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The Complete History of America — Student Collection

$2,499.00 per student

One unit includes all ten documents for one student.

All three Historic Mail school collections in one delivery: American Revolution; Slavery and the Civil War; and World War II. Students follow how Americans argued about liberty, union and responsibility from 1772 to 1945.

Sold as a class set for 20 or 30 students. Every student receives their own copy of all 30 documents. Teaching more than one class? Add a set for each class.

For each document, the student set includes the reproduction, a readable typed transcript, historical context and a student worksheet. Suggested lesson plans and answer keys are supplied digitally for the teacher.

This is a one-time purchase for the complete collection. Shipping is free. Any applicable tax is added at checkout.

Documents included

American Revolution (1772–1783)

  1. Samuel Adams to James Warren — 4 November 1772
  2. Hannah Winthrop to Mercy Otis Warren — 10 November 1773
  3. Boston Committee of Correspondence circular letter — 8 June 1774
  4. Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan — 5 July 1775
  5. Abigail Adams to John Adams — 31 March 1776
  6. John Adams to Abigail Adams — 3 July 1776
  7. George Washington to Benjamin Tallmadge — 25 July 1779
  8. Esther Reed to George Washington — 4 July 1780
  9. Alexander Hamilton to the Marquis de Lafayette — 15 October 1781
  10. George Washington to the President of Congress — 20 December 1783

Slavery and the Civil War (1861–1865)

  1. Robert Anderson to the Secretary of War — 18 April 1861
  2. Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Hooker — 26 January 1863
  3. Ulysses S. Grant to Abraham Lincoln — 23 August 1863
  4. James Henry Gooding to Abraham Lincoln — 28 September 1863
  5. Edward Everett to Abraham Lincoln — 20 November 1863
  6. Abraham Lincoln to Albert G. Hodges — 4 April 1864
  7. Annie Davis to Abraham Lincoln — 25 August 1864
  8. Frederick Douglass to Abraham Lincoln — 29 August 1864
  9. William T. Sherman to Abraham Lincoln — 22 December 1864
  10. Clara Barton to the Windham family — 8 December 1865

World War II (1939–1945)

  1. Albert Einstein to Franklin D. Roosevelt — 2 August 1939
  2. Winston Churchill to Franklin D. Roosevelt — 15 May 1940
  3. Franklin D. Roosevelt to Kenesaw Mountain Landis — 15 January 1942
  4. Clayton B. Vogel to the Commandant of the US Marine Corps — 6 March 1942
  5. Elmer Davis to Franklin D. Roosevelt — 2 October 1942
  6. Stephen Wise to Franklin D. Roosevelt — 2 December 1942
  7. Willa Brown to Truman Gibson — 24 February 1943
  8. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s D-Day message to Allied forces — June 1944
  9. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s In Case of Failure message — June 1944
  10. Harry S. Truman to Richard Russell — 9 August 1945

Suggested for grades 6–12. Teacher guidance is appropriate for slavery, violence, bereavement, genocide, discrimination and civilian casualties. Teachers should review the documents and topics for their class.