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America in Class from the National Humanities Center

Collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards — historical documents, literary texts, and works of art — thematically organized with notes and discussion questions.


American Beginnings

The European Presence in North America, 1492–1690


Becoming American

The British Atlantic Colonies, 1690–1763


The Making of African American Identity

Volume I, 1500–1865


Making the Revolution

America, 1763–1791


Living the Revolution

America, 1789–1820


The Making of African American Identity

Volume II, 1865–1917


The Triumph of Nationalism / The House Dividing

America, 1815–1850


The Unresolved Crisis

America, 1850–1870Coming 2012


The Making of African American Identity

Volume III, 1917–1968


The Gilded and the Gritty

America, 1870–1912


Becoming Modern

America in the 1920s

Check back often to learn about new anthologies being developed.

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