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Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online, the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the Founding Era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g., a song, rap, poem, or scene) following the model used by Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the musical HAMILTON.
Battle of Yorktown, the decisive battle of the American Revolutionary War, took place in October 1781. George Washington's army, with help from the French, surrounded General Charles Cornwallis's army and forced them under siege to…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 David McCullough Essay Prizes. Named for David McCullough—Pulitzer and National Book Award–winning historian and member of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Board of Trustees—and honoring his career telling America’s stories and examining its histories, this contest recognizes outstanding high school student research essays with cash prizes of up to $10,000.
2021 Contest Winners
More than seventy rising 11th and 12th grade students in our National Academy of American History and Civics…
Professor Eric Rauchway, from the University of California, Davis, considers the causes and consequences of the economic slump of 1929–1933 with the economic recovery of 1933–1941 under the New Deal in an exciting new course offered by the Gilder Lehrman Institute as part of its Self-Paced Courses program.
The Great Depression and the New Deal examines the scope and effects of the Great Depression, considering particularly how it placed democratic institutions in peril and contributed to the rise of fascist movements. The course then considers the New Deal not only as a program for…
Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is an online program that explores unique primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. From iconic historical treasures, such as the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and the Emancipation Proclamation, to personal letters that reveal the contributions of ordinary American citizens, each session investigates primary sources and features a discussion with expert historians and curators about the documents’ background, impact, and potential use in the classroom.
Please join us this Thursday, November 4 at 7…
Since the summer of 2020, the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Book Breaks has featured the most exciting history scholars in America discussing their books live with Book Breaks hosts followed by a Q&A with home audiences.
Upcoming books featured in November delve deeply into the historical contexts of familiar eras, from the American Revolution to the Cold War, and seek to explain the rise to power of contemporary leaders and their antagonists.
These books are all available at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop.
Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War…
This fall term marks the fourth year of the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program. During the past nine terms, we have offered 30 courses, admitted 1,500 students, and conferred 277 degrees––thanks to our cohort, faculty, and administrators. To highlight where we have been and where we are heading, we have created this MA Program newsletter. Published each term, it will keep you apprised of student and alumni accomplishments, upcoming courses, and Abraham Lincoln Scholarship recipients.
Student and Alumni Accomplishment
Kim Denning-Knapp…
Bruce S. Gordon is the former president and CEO of the NAACP. He was appointed in August 2005. Prior to that, Gordon had a 35-year career in telecommunications. His final role was as president of the Retail Markets Group for Verizon Communications.
Gordon is the former chairman of the board of ADT Corporation and previously served on the boards of Northrop Grumman, CBS Corporation, Tyco International, Southern Company, Office Depot, Best Foods, Infinity Broadcasting, and Bartech Group. He currently serves as president of the Newport Festivals Foundation Board. Previously, Gordon served on…
Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online, the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the Founding Era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g., a song, rap, poem, or scene) following the model used by Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the musical HAMILTON.
Live Workshop with GLI Senior Education Fellows on November 15
Any teacher wondering how to get their students to create an EduHam piece can get expert advice in real time from Gilder Lehrman Senior Education Fellows…
Immigration: Our American Story is a six-video course featuring lectures by Professor Vincent Cannato from the University of Massachusetts Boston. These 30-minute videos are designed for high school students to explore American immigration from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries. They are free and open to the public and can be viewed at your own pace. Closed captioning and Spanish subtitles are available.
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The United States is a nation of immigrants, and immigration has always been a part of the American experience. If we think like historians, we can analyze…
This holiday season the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s staff is recommending their favorite books, which can be purchased from the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop.
Over the next four weeks, we will feature GLI staff members explaining why they chose their books. This week, we feature veteran Education Department staffer Daniel Pecoraro and one of the newer members of the GLI team, Nathaniel Weisberg, Book Breaks and Program Coordinator.
Daniel Pecoraro’s Picks
Daniel Pecoraro is a Senior Program Manager at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. He is part of the…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute provides annual short-term research fellowships in the amount of $3,000 each to doctoral candidates, college and university faculty at every rank, and independent scholars working in the field of American history. The fellowships support research at archives in New York City, including the Gilder Lehrman Collection, the New York Public Library, the Schomburg Center, the New-York Historical Society, and the Columbia University Libraries. Since 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute has awarded a total of 683 fellowships.
This year, thanks to generous donations to…
NEW HAVEN, November 23, 2021 — Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition today has announced the winners for the twenty-third annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize, one of the most coveted awards for the study of the African American experience. The 2021 Prize will be shared by two scholars. The co-winners are Vincent Brown for Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press) and Marjoleine Kars for Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast…
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition today has announced the winners for the twenty-third annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize, one of the most coveted awards for the study of the African American experience. The 2021 Prize will be shared by two scholars. The co-winners are Vincent Brown for Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press) and Marjoleine Kars for Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast (The New Press).
Jointly sponsored by the Gilder…
This holiday season, the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s staff recommends their favorite history books, all of which can be purchased from the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop.
Today, we feature GLI staff members Cassidy Hooker, Alinda Borell, Peter Shea, and Marissa Cheifetz explaining why they chose their books, all of which would make fun holiday gifts.
Cassidy Hooker, Special Events and Operations Manager
Cassidy leads the full life cycle of events at GLI, including the Institute’s annual gala, award ceremonies, book prizes, book talks, and other donor cultivation…
Dear Friend of the Gilder Lehrman Institute,
Only 15% of eighth graders across the country are proficient in US history.
Only 23% of them are competent in civics.
These statistics represent a significant decline since 2014, according to the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress report.
Last year, many K–12 US history classes were significantly pared back. Teachers and students alike experienced massive school disruptions. Educators now have the herculean task of teaching a year’s worth of new curriculum while addressing…
Rise, an initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, is a global talent program that supports extraordinary young people who need opportunity for life as they use their talents to serve others.
In November 2020, teachers in the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Affiliate School Program were invited to nominate two students between the ages of 15 and 17 for the inaugural Gilder Lehrman-Rise Prize, a collaboration between the Gilder Lehrman Institute and Rise. Each of the 3,787 nominated students was given the chance to apply for a Rise Global Scholarship and received a free copy of Ron…
“In Their Own Words” is a new essay contest open to high school students at Gilder Lehrman Affiliate Schools.
The contest offers students the opportunity to examine primary sources in the Gilder Lehrman Collection and to demonstrate their skills in historical interpretation and textual analysis.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to offer
Ten $500 essay prizes for high school students in grades 10–12
Ten $250 prizes for each winner’s teacher for history programming or classroom resources
In order to participate, teachers and students must complete the following steps…
Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online, the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the Founding Era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g., a song, rap, poem, or scene) following the model used by Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the musical Hamilton.
The deadline for submitting performance pieces for this year’s EduHam Online Contest is December 16, a significant date in American history.
On December 16, 1773, American colonists, protesting Britain’s taxation without…
This holiday season, the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s staff recommends their favorite history books, all of which can be purchased from the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop.
Today, we feature GLI staff members Mindy DePalma, Sasha Rolón Pereira, and Jonathan Anderson explaining why they chose their books, all of which focus on twentieth-century American history.
Mindy DePalma, Director of Publications and Multimedia
Mindy has been the Director of Publications and Multimedia at GLI since 2017. She manages all digital resources and technology with a team that spans website development, database…
Dear Friend of the Gilder Lehrman Institute,
Only 15% of eighth graders across the country are proficient in US history.
Only 23% of them are competent in civics.
These statistics represent a profound decline since 2014, according to the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress report.
Last year, many K–12 US history classes were significantly pared back. Teachers and students alike experienced massive school disruptions. Educators now have the herculean task of teaching a year’s worth of new curriculum while addressing significant pandemic learning…
2021 ends on several high notes for the Gilder Lehrman Institute, which we are pleased to share through our Year End Newsletter.
We just welcomed our 30,000th Affiliate School—Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
We have a new student essay contest and new scholarship opportunities for students, as well as new professional development to offer teachers.
We celebrate all of our 2021 Book Prize winners.
We look to all the history we can share with you in the holiday season with our Gift Shop and Book Shop.
Find all this and more in our 2021 Year End Newsletter…
On November 30, 2021, the Reverend C. Herbert Oliver, a civil rights activist who, as executive secretary of the Inter-Citizens Committee, documented police brutality against African Americans in Alabama in the early 1960s and later fought for public school reform in New York City, passed away at the age of 96.
In 2018, the Gilder Lehrman Institute was honored to have had Rev. Oliver visit the Collection to be interviewed about documents he had a direct hand in creating, particularly his “Report on Birmingham” of September 20, 1963, compiled five days after the bombing of the…
Book Breaks, the live weekly online program on which the most exciting history scholars in America discuss their books and answer audience questions, began during the pandemic as a way to bring the nation’s leading historians into the homes of teachers, students, and history lovers everywhere. Since then, it has reached more than 60,000 viewers in 84 countries.
As Book Breaks has grown into a permanent weekly offering, so have the demands of running it. To ensure that Book Breaks will remain free for K–12 teachers and students everywhere, Book Breaks will become a…
Professional Development on Topical Issues
The How Did We Get Here? professional development series provides teachers with ready-made, classroom-friendly resources on topics in American history that are front-and-center in current events, such as the Great Migration, US foreign policy from before World War I to now, and the experiences of American Indians, Asian Americans, Latino and Latina Americans, and the LGBTQ community.
The programs, held online on Zoom, feature lectures by leading scholars of American history and expert advice for teaching these topics in the classroom from some…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is proud to partner with Hamilton on the Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement. The award supports college-bound high school juniors from communities that directly experience the consequences of social injustice and/or discrimination.
This award will provide up to ten students $3,500 each for educational purposes in 2022. The $3,500 award must be used toward educational purposes, which may include
Test preparation courses
Tutoring
College visits
Technology, including laptops, tablets, or other electronic…