9th Grade · Full-year course · 4 units
History
Week 1 is free. Tap Week 1. The reading and the problems are on that lesson. Weeks 2–36 open with a Life Academy plan ($35/month per student or $69/month per family (up to 4 students)).
Unit 1: Foundations
Weeks 1–9Week 1Why study the deep past; river-valley map; Hammurabi excerptWeek 2Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, Yellow: geography → surplus → statesWeek 3Writing and law: how texts freeze power (cuneiform → code)Week 4Compare two early law excerpts — evidence chartWeek 5Classical Greece: polis, citizenship, exclusionWeek 6Athens / Sparta document contrastWeek 7Roman Republic institutions; checks on powerWeek 8Belief systems survey: Confucian, Buddhist, Abrahamic selectionsWeek 9Persian / Mauryan / Han empire snapshots + map
Unit 2: Building fluency
Weeks 10–18Week 10Silk Roads / Indian Ocean trade previewWeek 11Medieval Europe: manor, church, and townsWeek 12Islamic Golden Age + African kingdoms module selectionsWeek 13High Middle Ages: Crusades as contact (multi-perspective)Week 14Medieval Japan / Mongol world connectionsWeek 15Scholasticism and universities; knowledge institutionsWeek 16Late medieval crises: plague, revolt, and changeWeek 17Indian Ocean and Sahara trade networks — deep mapWeek 18Trans-Saharan gold/salt; West African states
Unit 3: Depth & application
Weeks 19–27Week 19Early modern Europe: Renaissance humanism textsWeek 20Ming / Ottoman / Safavid snapshots + map defenseWeek 21Columbian Exchange: biological and cultural consequencesWeek 22Atlantic world and early colonial encounters (multi-region)Week 23Scientific Revolution documents (Galileo trial context)Week 24Early modern review map + DBQ practice setWeek 25Revolutions prelude: English Civil War / Glorious Revolution ideasWeek 26Enlightenment salon documents (multi-voice)Week 27Atlantic revolutions prelude comparisons
Unit 4: Mastery & showcase
Weeks 28–36Week 28Document-based essay practice (World History I skills)Week 29World History I document review stationsWeek 30Timeline construction: river valleys → 1750Week 31World History I thematic essays: power, belief, exchangeWeek 32DBQ full write under timeWeek 33World History I timeline defense rehearsalWeek 34World History I oral timeline/document defenseWeek 35World History I map/timeline polishWeek 36World History I credit evidence summary