Important Dates

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

October 7 - November 7, 2024    |    Register by October 4

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

  • October 23-November 3: Session Three, Asynchronous Learning

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

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

November 12 - 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 12: Canvas platform opens 

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

  • November 13-November 24: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning

  • November 27- December 8: Session Three, Asynchronous Learning

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

Making History and Civic Learning Meaningful: The Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy

February 13 - March 18, 2025   |    Register by February 9

Instructor: Natacha Scott, Director of Educator Engagement, iCivics

  • February 11: Canvas platform opens 

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

  • February 14-February 24: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning

  • February 27-March 10: Session Three, Asynchronous Learning

  • 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 17

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 21-March 3: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning

  • March 6-March 17: Session Three, Asynchronous Learning

  • 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 10

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

  • March 10: Canvas platform opens 

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

  • March 13-March 22: Session Two, Asynchronous Learning

  • March 26-April 5: Session Three, Asynchronous Learning

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

Difficult Conversations in the Classroom

July 9 - August 6, 2025 | Register by July 1

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

  • July 7: Canvas platform opens 

  • July 9 - July 20: Session One, Asynchronous

  • July 23: Session Two, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET

  • July 24-August 2: Session Three, Asynchronous Learning

  • August 6: Session Four, Live Instruction, 7-9 PM ET