Free downloads to try - Frameworks for America's Past

Teachers can now download, at no charge, the first four units of this title to use with your students. Each section download is in PDF format, and contains all the pages in that section. It also includes a cover page with a statement giving you permission to photocopy the pages for use by your own students.

Please see the Information Page for ideas and tips for using this title most effectively with your students.

The complete Teacher Key pages are posted on this web site. Go to the home page, click on the links for a section, then look for the key symbol when the index page for that section opens. There are also links to lots of interesting and engaging resources, such as historical photo sets and short videos.

If you and your students like working with these sections, order the complete Frameworks for America's Past learning guide! Please see the link on the Information Page for "Prices and Ordering."

Free to Try With Your Students - Sections for Downloading Click on the links below to download these sections in PDF file format
Unit 1: Reconstruction and Segregation	Unit 3: Growing Industry and Big Business
Unit 2: Westward Expansion	Unit 4: Growing Cities and Immigration

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   Copyright 2010, 2016 by David Burns. This work is a learning guide to the Virginia middle school USII history Standards of Learning. It follows the organization and content of the Virginia SOL framework (2008 version) for that subject. Some pages necessarily include phrases or sentences found in the Virginia SOL, which is available online from the Virginia Department of Education. The author’s copyright extends to this book’s original text and graphic content, unique design and layout, and other related material.

   Illustrations appearing in this publication are taken from sources in the public domain and from private collections used by permission. Sources include: the Dover Pictorial Archive, the Library of Congress, The Hart Publishing Co., Corel Corporation and its licensors, Nova Development Corporation and its licensors, and others. Maps were created or adapted by the author using reference maps from the United States Geological Survey and Cartesia Software.