a prize of $10,000. Ziemnik has taught American history and world history for seventeen years at Rocky River High School, where she encourages her students to learn from one another, centering her classroom around debate, discussion, and inquisitive…