Welcome and thank you for signing up for U.S. History Course 1! This course is not currently live but you will receive an email as soon as it's available (August 1, 2025 or earlier.) We're excited to guide you through the first half of U.S. History!

In the meantime, feel free to "get to know" your instructor, Emily Glankler, on YouTube, Instagram, or TikTok.

Thanks,

The Anti-Social Studies U.S. History Team

Here is a preview of the outline for the course...

Introduction

Module 1: The Work of Modern Historians

Unit 1: The Pre-Colonial Era (1491-1607)

Module 2: Indigenous Civilizations in North America

Unit 2: The Colonial Era (1607-1754)

Module 3: Comparing Colonies

Module 4: Colonial Conflict

Module 5: The Rise of American Slavery

Unit 3: The Revolutionary Era (1754-1800)

Module 6: The American Revolution

Module 7: The Early Constitutional Era

Module 8: Diversity in the Revolutionary Era

Unit 4: The Growing Republic (1800-1848)

Module 9: Jeffersonian Democracy

Module 10: The War of 1812

Module 11: The Common Man (and Woman)

Unit 5: The Civil War & Reconstruction (1848-1877)

Module 12: Sectionalism

Module 13: Antebellum Reformers

Module 14: Secession

Module 15: The Civil War

Conclusion

Module 16: Evaluating America's Original Promise