The focus of our History courses is to help students develop the critical analysis tools to be able to identify misinformation online. By
We use AI to write a personalized, RPG-style story starter for students, featuring a character they guide through the time period being studied. Students critically analyze historical documents, and the content of their research is then used by the AI to incorporate into the next parts of the story.
By separating the research from the story, students familiarize themselves with both the power and foibles of working with AI, while also learning the same critical analysis tools taught at Universities, giving them an unparalleled ability to identify online misinformation and stay safe in an increasingly demanding cognitive ecosystem.
Historical Thinking Concepts
The course is structured around the "Big Six" historical thinking concepts:
- Historical Significance
- Evidence
- Continuity and Change
- Cause and Consequence
- Historical Perspective
- The Ethical Dimension
By applying these concepts to their story, students learn to think like historians. They analyze why events happened, whose voices are missing, and how the past shapes the present.
Custom Courseware & Included Software
At Async Academy, we equip students with a professional-grade software suite to help them learn to use tools actually used in the real world. Through every course, students develop their skills using:
Full Canva Subscription
Unleash creativity with a fully-unlocked Canva subscription containing all features. Students get a full year of access to premium design tools, templates, fonts, and assets to build beautiful visual presentations, reports, and digital portfolios for their courses.
Google Workspace
Every student receives a dedicated school Google Workspace account. It includes 5 GB of secure Drive storage, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, providing the perfect toolkit for organizing files and collaborating.
Adaptive Courseware
We develop our own educational apps in-house, designed to adapt directly to your student. By utilizing advanced, secure AI, our coursework customizes its projects and readings to match your student's unique interests and learning style. It's an engaging, modern approach that goes beyond the textbook.
Student-Friendly Gemini AI
Access the power of Google's Gemini assistant in a safe, education-focused environment. Our courses use AI in a way that lets students use modern tools to learn more and faster. The world is changing more quickly than ever, and we believe it's imperative to help our students stay ahead of the curve.
From Research to Narrative
Our History courses let students experience the events of the past through the eyes of a character they they develop throughout the course. Students:
- Learn to trust their ability to navigate the modern media landscap
- Use a wide variety of sources that reflect their interests
- Draft narrative chapters that reflect their findings
- Critique and refine their work with teacher feedback
By the end of the course, students have co-written a personally-relevant narrative of the course content while developing a rigorous understanding of history.
Open Materials
We believe that education should be accessible. That's why we've made our curriculum resources freely available to browse without a paywall.
Explore the course content, view assignments, and get a feel for our asynchronous learning model before committing to registration.
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We've created a custom app to guide you through the course. You can try out up to three submissions of any of our apps by creating a free account, and you can unlock all of the apps (up until the end of the first unit) by registering. There's no commitment or schedule.
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