Gilder Lehrman Institute Of American History

A MORE PERFECT UNION

GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE HISTORY SCHOOLS PROGRAM TRANSFORMATION

"THE LONG ROAD: AMERICA'S CIVIL RIGHTS STORY"

K-12 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH - VETERANS LEGACY PROGRAM: THE NEW PROJECT, TITLED WORLD WAR II: PORTRAITS OF SERVICE, WILL INCLUDE THE CREATION OF FIVE LESSON PLANS, TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND A TRAVELING EXHIBIT ALL CENTERED AROUND MEMBERS OF THE GREATEST GENERATION WHOSE STORIES HAVE REMAINED UNTOLD. A PORTRAITS OF SERVICE AWARD WILL BE GIVEN TO 10 STUDENTS WHOSE WORK EXCELS IN HONORING THESE VETERANS.

REVISITING THE FOUNDING ERA

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A MAN OF HIS TIME, A MAN FOR ALL TIMES, A TRAVELING EXHIBITION

K-12 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH - VETERANS LEGACY PROGRAM: GLI’S NEW PROJECT, TITLED “VIETNAM VETERANS: LEGACIES OF SERVICE,” WILL COMMEMORATE VIETNAM VETERANS AND SERVICE MEMBERS INTERRED IN VA NATIONAL OR GRANT-FUNDED CEMETERIES. THE PROJECT WILL EXPLORE THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM ERA, WHY THEY SERVED, WHERE THEY SERVED, AND, IMPORTANTLY, HOW VETERANS CONTINUED TO SERVE THEIR FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, FELLOW VETERANS, AND THE NATION AFTER THE WAR. GLI WILL CREATE LESSON PLANS, CONDUCT TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND INSTITUTE A LEGACIES OF SERVICE AWARD FOR STUDENTS WHOSE WORK EXCELS IN HONORING THESE VETERANS.

K-12 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH – VETERANS LEGACY PROGRAM: THE NEW PROJECT, TITLED THEIR LAST FULL MEASURE: AMERICANS ON THE BATTLEFIELD, WILL INCLUDE THE CREATION OF VARIOUS LESSON PLANS CENTERED AROUND VETERANS WHO SERVED IN MAJOR MILITARY CONFLICTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO CREATE SIX PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS AVAILABLE FOR EDUCATORS SEEKING TO INTRODUCE THESE LESSONS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS.

THE MAKING OF AMERICA: COLONIAL ERA TO RECONSTRUCTION [THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY (GLI) IS REQUESTING A SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR K-12 EDUCATORS GRANT FOR AN INNOVATIVE TWO-WEEK RESIDENTIAL SUMMER INSTITUTE (LEVEL II) ON AMERICAN HISTORY FROM THE LATE FIFTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY FOR 36 ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS. SCHEDULED FOR JULY 9-22, 2023, ?THE MAKING OF AMERICA: COLONIAL ERA TO RECONSTRUCTION? WILL TAKE PLACE IN PERSON AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND BUILD ON THE SUCCESSFUL LEVEL I VIRTUAL NEH INSTITUTE OF THE SAME NAME DURING JULY 2021. ?THE MAKING OF AMERICA: COLONIAL ERA TO RECONSTRUCTION? IS PURPOSEFULLY BROAD IN SCOPE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF UNDERSERVED K-8 EDUCATORS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE HAD LITTLE OR NO COURSEWORK IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE INSTITUTE WILL FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE, IDEAS, AND EVENTS THAT MADE AMERICA INTO A CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL REALITY.]

PACIFIC CROSSINGS: ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HISTORIES, 1870S TO THE PRESENT [THIS INSTITUTE, DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR GRADE 6-12 TEACHERS, WILL EXPLORE THE INTERSECTION OF THE IM/MIGRANT AND RACIALIZED EXPERIENCES OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER POPULATIONS. THE INSTITUTE WILL FEATURE LEADING SCHOLARS ON THE TOPIC AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THESE COMMUNITIES, THEREBY LETTING THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS WHO MADE AND ARE MAKING HISTORY SHARE THEIR OWN HISTORY. THE INSTITUTE WILL ALSO RECOGNIZE THE RESILIENCE AND HONOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THESE GROUPS. FRAMED MOST BROADLY, SHIFTING THE FOCUS OF AMERICAN HISTORY TO ASIA AND THE PACIFIC WORLD EQUIPS EDUCATORS TO PUT EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN HISTORIES CENTERED AROUND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE HISTORICAL LEGACIES OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER EXPERIENCES AND MIGRATIONS ACROSS THE PACIFIC. THIS INSTITUTE PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH RIGOROUS, RESEARCH-BASED CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES EASILY ADAPTABLE TO THEIR CLASSROOMS.]

EMPIRE CITY: NEW YORK CITY FROM 1877-2001: AN NEH LANDMARKS WORKSHOP FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS

IMMIGRANT METROPOLIS: NEW YORK CITY FROM 1880 TO 1929

PIVOTING TO FILL THE GAP IN HISTORY EDUCATION THROUGH DIGITAL PROGRAMMING

THE LOST WORLD OF EARLY AMERICA

THE MAKING OF AMERICA: COLONIAL ERA TO RECONSTRUCTION

THE LONG STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AT 250 [THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY (GLI) IS REQUESTING AN EXHIBITIONS PLANNING GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH). THIS PROPOSAL, ENTITLED THE LONG STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AT 250, IS IN RESPONSE TO THE NEH?S PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROJECTS RFP FOR THE PLANNING OF 1) AN INNOVATIVE TRAVELING EXHIBITION (CREATED IN PRINT AND DIGITAL FORMS), 2) SCHOLAR-LED, COMMUNITY-BASED CONVERSATIONS AND PROGRAMMING IN RURAL AND SMALL URBAN-AREA PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN 25 STATES ACROSS FIVE REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY, AND 3) A WEALTH OF ONLINE RESOURCES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, INCLUDING TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND FAMILIES. THE ONLINE MATERIALS WOULD SUPPORT AND EXPAND UPON THE CONTENT PRESENTED IN THE TRAVELING EXHIBITION AND IN THE LOCAL FORUMS, AND WOULD ALSO STAND ON THEIR OWN FOR VIEWERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE IN-PERSON PROGRAM.]

THE FREEDOM TO MOVE: ADDRESSING IMMIGRATION EMIGRATION AND FORCED MIGRATION IN U.S. HISTORY

50TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMS: GREENSBORO LUNCH COUNTER SIT-IN

IN RECOGNITION OF THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY FOR HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET THEIR OWN HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF

BASE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NPS AND GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE