Program areas at The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Teacher programs in American history:teacher professional development programs served 21,000 teachers. In The summer, teacher professional development programs served more than 1,500 teachers online and 500 teachers in person, with several hundred additional educators joining for livestreamed lectures. The gettysburg collegegilder Lehrman ma in American History, an affordable, fully online master's degree program, led by renowned, award-winning historians, admitted 1,300 students this year.
Museum collections through exhibitions and educational resources:the Gilder Lehrman collection includes over 86,000 primary source documents relating to American History. The digital collection allows online access to our documents. In 2020, The Institute launched its transcription project, which enlists middle and high school students to transcribe documents from The Gilder Lehrman collection. More than 430 volunteers have transcribed more than 4,250 pages of rare documents from The Gilder Lehrman collection. Traveling exhibition panels on major topics in American History are in circulation and visited 98 sites across The country. Gilder Lehrman collection's primary sources are also on display in physical exhibition spaces at The george Washington's mount vernon, gettysburg national military park, The morgan library & museum, The museum of The American revolution, The museum of modern art and united states capitol visitor center. Online program, inside The vault: highlights from The Gilder Lehrman collection, has been viewed by nearly 50,000 teachers, students, scholars, and History enthusiasts.
Student programs in American History: student programs served all fifty states and 99 countries outside of The us. The total number of schools that participated in The affiliate school program was over 34,750, reaching 12 million students. The Gilder Lehrman Institute has partnered with The rockefeller foundation and The musical "hamilton" to create an education program for The musical, which had participation from 195,000 students. The Institute's ap us History study guide had 1.6 million unique visitors. The Institute's online American History courses called History school served 8,700 students. History u, an offering in which students can take American History self-paced online courses, has served 3,500 students.
Other programs. National History teacher of The year award program, national book prizes, conferences outreach, scholarly & college fellowship program and book breaks weekly online program.