High School History 4: The Modern World

Classical Track

$549.00 for Live

$249 for Self-Paced

This history class surveys the events, ideas, and cultures from the mid-19th Century through the end of the Cold War. Primarily focused on American History and Intellectual History, with elements of geography and history of the significant world events that have brought multiple civilizations into conflict. Shaped to pair well with High School Literature 4: The Modern World.

This class meets on Wednesdays at 2 pm, Eastern Standard Time.

All class sessions will be recorded. Class size is limited to 50 students.

  • • watch class lecture video before attending class
    • attend weekly lessons

    • complete weekly reading assignments

    • complete weekly quizzes and discussion posts

    • one book review

    • one position paper

  • • Students have access to recorded lectures from their course and can choose which books to read and in what order.

    • Students will have access to weekly reading pacing guides and auto-grade quizzes.

    • This class does not include live class sessions or teacher support.

    • All recordings will be available from September 2 through the end of the following August.

  • • Penguin History of the World, J.M. Roberts and Odd Arne Westad (6th edition, 2013) [Note: not provided]

    Primary sources will be given as online links in the weekly reading assignments pages.

  • • Smithsonian’s History of the World Map By Map