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In partnership with the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program, we are pleased to offer free professional development sessions in spring 2024 focusing on different aspects of American Veterans’ and Service Members’...
Infographic: The Vietnam War Military Statistics
Download Infographic as PDF Questions for Discussion In what year were the greatest number of US service members stationed in Vietnam? In what year were there the greatest number of US battle deaths in Vietnam? How many...
America's First Civil Rights Movement (Teacher Seminar Online)
America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from Revolution to Reconstruction Lead Scholar : Kate Masur, Northwestern University Master Teacher : Kory Loyola Partner Organization: The Historic New Orleans Collection Live Session Dates : Week of August 5...
National Book Prizes | Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
The Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War soldier, or the American Civil War era. The $50,000 prize was established in 1990 by Richard...
Period 1: 1491–1607
Period 1: 1491-1607 On a North American continent controlled by American Indians, contact among the peoples of Europe, the Americas, and West Africa created a new world. Topics may include Native American Societies before European Contact European...
American Indians
If history is the story of what people have done, then American history began thousands of years ago, and by far most of it is that of Indian peoples and their ancestors before Europeans arrived. Historians, however, disagree over...
National History Teacher of the Year | Eligibility
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...
Scholarly Advisory Board
Cawo Abdi, Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota Lauren Acker, History Instructor Pasadena City College Laura Rosanne Adderley, Associate Professor of African Diaspora History Tulane University Westenley Alcenat, Assistant...
The Early Republic
The Early Republic Led by : Prof. Alan Taylor (University of Virginia) Course Number : AMHI 630 Semesters : Summer 2024 Image: Joseph Laing, Inauguration of Gen. George Washington , published by William Blackman, New York, NY, ca. 1870s (The Gilder...
The American West
The American West Led by : Prof. Elliott West (University of Arkansas) Course Number : AMHI 632 Semesters : Spring 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2024 Image : William Hicks Jackson, Walpi Pueblo First Hopi Mesa, Arizona (The Gilder Lehrman Institute,...
The History of American Protest
The History of American Protest Led by : Prof. John Stauffer (Harvard University) Course Number : AMHI 691 Semesters : Fall 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2024 Image: Warren K. Leffler, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963 (Library...
World War I
World War I (A Six-Week Compressed Course, Term I) Led by : Prof. Michael Neiberg (US Army War College) Course Number : AMHI 655 Semesters : Summer 2017, Summer 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2024 (Term I) Image: Adolph Treidler, For Every Fighter a...
World War II
World War II (A Six-Week Compressed Course, Term II) Led by : Prof. Michael Neiberg (US Army War College) Course Number : AMHI 656 Semesters : Fall 2018, Summer 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2024 (Term II) Image: A photograph of President Franklin D....
Black Women's History
Black Women's History (A Six-Week Compressed Course, Term II) Led by : Prof. Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley College) Course Number : AMHI 675 Semesters : Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Spring 2023, Summer 2024 (Term II) Image: Shirley Chisholm campaign...
Historiography and Historical Methods
Historiography and Historical Methods Led by : Andrew Robertson (Lehman College and The Graduate Center, CUNY) Course Number : AMHI 698 Semesters : All semesters Image: Title page from Mercy Otis Warren’s History of the Rise, Progress and...
Capstone in American History
Capstone in American History Course Number : AMHI 699 Semesters : All semesters Image: Photograph of John Quincy Adams Ward’s Stock Exchange Pediment, 1903 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC06343.038)
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AP US Government and Politics | History School (2024)
AP US Government and Politics: The US Constitution Master Teachers: Lois MacMillan, Tyler Nice, Amy Palo, and Ryan Werenka Course Dates: July 11–August 15, 2024 Live Session Time Slot: Thursdays, 5–6 p.m. ET Online Platform: Zoom Eligibility : High...
Environmentalism, Love Canal, and Lois Gibbs, 1953-1997
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Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Speech Teaching Civics through History In this unit, students will develop knowledgeable and well-reasoned points of view on the history of free speech in the United States. Image Source : Stump Speaking by George C. Bingham, published by...
Federal, State, and Tribal Governance
Federal, State, and Tribal Governance Teaching Civics through History In this unit, students will learn how federalism forms the basis of the relationship between national, state, and tribal governments in the United States. Image Source: Map...
AP US History | History School (2024)
AP United States History: "Complex Understanding" Master Teacher: Sara Ziemnik Course Dates: July 2–August 13, 2024 Live Session Time Slot: Tuesdays, 5–6 p.m. ET Online Platform: Zoom Eligibility : High school students (grades 9–12) Deadline to...
History School
This summer we are offering three AP prep courses led by Gilder Lehrman master teachers. AP US History: "Complex Understanding": July 2–August 13 AP African American Studies: An Overview: July 10–August 14 AP US Government and Politics: The US...
Reconstruction and Resistance
Reconstruction and Resistance: Constructing a Nation Led by : Prof. Kermit Roosevelt III (University of Pennsylvania) Course Number : AMHI 646 Semesters : Summer 2024 Image: Engraving of five African American members of Congress, ca. 1870 (The...
History School | Hamilton's World: Founding Era Documents
How did the United States become a country? How do we know that we have the real story? We know because we have evidence written and created by people who lived at that time. For four classes we are going to look at some of that...
Internship Program
Applications for Summer 2024 are now closed. 2024–2025 Academic Year Applications for the 2024–2025 Academic Year will open by the end of May 2024. If you would like to be notified about internships as they become available, please complete the...
Harold Holzer - "Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration"
Harold Holzer is a scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the American Civil War era. He serves as Jonathan F. Fanton Director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College. Order Brought Forth on...
Dora Dougherty Strother McKeown, Women Airforce Service Pilot in World War II
When Dora Dougherty Strother McKeown was just a kid she couldn’t wait for Sunday. For every Sunday her entire family would climb into their old Oakland motor car and drive to the airport to spend the day watching planes fly. It had...
The Life and Death of Roger Romine: A Tuskegee Airman Gone Too Soon
The Tuskegee Airmen were an elite group of African American pilots and support personnel who fought in World War II. Their relevance in the African American struggle for equality and respect cannot be overstated. During World War II,...
Jack Cleveland Montgomery: Peace to War and Back Again
Few combat veterans have seemingly overcome the trauma that comes with their terrifying, horrific experiences. Most, in fact, suffer from the mild to severe effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and undergo flashbacks,...
Harry Katsuharu Fukuhara: A Life of Service in War and Peace
Harry peered at the document aboard the transport ship bound for the Pacific. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had written to the American troops, “Upon the outcome depends the freedom of your lives: the freedom of the lives of...
"Courage to Face the Unknown": The World War II Service and Legacy of Celina Baez Sotomayor
During the 1940s hundreds of thousands of American women left their hometowns to serve in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), a US Army unit created in World War II to enable women to serve in noncombat positions and “free a man to fight.” ...
From the Editor
This issue of History Now is supported by the Veterans Legacy Grant Program, an initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs. For most Americans, the sacrifices made by the men and women in the military services command respect...
History U | The American West
The American West This History U course will examine the expansion of the United States to the Pacific, the exploration of the West, the defeat and dispossession and profound tragedy of its Native peoples, and unparalleled environmental...
History U | LGBTQ+ History of the United States: 1800 to the Present
LGBTQ+ History of the United States: 1800 to the Present This History U course traces the history of LGBTQ+ identities, relationships, communities, and politics in the United States from the late eighteenth century to the present, with a primary...
History U | The American Revolution
The American Revolution This History U course focuses on the story of the birth and initial growth of the United States of America. Course Instructor : Professor Carol Berkin, Baruch College and The City University of New York Eligibility : High...
History U | Black Women's History
Black Women's History This History U course focuses on African American women’s history in the United States with certain aspects of Black women’s activism and leadership within the African Diaspora. Course Instructor : Professor Kellie Carter...
History U | Women and Politics in 20th-Century America
Women and Politics in 20th-Century America This History U course examines the struggles and successes of American women fighting for equality in American politics, life, and culture, from the movement for suffrage to campaigns for fair wages. Course...
History U | Lives of the Enslaved
Lives of the Enslaved This History U course will center on the experiences of enslaved men, women, and children rather than view them as objects in other people’s narratives. Course Instructor : Professor Daina Ramey Berry, University of California,...
History U | Origins of the Civil War
Origins of the Civil War This History U course examines various aspects of what historians call “The Crisis of the 1850s,” the crucial decade that ended in the secession of eleven slave states from the Union. Why did they secede? And why didn’t...
History U | AP United States History
AP United States History This History U course reviews the content featured in the nine periods included in the College Board’s AP United States History curriculum. Course Instructor : Master Teacher Sara Ziemnik Eligibility : High school students...
History U | American Indian History: Recasting the Narrative
American Indian History: Recasting the Narrative This History U course will introduce and explore the complexities of American Indian history from the Columbian Exchange through Native activism in the twentieth century. Course Instructor : Professor...
History U | The 1960s in Historical Perspective
The 1960s in Historical Perspective This History U course explores the myths and memories that constitute our perceptions of the 1960s. Course Instructors : Professor Michael Flamm, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Professor Michael Kazin, Georgetown...
History U | Making Modern America
Making Modern America This History U course explores key moments and people in the history of the United States from the end of World War I to the present. Course Instructor : Professor Margaret O’Mara, University of Washington Eligibility : High...
History U | Conflict and Reform: The United States, 1877-1920
Conflict and Reform: The United States, 1877-1920 This History U course is about the history of the United States during a period of great social change and conflict. Course Instructor : Professor Michael Kazin, Georgetown University Eligibility :...
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