Crash Course Civil War
Crash Course Civil War gives humanities professionals a fast, focused dive into causes, campaigns, emancipation, and Reconstruction—linking primary sources, race, memory, and teaching tools you can use immediately in classrooms, museums, or public history.

flexible workload from 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Crash Course Civil War gives you a fast, rigorous overview of the conflict’s roots, combat, and consequences. Explore slavery, constitutional disputes, party politics, and economic tensions, then move through strategy, campaigns, emancipation, and Reconstruction. Learn to use key primary sources, core scholarship, and practical teaching and assessment tools to build sharp, engaging Civil War lessons.
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Develop skills
- Analyze Civil War causes: slavery, politics, and economics in one tight frame.
- Interpret key primary sources: letters, speeches, and records with confidence.
- Teach short Civil War modules using active learning and clear assessments.
- Explain emancipation, Reconstruction laws, and their impact on race and citizenship.
- Critique Civil War memory, monuments, and Lost Cause narratives with nuance.
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