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The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the Spring 2022 issue of History Now, The Honored Dead: African American Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Burial Grounds.
Commemorating the lives of African Americans from the colonial era through the twentieth century, this issue of History Now explores the burial sites of people both enslaved and free, military and civilian, anonymous and renowned. Studying these historic burial grounds is a powerful way to foreground the Black experience in the story of the nation’s past.
The following five essays are featured in…
In partnership with the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program, we are pleased to offer free in-person professional development sessions in the spring of 2022. These sessions will focus on different aspects of America’s Unseen Soldiers and how to effectively bring that content back to the classroom. Each will be held in a historic cemetery in the United States.
March 26, 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. PST
Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, CA
Scholar Talk by Simeon Man, Associate History of Professor, University of California,…
2022 is the 28th year that the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is offering teachers the opportunity to study in seminars with eminent American history professors and dive deep into primary sources with master teachers through Teacher Seminars.
We will be offering 21 different seminars online this summer from June 20 to August 11, 2022.
Teachers are welcomed and encouraged to register for as many seminars as they like.
Each Teacher Seminar includes the following:
Between 9 and 15 hours of video lectures by leading historians
MP3…
The AP US Government and Politics test requires strong knowledge of fifteen landmark Supreme Court cases considered to offer a range of significant Constitutional questions. This course will involve in-depth study and analysis of those fifteen cases. We will focus on each case by exploring the background, message, and impact of each on American history and government. In addition, we will discuss how these cases might be used on the AP exam to increase students’ confidence in preparing for the test.
Key Information
The course begins on Thursday, July 7,…
Prepare for adventure! Put on your virtual hiking boots, find your binoculars, and bring plenty of drinking water. You are about to discover some of America’s greatest treasures in a trek through its national parks. You’re headed to six historical and natural parks to sample what the US has to offer. Connect live with rangers at the sites and learn more about your own courage, impact, responsibility, legacy, resilience, and vision along the way.
Each week, students will “visit” a different National Park Service site from historic sites to natural parks. They will get to learn about the…
The goal of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to explore history through six modes of expression that are connected to the lived experiences of young people in the United States. We’ll be exploring histories of play, food, music, dance, sports, and visual arts. Many of the things that we do to express ourselves are rooted in important cultural traditions, experiences, and personal and collective histories. This course is designed to provide a space to share and learn about the shared historical aspects of our humanity in the context of living in the United States while…
This course will introduce students to the nine periods covered by the College Board’s AP United States History curriculum. Students will use the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s APUSH Study Guide and primary source documents to discuss major historical topics. Additionally, this course will focus on strategies for reading and writing that will prove essential for any student planning to take the APUSH exam during the 2022–2023 school year. The aim is to enable students to get the highest possible score on the exam and to come away with a deeper understanding of American history.
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How did the United States justify fighting for freedom abroad while segregation persisted on the home front? Should the government have the right to limit citizens’ freedom of speech during wartime? These are some of the questions that this course will explore. Overall, this course will examine how America’s participation in each war shaped events and experiences at home. Some of the topics covered in the course include race, immigration, the national economy, and women’s rights, among many others. Each class will feature lectures, class discussions, and primary and secondary source …
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, 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 Gilder Lehrman Master Teachers. All…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to announce this year's Richard Gilder History Prize, a student giveaway that celebrates the life and legacy of the Gilder Lehrman Institute's co-founder, Richard Gilder.
Teachers will receive a free copy of renowned historian David McCullough's bestselling book The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For to award to a promising and passionate history student of their choice. Books will be sent directly to teachers—we are happy to send to your school or home—for distribution.
In addition, all teachers will receive a free copy of American…
All K–12 teachers can register for free to attend via Zoom any live lecture at the Reframing Lincoln: Myth, Memory, and Changing Narratives Symposium. You can find dates, times, and guest lecturers below.
Jonathan W. White, the symposium’s director, is an associate professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University and the author or editor of more than ten books, including A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House (2021), I Address You As My Friend: African American Letters to Abraham Lincoln (2021), Emancipation, the Union Army, and…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute now offers free, graduate-level American history courses for high school students with History U.
The History U program lets high school students explore American history with top scholars, via modified versions of our MA in American History courses.
Our first three History U courses are
American Immigration History: People, Patterns, and Policy led by Madeline Hsu (University of Texas at Austin)
Black Women’s History led by Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley College)
Foundations of American Government led by Denver Brunsman (George Washington…
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.
Finding Inspiration from the Boston Massacre for EduHam Online Pieces
In 1768, British soldiers were sent to Boston to stop the riots resulting from the Townshend Acts. Eventually, 2,000 soldiers occupied Boston, a city with a…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute welcomes you to spring with a host of new and familiar programs for teachers and students in our Spring 2022 Newsletter!
Highlights include
Spring and summer professional development opportunities for teachers, including our first ever Teacher Symposium and our spring How Did We Get Here? programs
A look at our partnership with the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Project
Contests, scholarships, and other ways K–12 students can explore American history with the Gilder Lehrman Institute and the Gilder Lehrman Collection
Book Prize…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is excited to offer two new Self-Paced Courses.
Chinese in the United States, led by Madeline Y. Hsu, University of Texas at Austin
The 1960s in Historical Perspective, led by Michael Flamm, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Michael Kazin, Georgetown University
Chinese in the United States
Considering US history through the lens of Chinese experiences emphasizes the national development of ideas and practices concerning immigration controls, rights to citizenship, multiracial societies, forms of…
Participants across all twenty-one Teacher Seminars, the Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium, and the in-person and online programming as part of the Reframing Lincoln Symposium have exclusive complimentary access to our Special Topics in History series held this summer. These two-hour-long sessions feature deep dives into topics, eras, and special themes, led by staff and faculty at seven outstanding historical institutions. You can watch the recordings of each session below.
Special Topics in History Schedule
Session Date and Time
Session Topic and…
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.
Join us on April 7, 2022, from 7:00 to 8:00 p…
The new Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History gives K–12 teachers the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree without leaving home
New York, NY, April 5, 2022 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College have partnered to offer an affordable, fully online master’s degree program—led by renowned, award-winning historians—that brings together the leading non-profit American history organization and one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges.
The Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History is…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History provides annual short-term research fellowships in the amount of $3000 each to undergraduate students majoring or minoring in History, American Studies, Africana, Political Science, or related fields. International college students are eligible to apply.
Launched in 2022, this program enables young historians to do research primarily at the Gilder Lehrman Collection—a repository containing more than eighty thousand items documenting the political, social, and economic history of the United States—and also at other archives in New York City…
FELLOWS ARE REQUIRED TO
Undertake their research in New York City between June 1, 2023, and January 31, 2024
Visit the office of the Gilder Lehrman Institute during their research trip to New York City
Submit a report of 500–750 words on the results of their research, plus a separate paragraph documenting the archival collections consulted during the term of the fellowship
TO APPLY, CANDIDATES MUST SUBMIT
A brief project proposal (up to two pages) including a 2–3 paragraph summation of your research and a list of five documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection to…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College have partnered to offer the new Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History, an affordable, fully online master’s degree program, led by renowned, award-winning historians, that brings together the leading non-profit American history organization and one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges.
The Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History is open to K–12 educators, librarians, district supervisors, National Park Service employees, and museum professionals. Beginning September 2022, a full…
What has been the US position on involvement in the Soviet or former Soviet states, including in relationship to NATO?
In what ways has US soft power and military power evolved, especially in relation to Russia?
What has been the effect of US foreign policy domestically and on the rest of the world?
To understand present crises and how the future might play out, historical context is vital.
We offer these resources to teachers, from primary source documents to relevant background reading and viewing from eminent scholars in the field:
America between…
Gilder Lehrman Institute Teacher Seminars—part of our 2022 Summer PD programming–will be held online this summer, which means you can do them from anywhere, even on vacation. But the quality is still top notch in terms of content-rich courses—everything from Revolutionary America to Black Women's History, World War II to the Vietnam War, American Immigration History to American Indian History.
With so many to choose from, we highlight here and in subsequent News the professors and…
What is Book Breaks?
Book Breaks is a weekly interview and Q&A series with historians held every Sunday at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) on Zoom. Every single program is available for on-demand viewing in our Book Breaks archive!
Our guests have included David Blight, Eric Foner, Annette Gordon-Reed, Clint Smith, Peniel Joseph, and Elizabeth Varon.
A Book Breaks subscription includes
Full access to one year of weekly live programs
Unlimited access to our ever-expanding Book Breaks archive, featuring more than ninety sessions with the nation’s leading historians.
I am a…
In partnership with the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program, we are pleased to offer free in-person professional development sessions in the spring of 2022. These sessions will focus on different aspects of America’s Unseen Soldiers and how to effectively bring that content back to the classroom. Each will be held in a historic cemetery in the United States.
April 23, 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. CT
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood and Hilton Garden Inn in Chicago, IL
Scholar Talk by Steven Rosales, Associate Professor of…