Digital Collection: Making of America

MAKING OF AMERICA
Cornell University Library

Contents: This collection contains primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. It includes monographs and over 100,000 journal articles. Users can search or browse the collection. The collection includes dozens of 19th century journals such as Scientific American and Atlantic Monthly to explore.

Classroom Connections: Use the many journals as a source for informational reading material. Ask students to select an article to read. Then, challenge them to investigate how the article reflects the time when it was written.

Featured Digital Objects:
Civil War - https://goo.gl/wCgSU9
Scientific American - https://goo.gl/mMzhOs

To visit the collection, http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/m/moa/.