Textbook Overview

Christ and the Americas is a beloved high school American history text by best-selling author and veteran teacher Dr. Anne Carroll. It fills a long-standing gap by giving due attention to the pivotal role of the Catholic Church in shaping America’s story.

Beginning with pre-Columbian America and concluding in the 1990s, this text presents the vast sweep of American history in a fast-paced yet comprehensive narrative. With penetrating analysis and countless insights, it makes the past both understandable and alive.

Each chapter concludes with study questions, making the book equally useful as a formal textbook or as an engaging read for personal enrichment. Students who study this text will not only master key events, but also gain a true sense of what it means to be Catholic Americans, and of America’s enduring debt to the Catholic Church.

Workbook

The Christ and the Americas Workbook is designed to accompany Anne Carroll’s classic high school text. It helps students process and retain substantial content while reinforcing essential historical concepts, figures, places, dates, and events.

Each chapter offers a variety of engaging exercises, including fill-in-the-blank, matching, true or false, and multiple-choice questions, that strengthen comprehension and encourage active recall. By fostering both memory and critical thinking, the workbook serves as a valuable teaching tool and a dependable study guide.