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Goals of the Project
The 12-volume series of textbooks of the Catholic Schools Textbook Project will provide teachers and Catholic youth with a complete general account of ancient, world, and American history that includes the contributions of Christians and the Catholic Church.

Our texts do more than just meet state academic requirements – they are written to engage and inspire students, teaching that Our Lord is essential to all history.

The textbooks will be written in two phases:

Phase I—Texts for grades 5–9 began in 2002.
Phase II—Textbooks for grades 1–4 is slated for production in 2008

Objectives for Each Volume

• A narrative that tells the importance of the Christian faith with an emphasis on European-American history
• Colorful illustrations, beautiful artwork, and attractive maps and charts
• Each volume will be faithful to Lumen Gentium’s vision of history: “the work of God through the ages”
• World cultures will be discussed, parallel to European history, in a proper use of multiculturalism, with pride of place given to Catholic culture
• Emphasis on significant dates that define the timelines
• Many brief biographies of historically important men and women, highlighting the saints of the time
• Selections from many important documents in American and European history
• A website that gives teachers and students access to a variety of supporting information and links to related resources— maps, pictures, songs, and primary source documents