The following free world history PDF textbook resources for middle- and high-school learners can be downloaded or added to your Google drive.
Middle-School Textbooks:
Journey Across Time Textbook:
—Chapter 1: The First Civilizations
—Chapter 2: Ancient Egypt
—Chapter 3: Ancient Israelites
—Chapter 4: Ancient Greeks
—Chapter 5: Greek Civilization
—Chapter 6: Early India
—Chapter 7: Early China
—Chapter 8: The Rise of Rome
—Chapter 9: Roman Civilization
—Chapter 10: Rise of Christianity
—Chapter 11: Islamic Civilization
—Chapter 12: China in the Middle Ages
—Chapter 13: Medieval Africa
—Chapter 14: Medieval Japan
—Chapter 15: Medieval Europe
—Chapter 16: The Americas
—Chapter 17: Renaissance & Reformation
—Chapter 18: Enlightenment & Revolution
—Chapter 19: Industry & Nationalism
—Chapter 20: Imperialism & World War I
—Chapter 21: World War II & the Cold War
—Chapter 22: Building Today’s World
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For two additional ancient civilization textbooks, at the site, click on individual chapters under the book’s cover. Continue scrolling down the page, and you can download a variety of world history readers.
Journey Across Time Activity Workbook
Journey Across Time Foldables Workbook
History Event Graphic Organizers: Set of 24 graphic organizers useful for note-taking and quick research for any history topic. Helps learners focus in on event cause & effect; sequences; turning points; multiple perspectives and more.
Slideshows:
(For additional slideshows, videos, and other free resources, visit this World History site)
What Would You Be?
This series of chapter books describes the different jobs people had in ancient civilizations, with lots of nice illustrations. The following links are to online versions of the books:
What Would You Be? Ancient Egypt
What Would You Be? Ancient Rome
What Would You Be? Ancient Greece
High School Textbooks:
World History Human Legacy (with study guide)
World History Patterns of Interaction (with Powerpoints and worksheets)
Modern World History:
Chapters 1 – 4
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Are these open source textbooks? I am interested in using them in my classroom, but want to ensure I can do so legally.
These textbooks were shared online by teachers on their websites.
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Hi, i am unable to access the links, hoping you can help.
Thanks for letting me know. The links are working now.
The links do not work…every link goes to an error page.
Thanks for informing me. I have put in new links to as many of the chapters as I could find for now.