Primary sources in American history

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount how construction of the Erie Canal changed America by vastly improving the movement of goods to settlers in the newly purchased Louisiana Territory.

Describes the people, circumstances, and events surrounding the building of the railway system across the continent in the mid-nineteenth century.

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the colonies' break from Great Britain and the creation of a new government of the United States.

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the Pilgrims' journey to America in search of religious freedom, their struggle to survive, and their encounters with native people as they worked together to build a successful colony.