Milestone Documents

Bring History to Life

Put your students in the center of history with Milestone Documents Online (new fall 2020).

A one-year subscription includes unlimited multiuser access for a single building to 1,500+ primarysource documents let your students become interpreters of U.S. and world history. (Remote access included!) Essays, analysis, and teaching resources help students put documents in context.

“Since primary sources are what historians use to create their interpretations, how can we as teachers use them to get students to do the same?” – Dr. Jonathan Rees, Milestone Documents U.S. History subject editor

Features Documents, from Ancient Times to the Present, in 12 Social Studies Specialties

• Africa History
• African American History
• Ancient Near East History
• Asia History
• Japan History
• Latin America History
• Modern Chinese History
• The Middle East Since the Rise of Islam
• U.S. History
• Western Civilization
• World History
• World Religions

Milestone Differentiator: Helpful Support for Students and Instructors

Support student primary source research with one-stop access to

• Contextual overviews
• Scholarly analysis and interpretation in an easy-to-use interface
• Essay prompts and supplemental teaching resources

“The time spent with primary sources provides the opportunity to hone the always-important skills of critical thinking, careful reading, and information literacy – on top of making the story of history more interesting and lively.” – Dr. Kelli McCoy, Milestone Documents U.S. History subject editor