Important Dates

Our Declaration: “We the People” and the Declaration of Independence

October 7 - November 7    |    Register by October 1

Instructor: Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor, Harvard University

  • October 7: Canvas platform opens 

  • October 9: Session One, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET 

  • October 9-October 20: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 10/20; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 10/22)

  • October 23-November 3: Session 3, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 11/3; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 11/6)

  • November 7: Session Four, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET

Securing the “Blessings of Liberty”: The U.S. Constitution

November 13 - December 11, 2024  |    Register by November 7

Instructor: Dimitrios Halikias, Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University 

Assistant Professor of Humanities, University of Florida (starting Fall 2026)

  • November 11: Canvas platform opens 

  • November 13: Session One, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET 

  • November 13-November 24: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 11/24; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 11/26)

  • November 27- December 8: Session 3, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 12/8; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 12/10)

  • December 11: Session Four, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET

Making History and Civic Learning Meaningful: Using  the “Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy” to Engage Students in Deeper Civic Learning

February 13 - March 18, 2025   |    Register by February 7

Instructor: Natacha Scott, Director of Educator Engagement, iCivics

  • February 11: Canvas platform opens 

  • February 13: Session One, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET 

  • February 13-February 24: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 02/24; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 02/26)

  • February 27-March 10: Session 3, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due0 03/10; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 03/12)

  • March 18: Session Four, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET


A New Birth of Freedom: The Gettysburg Address

February 20 - March 20, 2025    |    Register by February 14

Instructor: Diana Schaub, Professor Emerita of Political Science, Loyola University Maryland

  • February 18: Canvas platform opens 

  • February 20: Session One, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET 

  • February 20-March 3: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 03/03; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 03/05)

  • March 6-March 17: Session 3, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 03/17; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 03/19)

  • March 20: Session Four, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET

Student-led Civics Projects: Using Project-based Learning to Develop Civic Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions

March 12 - April 9,  2025   |    Register by March 6

Instructor:  Kathryn Gabriele, Project Manager, Democratic Knowledge Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education

  • March 10: Canvas platform opens 

  • March 12: Session One, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET 

  • March 12-March 23: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 03/23; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 03/25)

  • March 26-April 6: Session 3, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 04/06; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 04/08)

  • April 9: Session Four, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET

Superpower: The U.S. and the Vietnam War

March 19 - April 16,  2025   |    Register by March 13

Instructor: Fredrik Logevall, Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of History, Harvard University

  • March 17: Canvas platform opens 

  • March 19: Session One, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET 

  • March 19-March 30: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 03/30; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 04/01)

  • April 3-April 13: Session 3, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 04/13; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 04/15)

  • April 16: Session Four, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET

A More Complete American Story: The History of Jim Crow

July 10 - August 7, 2025  |    Register by July 1

Instructor: Myisha Eatmon, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and of History, Harvard University 

  • July 8: Canvas platform opens 

  • July 10: Session One, Live Instruction, 12-2 PM ET 

  • July 10-July 21: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 07/21; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 07/23)

  • July 24-August 4: Session 3, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 08/04; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 08/06)

  • August 7: Session Four, Live Instruction, 12-2 PM ET

Digital Competency in the Age of AI

July 8 - August 5, 2025

Instructor: Tina Eliassi-Rad, Professor and Inaugural Joseph E. Aoun Chair, Northeastern University

  • July 7: Canvas platform opens 

  • July 8: Session One, Live Instruction, 12-2 PM ET 

  • July 8-July 19: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 07/19; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 07/21)

  • July 22-August 2: Session 3, Asynchronous Learning (Assignments due 08/02; feedback from coaches posted by end of day 08/04)

  • August 5: Session Four, Live Instruction, 12-2 PM ET

Difficult Conversations in the Classroom

Summer 2025 TBD

Instructors: Meira Levinson, Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society, Harvard Graduate School of Education 

Sara O’Brien, Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy, EdEthics, Harvard Graduate School of Education