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Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Frederick Jackson Turner

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Fordham University contains the introductory text of "The Significance of the Frontier in American History, 1893" by Frederick Jackson Turner.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: The West: Frederick Jackson Turner (1861 1932)

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS website provides a brief biographical sketch of Frederick Jackson Turner, and an overview of his theory regarding the significance of the American western frontier as the defining experience in the development of the American...
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Primary
Mount Holyoke College

Hippo Campus: Excerpt From "The Significance of the Frontier in American History"

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an excerpt from "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" by Frederick Jackson Turner.