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Topics in U.S. History: Learn from the Past, Prepare for the Future

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Sophia's U.S. History: Learn from the Past, Prepare for the Future course is designed for you to discover how key events in U.S. History are both a product of our past and a precursor to our future.

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This is a pass/fail course. You must complete 10 Challenges (formative assessments), 3 Milestones (summative assessments), and 3 Touchstones (project-based or written assessments) with an overall score of 70% or better.

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<p>By the end of the course, you will be able to:<br></p> <ul><li>Determine how studying history can help us prepare for the future.</li><li>Identify economic downturns that have affected different parts of society.</li><li>Recognize the skills like technology, agility, and problem solving that help people adjust to a changing workplace.</li><li>Determine the ways women have used communication and agility to achieve equality.</li><li>Compare and contrast how people throughout U.S. history have worked for freedom, civil rights, and social justice.</li><li>Examine the skills like agility and problem solving that immigrants have used as they pursued life in a new country.</li><li>Identify technological innovations that have changed the ways we fight wars and protect our troops.</li><li>Analyze skills such as problem solving and agility that have helped patients and practitioners keep up with new medical innovations.</li><li>Recognize how using an agile mindset will help us adapt to and learn new communication technologies.</li><li>Interpret the communication strategies that political leaders use to deliver a compelling message.</li></ul>
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