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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The Legal Battle for Racial Equality, 1787 1954
[Free Registration/Login Required] Larry Kramer, Stanford Law School, offers thorough insight into the advancement of Civil Rights. The pursuit of racial equality surfaces during the Civil War and builds through the Civil Rights Movement...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: American History and the World
[Free Registration/Login Required] Thomas Bender presents a documentary tying together American history with the world. He discusses the development of United States nationalism, globalization, and economics during the discovery of the...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Learning From Lincoln
[Free Registration/Login Required] A result of detailed study, scholar Lewis E. Lehrman speaks of what the nation can learn from the model of Abraham Lincoln. He presents an overview of Lincoln's life and the magnitude of his speeches...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Russian American Diplomacy During the Civil War
[Free Registration/Login Required] Historian Norman Saul addresses a crowd discussing why Russia was interested and supportive of the Civil War in America. Russia was also facing unrest over serfdom similar to the conflict over slavery...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Jim Crow and the Fight for American Citizenship
[Free Registration/Login Required] Johnathan Halloway presents a long lecture covering civil rights from the 1920's and 1930's in the United States. Within this presentation, Halloway identifies the historical events and the national...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Earth Day 1970: Teach in Made the Green Generation
[Free Registration/Login Required] Hear Adam Rome discuss his book, Earth Day 1970: The Teach-In That Made the Green Generation, which addresses the reform movement of protecting the environment. The first formal Earth Day took place in...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Inhuman Bondage: Slavery in the New World
[Free Registration/Login Required] Yale University's David Brion Davis presents a lecture focused on how slavery came to be in the early development of the New World and goes on to cover how it falls apart. [49:48]
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: In Hope of Liberty: Northern Free Blacks
Authors and professors James and Lois Horton, present their book, "In Hope of Liberty: Culture, Community and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860." Black Bostonians gave the authors an understanding of slavery and community of...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Generations in Captivity: Slavery in America
[Free Registration/Login Required] Ira Berlin delivers a lecture featuring the premise of his book, Generations in Captivity: Slavery in America. From the early establishment of the settlements in the New World slavery made its presence...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Historical Thinking: Part Ii
Gilder Lehrman Institute video [1:56] discussion teaches students who are studying for the AP U.S. History exam how to think within a historical context.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Historical Thinking: Part Iii
Video [2:57] discussion of what students should know about Advanced Placement historical thinking skills as defined by the College Board. Teaches students how to approach historical argumentation and use of relevant historical evidence.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Historical Thinking: Part Iv
Gilder Lehrman Institute AP preparation video [2:32] discussion for students on how to approach historical interpretation and synthesis based questions.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Study Skills: Db Qs
Video [2:16] instructs students sitting for the AP U.S. History exam on how to approach and answer a Document-Based Essay question (DBQ). Teaches students how to construct strong evidence based essays.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Study Skills: Short Answer
Advanced Placement Study Guide video [2:21] provides sound advice for students on how to approach the Short Answer portion of the AP U.S. History exam.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Study Skills: Multiple Choice
Study Guide video [3:07] offers sound advice on approaching multiple choice questions on the Advanced Placement U.S. History exam.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Historical Thinking, Part I
Video [3:01] discussion with Gilder Lehrman Teacher, David Riesnefeld and Director of Education, Tim Bailey on skills of historical thinking. Teaches students how to think about history for the Advanced Placement U.S. History exam.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Federalism: Pros and Cons
In a series of three brief clips, Larry Kramer, Dean of Stanford Law School, provides some insights into understanding and teaching various details of the constitution. [1:57]
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: What Caused the American Revolution?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Professor from MIT, Pauline Maier, concisely answers the question: "What Caused the American Revolution?" [1:03]
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Women and the Revolution
[Free Registration/Login Required] Speaker Carol Berkin, of both Baruch College and the City University of New York, discusses her research on the critical roles women played in the American Revolution. [2:31]
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Slavery, Kinship, Community: Southwest Borderlands
[Free Registration/Login Required] Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands is delivered by James F. Brooks, associated with the School for Advanced Research. The lecture explores American Indian...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Societies With Slaves vs. Slave Societies
[Free Registration/Login Required] Brief video lecture presented by Ira Berlin identifying the fine difference between a society with slaves and a slave society. [1:59]
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Men of Company E: Confronting Freedom
[Free Registration/Login Required] Matthew Pinsker, of Dickinson College, delivers a lecture the Men of Company E, the 4th United States Colored Infantry. Pinsker draws on the individuality of those involved in the Civil War of the...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: How Did War Shape the Twentieth Century?
[Free Registration/Login Required] A brief video posing the question of what role war had in shaping the twentieth century presented by professor Jennifer D. Keene of Chapman University. [0:49]
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The American West in the 1930s and 1940s
[Free Registration/Login Required] Richard White describes the transformation the American West makes during the two decades in the twentieth century being one of the most critical times in U.S. history. [1:53]