Crash Course American History
This crash course provides a concise overview of American history from indigenous communities to globalization, emphasizing key events, themes like democracy and race, and practical historical analysis skills for teaching and understanding.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Crash Course in American History offers you a quick, well-organised look at important periods, from Indigenous communities and colonisation to the Revolution, Civil War, Reconstruction, industrial growth, and reforms. You will then follow U.S. influence, democracy, race, rights, and economic shifts through world wars, the Cold War, social movements, and globalisation, while also building historical thinking skills you can use right away.
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Develop skills
- Master key U.S. history periods: from colonisation to the early 2000s, quickly.
- Analyse causes and effects: wars, reforms, and rights in straightforward timelines.
- Link race, democracy, and economy themes across major turning points.
- Use historical thinking tools to read, question, and teach primary sources.
- Design a 4-session crash course plan for engaging, evidence-based lessons.
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