𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀: 

❶ 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 If the class fee is a barrier to your learner's enrollment, message me for more information about payment plan options and scholarship opportunities. 

❷ 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀/𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 Learners registering for both the America Uncensored: High School U.S. History Part 1 and America Uncensored: High School American Literature Part 1 course in the same school year, or enrolling in one of the courses in the immediate consecutive school year following completion of the other course (for example, taking history in 2024-25 and literature in 2025-26), will be refunded $100 of their course fees ($50 for Part 1 and $50 for Part 2). The refund will be made in the week before class meetings begin, at the time Google Drive links are being distributed to students. For learners on the payment plan, the $50 refund will be applied to the second payment. 

❸ 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 The course will meet twice per week, 45 minutes per meeting, on Mondays and Wednesdays. The fall semester begins on August 12 and ends on December 18 with a one-week Labor Day break the week of September 2, a one-week fall break the week of October 28, and a one-week Thanksgiving break the week of November 25. The spring semester begins on January 27 and ends on May 21 with a one-week spring break the week of March 10. 

❹ 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 Students will receive a Google Drive link before the course begins. The Google Drive will include the student's journal, essay templates, MLA style guide, and grading/feedback document. 

❺ 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 No refunds of course fees are given after the Google Drive links are distributed. 

❻ 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 Learners enrolled in any of my semester courses are invited to attend study hall, held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons during the semester, at no additional cost. This is a time when students can get extra help with assignments, ask questions, work with classmates on group projects, or just log in and work on homework with other learners. 

❼ 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 Homework is assigned following each class meeting. Students are welcome to attend the course and complete as much or as little homework as they and their adult wish. In order to receive a letter of completion, however, students must complete homework in order to earn at least a 70 percent of better on their final grade. 

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𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗: 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬

In "America Uncensored: High School U.S. History," students will learn history while considering the historical and current experiences of Americans of difference races, sexes, genders, sexual orientations, religions, classes, and national origins. We'll also look at systems that developed throughout U.S. history and ask questions about whether those systems were tools for freedom and democracy or tools for oppression and control. We will begin our discussion by talking about the "history wars" that have raged since U.S. history was first taught as a topic in American schools. We will look at current debates about what students are taught and how students are taught U.S. history. We will ask: Why is history so important that different groups want to control what students learn? What should students learn? Is there a "just-the-facts" version of history or is all history filtered through the perspective of the teller? 

Part 1 of "America Uncensored: High School U.S. History" covers the Indigenous nations through Reconstruction and is offered in the fall semester (August through December). Part 2 covers Jim Crow through Current Events and is offered in the spring semester (January through May). Students must complete Part 1 before taking Part 2. Each part is 16 weeks with 45-minute twice weekly meetings. The course includes lecture, discussion, slides, video clips, audio clips, and primary source analysis. Learners should complete assigned readings and journal entries before class to be prepared for the discussion. 

Homework includes reading assignments, twice-weekly journal entries, and a weekly essay. 

The following is a schedule of weekly topics covered in Part 1: 

Week 1: Introductions, History and Who Controls It
Week 2: The Indigenous Nations
Week 3: Arrival of the First Non-Indigenous People  (No Essay Requirement)

𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸

Week 4: The First Colonies
Week 5: Indigenous People and the Colonists
Week 6: Labor in the Colonies: Enslaved, Indentured, and Free
Week 7: The Thirteen British Colonies
Week 8: Road to the Revolution
Week 9: The Revolutionary War
Week 10: The Early Republic: A Constitution and Rebellions (No Essay Requirement)

𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸

Week 11: The Indian Removal Act
Week 12: Slavery: Resistance, Revolt, and Abolition
Week 13: Expanding Territory: War with Mexico  (No Essay Requirement)

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸

Week 14: No More Compromise: Bleeding Kansas and Harpers Ferry
Week 15: The Civil War
Week 16: Reconstruction  (No Essay Requirement)