Circa Programs
Looking to become a Circa student? Curious about the different programs that we offer and interested in seeing which might be best for you? Learn more about the types of programs offered by the Circa Project!
The Circa Project offers three types of programs. Students can select which program best meets their needs or take more than one course in succession.
Skill-Driven Programs
Skill-driven programs are at the core of Circa’s teaching. These programs teach students the critical thinking skills that they need to work on history and the social sciences. Rather than focusing on history content, these classes focus on teaching students specific skills. Students build specific skills, like making an argument or analyzing a source, across a program. These skills then collectively build across a program. At the completion of a Circa program, students have a repertoire of skills that they can use to think critically about the past and about the world around us today.
You can read a full introduction to Circa’s skill-driven programs here.
AP History Test Prep
The AP history tests align closely with Circa’s priorities. Indeed, they are one most critical ways in which high school students need to demonstrate that they can apply critical thinking skills to the study of history. In our AP history test prep courses, Circa students learn many of the same skills in the skill-driven courses, with an added focus of how to apply these skills directly to the question types on the AP history tests.
In addition to history skills, some of our AP history test prep courses cover content that students need to know for the exam. For instance, ‘The Final Century’ covers the last 100 years of material on the test. This course is ideal for students whose classes have fallen behind and have not finished all of the course material.
You can read a full description of Circa’s AP History Test Prep program here.
Individualized Study
Finally, Circa offers individualized study programs. These programs allow students to target their work at Circa directly to their goals. These programs also give students the chance to work directly with professional historians who are also award-winning educators.
Students might want to work on individual projects or get help in the areas that they want to improve most. Students can also use an individualized program as a way to prepare for the more rigorous demands of collegiate coursework.
Explore a full introduction to Circa’s individualized study programs here.
