Primary Sources for History & Literature Teachers

Collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards — historical documents, literary texts, and works of art — thematically organized with notes and discussion questions.

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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 Gilded and the Gritty America, 1870–1912	The Making of African American Identity Volume III, 1917–1968
Becoming Modern America in the 1920s

American Beginnings

Becoming American

The Making of African American Identity

Making the Revolution

Living the Revolution

The Making of African American Identity

The Triumph of Nationalism / The House Dividing

The Gilded and the Gritty

The Making of African American Identity

Becoming Modern