WHY CHOOSE CATHOLIC TEXTBOOKS?
Catholic schools deserve the best textbooks. With Catholic Textbook Project, you can bring balance, perspective, and hope back into the hearts and minds of your students—these are the only history textbooks written with the freedom for truth that Catholic schools enjoy. Our textbooks meet and exceed standards while educating and inspiring students with the great drama of our history.
Why Choose
Catholic Textbook Project?
Built on Story. Faithfully Catholic. Rigorously Accurate.
THE HEART OF THE CATHOLIC TEXTBOOK PROJECT
Our team of passionate Catholic educators launched Catholic Textbook Project in 2000 to create textbooks proceeding from the insight that mankind and history are transformed irrevocably by Christ and his Church.
This allows us to focus on the facts of history without prejudice or bias, helping students uncover the full story.
In the years since, that vision has grown. Alongside our expanding history and social studies curriculum, including Stories for Young Historians, our new Grades 1–3 series coming in Fall 2027, we have partnered with like-minded publishers to provide resources in additional subjects, including science, that share our commitment to truth, goodness, beauty, and excellent scholarship.
What Catholic education is, primarily, is a transference of culture...There’s no culture that has as much joy and hope as the Catholic culture.
Michael Van Hecke,
PRESIDENT, CATHOLIC TEXTBOOK PROJECT
The
VISION
Without the Church, history would not be the same. We tell that story fully and accurately.
We take pride in producing textbooks that are Catholic, authentic, and engaging! Focused on the facts of history, without prejudice or bias, Catholic students can finally uncover what truly happened in history.
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The
SOLUTION
Catholic Textbook Project reignites curiosity by inviting students into the full story of history through engaging, authentically Catholic textbooks.
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Our narrative-driven history and social studies curriculum helps students discover the Church’s place within the broader human story. With Stories for Young Historians coming to Grades 1–3 in Fall 2027, and trusted partnerships bringing faith-integrated resources in subjects such as science, we are building on our founding mission to serve more Catholic classrooms.
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The
PROBLEM
History and social studies resources no longer awaken wonder in students and contribute to a decrease in historical literacy.
The last series of history and social studies textbooks specifically for Catholic schools was created in the late 1960s. Since then, teachers in Catholic schools have been forced to use either outdated materials or secular textbooks that often (and increasingly) carry anti-Catholic bias and distortions.
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The
RESULTS
More than 860 schools now use Catholic Textbook Project resources, up from 164 schools in 2016.
Today, CTP serves more than 84,000 students and has published 14 titles. Behind those numbers are Catholic schools choosing resources that deepen historical understanding, awaken curiosity, and help students encounter their Catholic cultural inheritance through the great story of history.
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LET’S FIND THE RIGHT FIT FOR YOUR SCHOOL
Exploring new textbooks for your school? We would love to help you see the difference for yourself. Browse our samples or connect with Thomas McAnerney, our Sales and Marketing Manager, to ask questions, discuss curriculum options, and find the right next step for your classrooms.
