This series covers the birth of the American republic, from the first rumblings of rebellion against Britain through the long Revolutionary War and the creation of the Constitution. By defeating the British Army and creating a nation based upon popular sovereignty, Americans open up an entirely new set of political possibilities for mankind. This deluxe teaching edition comes with the complete series on six tapes especially formatted for the classroom use and a curriculum kit. The curriculum kit contains the 80-page teacher's guide, a guide to resources to show students where they can go for even more information, or resource packet that includes 70 reproducible primary source documents with activities for students, a set of comprehensive chronology and timeline posters tracing more than 100 critical events of the American Revolution, and video segment index. (AA)