Are you curious about how nations, people, and groups interact to make the world work? This course gives you the context to feed that curiosity. Using real examples, we examine the systems people have built and learn how they operate. This course makes the history and the headlines make sense.
In this comprehensive, self-paced course students progress through three units covering topics related to how the modern world operates, with concrete examples throughout:
➡️ Who Is This Course For?
➡️ Each Week Includes:
➡️ What Students Will Learn To Do:
➡️ By the End of This Course, Students Will:
The class does not presume knowledge of the subject matter, though a healthy curiosity about how the world works is great to bring to the experience.
Students can expect to spend 2-4 hours per week working on the videos and completing the enrichment assignments.
The class meets learning standards established by the National Council on Social Studies, using the C3 Framework as follows:
Each week, students will watch 2-3 short videos for a total of 30-45 minutes of content. After each video, there is an enrichment activity that may take 30-60 minutes. Alltogether, students may spend 2-4 hours a week on the class.
Teacher feedback is included in the class. If a student has a question, they can message the teacher. Teacher response is generally within 24-36 hours.
Yes! Grades can be provided after a student has completed all of the enrichment exercises and taken the 3 unit quizzes.
Enrichment and quizzes are optional, unless a grade is needed.
All enrichment and quizzes, once turned in, will be responded to within 24-48 hours.
Create a parent account so we can save your child, enrollment, reminders, and checkout details.
You’ll come back to this class after creating your account.
Continue to enrollment when you’re ready.