us history.
the american story, argued out loud.
This course runs on primary sources, debate, and the occasional reenactment. Expect to defend a position, change your mind at least once, and know why both happened. Below is where we are and where we're headed.
right now
Industrialization & Progressivism
Railroads, robber barons, and reformers.
units
- 01 Foundations & the Constitution
How the American experiment got its operating manual.
- 02 Expansion & Conflict
Growth, its costs, and the road to disunion.
- 03 Civil War & Reconstruction
The union breaks, and the fight over what rebuilding means.
- 04 Industrialization & Progressivism current
Railroads, robber barons, and reformers.
- 05 America on the World Stage
Two world wars and a new global role.
- 06 The Modern Era
Civil rights, the Cold War, and the country we live in now.