This teacher guide, a companion piece to the student version, includes notes, supplementary background information, vocabulary terms and other teaching aides. There are also discussion questions, teaching suggestions and handouts for student activities.

The second installment in this three-volume set focuses on primary sources from the 19th century. The book will help elementary students to develop their literacy skills as they learn about these important documents that helped to shape America. Documents for Democracy is illustrated throughout with 28 full-color, original drawings. This second volume features excerpts from Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self Reliance," Frederick Douglas' "July 4th," Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address," and Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus."