High School History 4: The Modern World

Classical Track

$249 (self-paced)

This self-paced 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.

  • • 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