Perspectives on History

The popular Perspectives on History series contains compelling firsthand accounts from colonists to astronauts and is widely used as supplemental material in the study of history and literature in grades 6-12 and at the college level as well as an attractive offering for historic site and museum visitors. Each book transports the reader to different time periods through excerpts from journals, essays, letters, poetry, newspaper accounts, advertisements, songs, cartoons, illustrations, photographs, and other primary sources. Each book conveys life, struggle, hardship, victory, and success throughout American history. Representative titles include Women in the Civil War, Cry “Witch!”, The Underground Railroad, Mill Girls of Lowell, and The Vietnam War. Other volumes cover the immigrant experience, America at war, the civil rights movement, technological development, and political and religious history.

Each book features:

Well-researched selections from written and graphic primary sources
An introduction providing background information on excerpted primary sources
Different points of view to encourage critical thinking skills
An introduction to voices not always heard in history books

The Perspective on History books align with many national standards and are widely used with Teaching American History grants.