13 U.S. and World History Textbooks – Kindergarten – High School
These texts, in PDF format, can be used as a primary resource or to enhance curriculum with additional resources and many activities to practice mastery of U.S. and world history and civics. They are a wonderful addition to both schools and home schools for understanding history and civics for all grades and skill levels. Each book, chapter, or section provides inquiry questions to guide students through learning investigations. These are both viewable and downloadable, and each one is also available in a smaller (compressed) version via the main link above. For more U.S. history materials, also look at U.S. History Lessons, Courses and Textbooks, Grades 6-12 and our history learning page.
- Kindergarten Myself and Others
- 1st Grade Families and Schools
- 2nd Grade Community Studies
- 3rd Grade Michigan Studies
- 4th Grade United States Studies
- 5th Grade United States History
- 6th Grade World Geography
- 7th Grade Ancient World History
- 8th Grade United States History
- High School Civic Life
- High School Economics
- High School United States History
- High School World History
Online Textbook: 8th Grade U.S. History: Independence to 1914
- Chapter 1: Early Exploration and Settlement
- Chapter 2: The English Colonies, Part 1
- Chapter 2: The English Colonies, Part 2
- Chapter 3: The American Revolution
- Chapter 4: Forming a Government
- Chapter 5: Citizenship and the Constitution
- Chapter 6: Launching the Nation
- Chapter 7: The Jefferson Era
- Chapter 8: A New National Identity
- Chapter 9: The Age of Jackson
- Chapter 10: The Expanding West, Part 1
- Chapter 10: The Expanding West, Part 2
- Chapter 11: The North
- Chapter 12: The South
- Chapter 13: New Movements in America
- Chapter 14: A Divided Nation
- Chapter 15: The Civil War
- Chapter 16: Reconstruction
- Chapter 17: Americans Move West
The texts of the books books by the Michigan Open Book Project are licensed under a Creative Commons NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. These teaching and learning materials are freely available for everyone to use, whether you are a school or homeschool student, self-learner or teacher.
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