History isn't just about memorizing dates. It's about understanding people, choices, and consequences. In this course, students don't just read about history—they step inside it.
Using Large Language Models (LLMs) as a creative partner, students research a specific period in Canadian history and develop a historical fiction narrative. They must ensure their characters' lives, challenges, and environments are historically accurate, requiring deep engagement with primary and secondary sources.
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
An Async Academy registration doesn't just unlock high school credits—it equips students with a professional-grade software suite. We provide every student with industry-leading tools and custom adaptive software to learn, create, and collaborate.
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.
Full Canva Subscription
Unleash creativity with a fully-featured Canva subscription containing all features. Students get unlimited 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.
Student-Friendly Gemini AI
Access the power of Google's Gemini assistant in a safe, education-focused environment. Perfect for brainstorming project ideas, clarifying complex concepts, and personalized tutoring, with strict privacy safeguards that protect student data.
From Research to Narrative
Each module focuses on a different era, from WWI to the present day. 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
The final project is a complete novella that demonstrates not just creative writing skill, but a rigorous understanding of Canadian 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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