The philosophy behind the program
CTP connects persons, beliefs, places, decisions, causes, and consequences in a narrative students can enter and remember.
Grade 4 · Regional history
A Journey Across America introduces American history through seven regional editions. Each gives fourth-grade students a closer view of the geography, peoples, events, and culture that shaped their part of the country.
Explore the map to find the edition for your school, then open that textbook directly in the CTP shop.
Choose a region to see its states
A flexible Grades 5–8 progression
This is a common path, not a rigid mandate. The exact order depends on your standards, what students have already encountered, and the direction your school chooses.
Students meet explorers, settlers, saints, statesmen, and the choices that shaped a young nation. The course gives young readers a coherent beginning to the American story while keeping human motives and moral decisions in view.
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View book and materials ↗Geography, peoples, beliefs, and civilizations reveal how place provides the setting for the human story. Students encounter many cultures while giving fuller attention to those that most directly shaped the Christian and Western inheritance.
Experience the All Ye Lands lesson →
View book and materials ↗The world into which Christ was born, the growth of the Church, and the cultures that formed Christian civilization. Political, religious, and cultural change remain part of one developing account rather than separate strands.
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View book and materials ↗One of CTP’s most popular books introduces students to the historical figures who shaped the country—their virtues as well as their vices. Its honest account neither romanticizes the nation nor reduces it to its failures, helping students understand the American experiment and find well-grounded hope in its story.
Explore The American Venture resources →
View book and materials ↗The Church, political movements, war, industrialization, and cultural change unfold within one connected modern story. Students see how competing ideas and institutions transformed the world they inherited.
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View book and materials ↗Continue American history with The American Venture, or continue world history with Light to the Nations Part II. The right choice depends on your standards, prior sequence, and curricular priorities.
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