History Resources for Teachers

When completed this collection will include accurate transcriptions of many important and representative primary texts from nineteenth century American history, with special emphasis on those sources that shed light on sectional conflict and transformations in regional identity.

Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.

An extensive list of politically significant 19th Century Documents, these transcriptions provide insight into the political climate of 19th Century America. Highlights include the presidential papers, constitutions of incoming states, and treaties with Native American tribes.

The American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia takes up the task of re-contextualizing Alexis de Tocqueville's famous political and cultural analysis of American democracy.

A PBS website dedicated to the history of the American West. Check out the resources tab for transcriptions of historical Documents.

Common Place is "a bit friendlier than a scholarly journal, a bit more scholarly than a popular magazine." Common-place contains articles about all sorts of things relating to early American life--from architecture to literature, from politics to parlor manners.