We began with a simple question: Which pivotal historical documents should well-educated high school students know by the time they graduate?
Our answer is the curated collection below: 138 primary source documents organized into four general categories:
Early American History
Later American History
Philosophy In Their Words
Economics & Citizenship
Every item in the Waypoints Library is presented in full and unabridged, making the Library both a place for study and a useful research tool. Each document has also been beautifully published. Important texts should be easy on the eyes and a pleasure to read.
Assembling this collection has been a labor of love. We selected books, essays, speeches, and letters that repay attention with compound interest—each revisit widens the mind and deepens the understanding of the careful reader. We invite you to return to the Waypoints Library often and linger here at length.
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This is the best plan for an individual who wants to explore Waypoints and continue learning, or a homeschooling family looking to enrich their curricula. You can purchase the Home Plan online right now.
Includes up to 2 Educator accounts and 4 Student accounts:
For Individual Learners: Graduate-level tutorials that bring primary sources alive and offer subject-matter expertise.
For Homeschooling Students: Direct engagement with pivotal historical documents—exploring influential thinkers in their own words.
For Homeschooling Families: An affordable flexible resource that elevates both instruction and learning.
Additional Educator and Student seats can be added after purchase of the Home Plan through the Dashboard.
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The Academy Plan is for a school, district, or educational organization. Pricing is based on student enrollment (or members in an organization). Please contact us so we can discuss the needs of your school or organization.
For all Academy Plans, there are two types of Waypoints users: Educators and Students.
For Teachers: Professional graduate-level tutorials rooted in the Great Books, pivotal documents of American history, and the key ideas of liberty.
For Students: A deeper interactive learning experience that goes beyond textbooks, engaging directly with historic documents and the influential minds who wrote them.
For Schools: A scalable budget-friendly enrichment add-on adaptable to any educational setting and easily integrated within existing curricula.
All Waypoints plans feature two kinds of login accounts: Educators and Students.
Educators have access to the Library of published primary source documents, all Teacher Tutorials, and Instructional Resources.
Student access is limited to the Library of primary source documents.
Educators have access to the Library of published primary source documents, all Teacher Tutorials, and Instructional Resources.
For individual learners and homeschooling families.
Purchase online today.
For schools and districts.
Priced by student enrollment.
Choose the account mix that fits you.
Waypoints offers graduate-level tutorials that deepen subject-matter expertise.
Creates direct engagement with pivotal texts and enduring ideas.
Flexible way to enrich study and instruction.
Scalable budget-friendly resource that strengthens existing curricula and programs.
All Waypoints plans feature two kinds of login accounts: Educators and Students.
Educators have access to the Library of published primary source documents, all Teacher Tutorials, and Instructional Resources.
Student access is limited to the Library of primary source documents.
Waypoints offers graduate-level tutorials that deepen subject-matter expertise.
it creates direct engagement with pivotal texts and enduring ideas.
it is a flexible way to enrich study and instruction.
it is a scalable budget-friendly resource that strengthens existing curricula and programs.
FAQ
No. Waypoints is not a lesson-plan warehouse. It is a curated library of primary sources paired with tutorials that deepen content knowledge and strengthen instruction. There are no student-facing lesson-plans; there are tutorials for teachers. For teachers, Waypoints is more like graduate school than a set of prepared lesson plans.
The Home Plan is ideal for individual learners and homeschooling families.
Organizer and Educator accounts can access the tutorials. Student accounts cannot.
Waypoints is a digital platform for learning and teaching built around beautifully published Primary Source Documents and Teacher Tutorials that reinforce selected Key Ideas of Liberty.
The Home Plan is $199 per year and includes an Organizer account, up to two Educator accounts, and up to four Student accounts.
Yes. Many people use the Home Plan simply for their own access to the Library and Tutorials. If you are a lifelong learner, the Home Plan is for you.
No. The purchase process automatically creates your Organizer account, which includes full access to all Waypoints content.
A Custom Plan is for schools, organizations, or other users whose needs are not fully met by a Home Plan or an Academy Plan. It can include a tailored combination of Educator and Student accounts. Please contact us for a Custom Plan proposal.
Student accounts can access the Library of primary source documents.
Yes, please do! We encourage teachers to use Tutorial content, written or video, any way they find helpful.
The Academy Plan is designed for schools, school districts, and other educational organizations.
For schools and districts, pricing is based on student enrollment. For non-school organizations and businesses, pricing is based on membership or staff size.
Please use the Contact Us page to discuss pricing, onboarding, and implementation.
Educators receive tutorials that illuminate the documents, deepen subject-matter knowledge, and support stronger classroom instruction.
You can go to the Waypoints Library and see the list of titles we have curated stretching across subjects such as American history, political thought, philosophy, economics, and citizenship.
Not yet. Additional titles are being prepared and published on a rolling basis. We will let members know when as more documents are published and uploaded to the Library.
Yes. Waypoints is designed to enrich and elevate existing instruction, especially in history, civics, government, and related courses. A teacher does not need to abandon the textbooks, lesson plans, or other curricula materials that have been used for past instruction. Waypoints is designed as an add-on to the materials teachers have been using and assigning to students.
