Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Alexis De Tocqueville: Democracy in America
Excerpts from Democracy in America, a book by Alexis de Tocqueville published in 1898.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Notes on Tocqueville
These notes prepared by a university instructor for a course on American society summarize Tocqueville's views of equality, despotism, and the problems of individualism in a democracy.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: De Tocqueville, Triumph of Nationalism: America, 1815 1850
Three essays from the famous French visitor to America, Alexis de Tocqueville, in which he examines how religion in early nineteenth century America supported democratic tendencies.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Alexis De Tocqueville
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Alexis de Tocqueville.
OpenStax
Open Stax: The Tyranny and Triumph of the Majority
This section of a chapter on "Jacksonian Democracy" explains Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy and describes the election of 1840 and its outcome.
Yale University
Yale University: Open Yale Courses: Introduction to Political Philosophy
Introductory university-level course in Western political thought and thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Tocqueville. Access the full course, in twenty four lectures, in either audio or video formats....
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpt From Democracy in America: Why Americans Are So Restless
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from Democracy in America: Why Americans Are So Restless" by Alexis de Tocqueville, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Civil Rights: Demanding Equality
Teach the history of Civil Rights using this comprehensive learning module. Trace the movement from the 14th Amendment to modern times. The focus is on African American rights but also touches on women and disabled American's rights....
Other
Utilitarianism.com: John Stuart Mill (1806 1873)
Summary of Mill's most important writings as tied to the events in his life. His most controversial was "On Liberty," written in 1859, on the decline of individualism and the fear of mass democracy. Some critics point to the influence of...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: History of Us: Fatal Contradiction: Missouri Compromise [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the goal of the Missouri Compromise. A good activity for comparing and contrasting life in the North and South in the run-up to the...
Curated OER
J S Mill
Biographical summary of Mill's most important writings as related to the events in his life. Scroll to his most controversial, "On Liberty",written in 1859 on the decline of individualism and fear of mass democracy. Some critics point to...