US History Resources for High School

Explore 22 curated us history learning resources designed for High School students. Browse curricula, apps, videos, worksheets, and more to find the perfect fit for your learner.

Across Five Aprils

Newbery Honor novel following an southern Illinois farm family through the five Aprils of the American Civil War.

Johnny Tremain

Newbery Medal historical novel following a Boston silversmith's apprentice into the events of the American Revolution.

Exploring America: American History, English, and Bible

A combined American history, English, and Bible course for high schoolers, covering U.S. history with primary sources and biblical perspective.

America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Witness the transformation of the United States from a war-torn nation to a global leader in this fascinating overview of six profoundly innovative decades....

Here Is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History

Here Is Where chronicles Andrew Carroll’s eye-opening – and at times hilarious — journey across America to find and explore unmarked historic sites where extraordinary moments occurred and remarkable individuals once lived. Sparking the idea fo...

The Americans Homeschool

The Americans © 2012 is a highly integrated, high school American history curriculum that supports rigor, skills, and document-based instruction. HISTORY® streaming video, interactive features, and resources infuse The Americans with elements that pi...

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Prentice Hall US History

Prentice Hall United States History (High School) provides content that connects students to history by helping them explore enduring issues of American History This highly acclaimed US History program provides tools & textbooks that enable stude...

US History

U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top d...

Library of Congress: Teacher Resources

Free primary-source sets, lesson plans, and analysis tools built from the Library of Congress collections, aimed at grades 4 through 12.

Interactive Constitution

A free online U.S. Constitution where, for every clause, scholars from opposite sides first explain what they agree it means, then lay out where they disagree — modeling civil debate instead of a single interpretation.

DocsTeach

A free tool from the U.S. National Archives that turns thousands of real primary sources — documents, photos, maps, and cartoons — into interactive history and civics activities you can use or build yourself.

Curriki American History Units

This collection of Open Educational Resources (OERs) has been curated by Curriki for all educators, parents, and students of history. It includes resources that span the scope and sequence of an American History course at the high school level. &nbsp...

History & Government

HippoCampus.org is a free, core academic web site that delivers rich multimedia content—videos, animations, and simulations—on general education subjects to middle-school and high-school teachers and college professors, and their students...

History of the United States

Wikipedia's lengthy article on the history of the United States....

American History

Online textbook covering Native American society, colonization, all the way up to modern day US history....

Surveys of history

The tutorials in this topic will take you on sweeping journeys through time so that you can get the really BIG picture for how things fit together....

Zoom In

Zoom In is a free, Web-based platform that helps students build literacy and historical thinking skills through 'deep dives” into primary and secondary sources. Zoom In's online learning environment features 18 content-rich U.S. hi...

Smithsonian's History Explorer

Smithsonian's History Explorer was developed by the National Museum of American History in partnership with the Verizon Foundation to offer hundreds of free, innovative online resources for teaching and learning American history. The site is de...

United States History

United States History covers events from the first Native People groups settling in the Americas and the creation of the United States through the present. Students will have opportunities for developing skills in comprehending, analyzing and interpr...

US history

From a mosquito-ridden backwater to the world's last remaining superpower, the United States of America is a nation with a rich history and a noble goal: government of the people, by the people, for the people. Its citizens' struggle to a...

United States History (online)

This online United States History course contains lessons addressing historical periods from the American Revolution to globalization and the twenty-first century. The lessons address key concepts, important historical figures, and significant events...

US History Crash Course

In which John Green kicks off Crash Course US History! Why, you may ask, are we covering US History, and not more World History, or the history of some other country, or the very specific history of your home region? Well, the reasons are many. But,...