The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History



Students at the Notre Dame School, New York, N.Y.




Cased tintype of unidentified Native American, shown with feather-decorated spear, ca. 1870. (GLC 01363)




T he modules cover more than twenty topics that correspond to the major periods in American history and take into consideration the history standards, both required and advanced, to which high school students are held. Each module includes:

a succinct historical overview
learning tools including lesson plans, quizzes, and activities
recommended documents, films, and historic images

These modules were prepared by Steven Mintz, the John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History and the Director of the American Cultures Program at the University of Houston. His books include A Prison of Expectations: The Family in Victorian Culture, The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery Through the Civil War and Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood.


Modules


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Overview




Richard Riley, photograph album with cyanotypes of the Calhoun Industrial School (a freedmen's school devoted to industrial education), Calhoun, Va., ca. 1897-1905. (Detail, GLC 05140.02)
For Teachers and Students Modules on Major Topics in American History Overview