Free American History Courses

In a series of 18 dynamic audio & video lectures supplemented by downloadable documents, Professor J. Rufus Fears tells the story of how America's vision of freedom became a model for the entire world.

The American Revolution entailed some remarkable transformations--converting British colonists into American revolutionaries, and a cluster of colonies into a confederation of states with a common cause--but it was far more complex and enduring then the fighting of a war.

John Green teaches you the history of the United States of America in 47 episodes!

This course introduces the viewer to African-American history, with particular emphasis on the political thought and protest movements of the period after 1930...

Thomas E. Woods, Jr., senior fellow in history at the Mises Institute, presents this eight-lecture course covering the material in his book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. Presented to the Auburn University Academy for Lifelong Learners, and hosted at the Mises Institute.

Sixteen lectures using PowerPoint surveying American history from North American prehistory through European colonization, the American Revolution and early national period, and culminating in the Civil War and Reconstruction.

This course covers the history of persons and events that have contributed to life in America from the Civil War to the present.

An examination of the world from 1200 to 1750, the course focuses on the transition from medieval to modern by addressing philosophical, social, political, economic, and technological changes in Asia, Europe, and Islamic territories.

This course explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877.

Printer, journalist, postmaster, scientist, inventor, diplomat, patriot, and tireless founder of civic institutions, Benjamin Franklin was the most versatile of the Founders—even more so than Jefferson.