High School Summer Academic Courses: Modern History

Modern History students will investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from 1500 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time. Students will also continue to develop skills in using appropriate research tools and effective argument-driven writing, as well as using critical reading strategies.