Product Description
THIS IS A TWO-SEMESTER ONLINE COURSE. Due to the nature of the online courses, availability is limited and provided on a first-come, first-served basis. (You will be contacted if this course is no longer available.)
Class begins Monday, September 8, 2025.
Students are responsible for obtaining the required text. (Christian Liberty will NOT supply this book.) See Course Materials below for links to purchase the correct edition.
Course Description
Beginning with the Puritan migration and early colonial experiments, this course will explore the key events of American history through multiple lenses: the ideas that shaped the events, the immediate circumstances surrounding them, and the lasting consequences that still exist today. We will examine the philosophical traditions from which the early colonists and Founders drew in forming communal life, as well as the laws and legal battles that have shaped people, places, and institutions over the past 250 years.
Using this knowledge, the course will conclude with a look at the decisions of today’s policy makers: can their policies be viewed through a biblically grounded, prudential, constitutional lens, or can we at best only nod along with political pragmatism (whether from the Right or the Left)? Does the trend of American politics lead us toward a unified Union, or toward a collection of independent republics, or states?
| Course Details |
| Subject: American History |
| Suggested Grade: 11th - 12th |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Academic Credit: 1.0 credit |
| Dates: Monday, September 8, 2025 through Thursday, June 4, 2026. |
| Time: Mondays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Central Time. (note time zone) |
| Holidays: Thanksgiving week (Nov 24–28), Christmas & New Years Weeks (Dec 22–Jan 2), and Easter Week (Mar 30–Apr 3) |
Course Materials
This course will use Zoom (click for system requirements) and Google Classroom (click for system requirements). You will be given a link and class code for Zoom and Google Classroom once you are enrolled.
The text for this class is A History of the American People by Paul Johnson (ISBN: Hardcover 9780060168360; Paperback 9780060930349; Kindle 9780061952135)
