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How We Elect a President: The Electoral College (Grades 10–12)
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This lesson on the Electoral College is part of Gilder Lehrman’s series of Common Core State Standards–based teaching resources. These resources were written to enable students to understand, summarize, and analyze original texts and secondary sources of historical significance. Students will demonstrate this knowledge by answering questions that seek to measure their conceptual understanding of the topic as well as engaging them in thoughtful discussions. Students are required to express themselves in writing. Students are asked to not only explain, but make fact-based arguments based on textual evidence.

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History
Social Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
05/10/2024
How We Elect a President: The Electoral College (Grades 7–9)
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This lesson on the Electoral College is part of Gilder Lehrman’s series of Common Core State Standards–based teaching resources. These resources were written to enable students to understand, summarize, and analyze original texts and secondary sources of historical significance. Students will demonstrate this knowledge by answering questions that seek to measure their conceptual understanding of the topic as well as engaging them in thoughtful discussions. Students are required to express themselves in writing. Students are asked to not only explain, but make fact-based arguments based on textual evidence.

Subject:
History
Social Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
05/10/2024
The Independence of the States
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David Armitage, Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University, briefly explores some less obvious aspects of the Declaration of Independence, while also pointing to some of the later declarations heavily influenced by the American document.

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History
Social Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
05/10/2024
Inside the Vault: Benjamin Franklin
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On February 2, 2023, our curators discussed Benjamin Franklin’s copy of the US Constitution and Jean-Antoine Houdon’s bust of Franklin. They were joined by Liz Covart (Founding Director, Colonial Williamsburg Innovation Studios) and Sara Charles (Education Program Manager, Gilder Lehrman Institute). This program was generously sponsored by The Fund for the Endowment of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms.

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History
Social Science
Material Type:
Lecture
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
05/10/2024
Inside the Vault: Constitution Day!
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Originally broadcast on September 17, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection celebrated Constitution Day with rare materials from the Gilder Lehrman Collection: The US Constitution! Gilder Lehrman's curators were joined by Conroe Brookes from Hamilton, and Kevin Cline, 2016 National History Teacher of the Year, to explore these rare documents, learn about their creation, take a close look at how the preamble changed between the first draft and the final copy, and what the Constitution says about voting.

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History
Social Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
05/10/2024
Inside the Vault: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Voting Rights
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On May 4, 2023, our curators were joined by Dr. Andrew Robertson (The Graduate Center and Lehman College, CUNY) to discuss materials related to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century voting rights. Dr. Robertson explained how voting rights were expanded and contracted, from the Revolutionary era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.

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History
Social Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
05/10/2024
Japanese Internment Camps of WWII
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This resource is a 3-activity lesson guide that has students learn about Post-Pearl Harbor America, life in Japanese Internment Camps, and the Legality of Internment Camps. Students will read a few primary sources included excerpts from Korematsu v. US and Endo v. US.

Subject:
Social Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
03/22/2024
Jefferson and the Constitution
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Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia, Peter S. Onuf has written extensively on sectionalism, federalism, and political economy, with a particular emphasis on the political thought of Thomas Jefferson. In this lecture, he looks at Jefferson’s opinions about federal government.

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History
Social Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
05/10/2024
Juneteenth and Emancipation
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This unit is one of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Teaching Literacy through History™ resources, designed to align with the Common Core State Standards. These units were developed to enable students to understand, summarize, and evaluate original sources of historical significance. Through a step-by-step process, students will acquire the skills to analyze, assess, synthesize, and develop knowledgeable and well-reasoned viewpoints on primary source materials.

Subject:
Social Science
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
03/22/2024
Lincoln, Civil Liberties, and the Constitution
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the American Studies Program and History Department of Columbia University have joined together to observe the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth in 1809 and to mark the publication of Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World, edited by Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University (W.W. Norton & Company).

Subject:
History
Social Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
05/10/2024
Lincoln and Presidential Power
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When Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1860, his experience in politics and government included serving in the Illinois legislature and the US House of Representatives. He had also studied law and was licensed to practice law in Illinois at age twenty-seven. This seems like scant experience for a man who would lead a country through its greatest internal challenge. However, Lincoln found a way to draw on his life experience and his professional knowledge to lead the nation with an astuteness and skill that might have escaped a more seasoned politician.

Subject:
Social Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
03/22/2024
Madison and the Constitution
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What was James Madison's background? How did he feel about the idea of democracy? What ideas did he contribute to the drafting of the Constitution? Larry Kramer, Dean at Stanford Law School, discusses Madison's legacy.

Subject:
History
Social Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
05/10/2024
Madison’s Influence on the US Constitution
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Jack Rakove, William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies at Stanford University, briefly discusses James Madison's role in the framing and ratification of the Constitution, as well as the legal approach of Originalism.

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History
Social Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
05/10/2024
Madison’s Role in the Virginia Ratification Convention
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Jack Rakove, William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies at Stanford University, briefly discusses James Madison's role in the framing and ratification of the Constitution, as well as the legal approach of Originalism.

Subject:
History
Social Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Date Added:
05/10/2024
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere: Literature v. History
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This unit is one of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Teaching Literacy through History resources, designed
to align with the Common Core State Standards. These units were developed to enable students to
understand, summarize, and evaluate original materials of historical significance. Through a step-by-step
process, students will acquire the skills to analyze, assess, and develop knowledgeable and well-reasoned
viewpoints on primary sources and literary texts.
Over the course of three lessons the students will compare and contrast two different versions of one of the
most iconic events in American history: the midnight ride of Paul Revere. The comparison will be made
between the poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a description of the event
written by Paul Revere himself. Students will use textual evidence from these two sources to draw their
conclusions and write an argumentative essay.

Subject:
History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Author:
Tim Bailey
Date Added:
03/22/2024
The Monroe Doctrine
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In this unit students will develop a thorough knowledge of the text of the Monroe Doctrine and understand how this document represented a major shift in American foreign policy. Students will demonstrate learning by combining prior knowledge and outside sources to dig deeper and discover more relevant information related to the adoption and application of the Monroe Doctrine throughout United States history.

Subject:
History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Author:
Christopher Gill
Date Added:
03/22/2024