This textbook is intended to furnish interesting collateral reading for the classes in United States History. It is to be read and enjoyed as background material, rather than to be learned and recited. This volume covers: (1) The Era of Good Feeling, 1817-1825; (2) John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; (3) Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845; (4) The Story of the…

This textbook describes the transition of the United States from an agricultural civilization to one of industry, from a state of isolation to one of world eminence, from an America with European creditors to an America whose capital and influence penetrate the world. It is a history of the moment when the fighting of the Civil War ceased and the…

This U.S. history textbook aimed to emphasize human interests and human action for the purpose of interesting the young reader, giving at the same time adequate treatment for a book of this grade of the more mature subjects such as tariffs, finances, foreign relations, and governmental problems.

Presents a lesson plan designed to make students empathize with early twentieth-century native Americans as they draft a provisional statement of goals for the nation's first secular inter-tribal native organization, the Society of American Indians, founded in 1911. (Author/AEM)

This primary source kit offers history teachers the opportunity to use primary sources from the Maryland Historical Society to activate student interest in United States history and to encourage participation in National History Day. This source kit features original documents, images, maps, oral histories, broadsides, and a variety of other…

This book is intended for use as a supplement to a five-unit instructional series, "The Shaping of Modern Hawaiian History." It presents information on land use, population and ethnic diversity, government, politics, the economy, and Hawaii's place in the Pacific. Provided are many graphs, tables, readings, documents, and maps, which…

This case book provides New Hampshire high school students and teachers with state specific law related information and activities. The 37 cases, selected according to their constitutional significance, are organized into 13 sections as follows: (1) "The Early Years"; (2) "Carpetbaggers, Speculators, and Investors"; (3)…

This textbook aims to teach children the history of the country by making them acquainted with some of the most illustrious actors in it. The biographical method adopted offers a great advantage, by giving the younger pupil interesting glimpses of life in other times by means of personal anecdote.

This issue of a magazine of Iowa history for young people focuses on early explorers and combined learning activities with informative articles. Sections in this issue include: "Where? What? Who?"; "Maps--long ago and recent"; "Every map answers at least two questions: Where? What?"; "Jolliet and Marquette";…

Provides excerpts from five primary sources concerning the lives of women in California from 1850 to 1942. Notes sources and includes discussion questions, as well as an oral history interview. (CK)

This history textbook covers century exploration in America through Reconstruction, finishing with discussion of the growth of public institutions such as schools and libraries, and developments in arts, letters, science, and charities. This textbook is organized into the following parts: (1) Occupation: 1492-1638; (2) English Dominion: 1638-1763;…

This textbook is the first volume of Theodore Roosevelt's six-volume account of the exploration and settlement of the United States from the Alleghanies to the Pacific. This volume covers: the spread of the English-speaking peoples; the French of the Ohio Valley, 1763-1775; the Appalachian Confederacies, 1765-1775; the Algonquins of the Northwest,…

This textbook is the second volume of Theodore Roosevelt's six-volume account of the exploration and settlement of the United States from the Alleghanies to the Pacific. This volume covers 1774 to 1781. Appendices provide information on source documents. [For Volume I, see ED623795.]

This textbook is the third volume of Theodore Roosevelt's six-volume account of the exploration and settlement of the United States from the Alleghanies to the Pacific. This volume covers 1779 to 1783. Appendices provide information on source documents. [For Volume II, see ED623797.]

This textbook is the fourth volume of Theodore Roosevelt's six-volume account of the exploration and settlement of the United States from the Alleghanies to the Pacific. Chapters include: (1) The Inrush of Settlers, 1784-1787; (2) The Indian Wars, 1784-1787; (3) The Navigation of the Mississippi; Separatist Movements and Spanish Intrigues,…