Primary Sources

Enhance students’ understanding of the major political, social, and economic movements in U.S. history. These supplemental units provide historical documents in their original format to encourage analysis, interpretation, and collaborative thinking skills.

Teacher Resources

Colonization: 1521-1763

Colonization: 1521-1763 explores Important topics in colonial American history between 1521 and 1763. Lessons examine wills and estate inventories in seventeenth-century New England, the hardships encountered... more

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Revolution and Constitution: 1763-1791

Revolution and Constitution: 1763-1791 provides a range of insight and history in many facets of the time period. Students encounter unusual people such as Ann Lee and Elkanah Watson. They are introduced... more

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Early Nation: 1791-1820

Early Nation: 1791-1820 covers many of the important events between 1791 and 1820. The commercial development of the new nation and its international implications are examined in lessons on Robert Fulton’s... more

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Jacksonian America: 1820-1840

Jacksonian America: 1820-1840 examines a variety of events, personalities, and processes to provide a broad perspective on the United States between 1820 and 1840. Materials enable students to understand... more

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Antebellum America: 1840-1860

The ten lessons in this unit deal with important topics in the history of America between 1840 and 1860. Topics such as the opening of Japan to American trade by Commodore Perry, the Mexican War, the... more

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Antebellum America and Civil War: 1840-1865

The ten lessons in Antebellum America and Civil War: 1840-1865 deal with important topics in the history of America between 1840 and 1865. The birth of baseball, the Mexican War, the Irish potato famine... more

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Reconstruction: 1865-1877

Reconstruction: 1865-1877 allows students to examine Reconstruction from different perspectives. Students analyze Reconstruction not only from the eyes of politicians and the law, but also from the viewpoints... more

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Expansive America: 1877-1898

Expansive America: 1877-1898 deals with important topics during America’s period of expansion, both as a country and a world power, between 1877 and 1898. The violence of the Homestead Steel Strike, the... more

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America in the Age of Imperialism: 1898-1920

In America in the Age of Imperialism: 1898-1920, progressivism is addressed in lessons on Jane Addams and Hull House, the trust busting efforts of President Theodore Roosevelt, the efforts of the organizers... more

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Interwar America: 1920-1940

Interwar America: 1920-1940, the era between world wars, began with a decade of prosperity and modernization and ended with a decade of economic crisis that touched all levels of society. It was a time... more

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America in World War II: The 1940s

In America in World War II: The 1940s, nine of the lessons are directly related to the study of World War II, but only one deals with the armed forces overseas. The other eight are designed to study problems... more

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Consensus and Conformity: The 1950s

Included in Consensus and Conformity: The 1950s are lessons on McCarthyism, Sputnik, Billy Graham, the policy of brinksmanship, and the Montgomery bus boycott—all major events of the 1950s. Other lessons... more

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America in Upheaval: The 1960s

In America in Upheaval: The 1960s, lessons address the American Indian Movement, the organization of farm workers, the Cuban missile crisis, the beginnings of the student protest movement, and a woman’s... more

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Disillusioned America: The 1970s

The ten lessons in Disillusioned America: The 1970s deal with important topics in the history of America during the 1970s. The Arab Oil Embargo, the miniseries Roots, busing in Boston, Vietnamese immigration,... more

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America's Turn to the Right: The 1980s

Lessons in America's Turn to the Right: The 1980s deal directly with some of the important topics in the history of America during the 1980s. The unit covers the stock market crash of 1987, the Yuppie... more

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Technological Revolution: The 1990s

Technological Revolution: The 1990s features leading figures and events of the 1990s. Lessons cover Bill Gates and advancements in computer technology, the marketing strategies of Ty Warner, speeches... more

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