American Beginnings: The European Presence in North America, 1492-1690 The Making of African American Identity: Volume I, 1500-1865 Under Construction Available 2008 Becoming American: 1690-1763 Available Spring 2008 Making the Revolution: America, 1763-1789 Available 2009 Living the Revolution: America, 1789-1820 The Triumph of Nationalism/ The House Dividing: America, 1815-1850 The Unresolved Crisis: America, 1850-1870 Available Summer 2008 The Making of African American Identity: Volume II, 1865-1917 The Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870-1912 The Making of African American Identity: Volume III, 1917-1968 Becoming Modern: America, 1918-1929 Available 2010 More Toolboxes To Be Announced Check back often to learn about new toolboxes being developed.

The National Humanities Center's Toolbox Library provides free access to historical documents, literary texts, works of art, discussion questions, and teaching strategies online. Teachers, collaborating with local college or university professors, can use these resources to create their own interdisciplinary summer seminars in American history and literature.

The toolboxes are built around content common to standards across the country. Easy to organize and cost-effective, toolbox seminars fit into crowded calendars and tight budgets.

Teachers and professors custom design a seminar syllabus by choosing texts from toolbox resources and by contributing their own selections. Once the syllabus is complete, the participants access readings through the toolbox and explore them in a seminar that combines content study with the development of teaching strategies.