The second volume of the Core Knowledge History of the United States ebook begins by asking young scholars to consider the impact immigration, industrialization, and urbanization had on the United States in the late 1800s. The text ends...

Volume One of the 299-page Core Knowledge History of the United States covers events from the Precolonial Period to the 1800s.

An informative resource provides a textbook on American government that covers topics such as the definition of government and how democracy works. Each section provides brief questions at the end to assess scholars' understanding. 

Read about the fall of the Phillippines during World War II. Site is broken down by chapter.

By reading this section of a chapter on "The Atlantic World," students will be able to describe how Europeans solved their labor problems, explain the theory of mercantilism and the process of commodification, and analyze the effects of...

The fantastic story from the Project Gutenberg (1874-1936 CE) may have some elements worth discussing as the modern world grapples with war based on religious belief. The complete full-text of this literary work is available to download...

A night of socializing with friends takes a violent turn in the short story "The World at the Door" by O. Henry. Read the full text on this site.

The complete text of this literary work is available to download or read online in multiple digital formats. Includes an introduction, a biographical note and an appendix of poems about or to Rupert Brooke.

This is the actual text of the novel in a free, online version. Read it online or print it out.

Read this etext version of Brooke's work, including his war poetry. Be sure to read the fine print.

Read the complete text of this work at this easy-to-navigate site.