American History Live is an exciting, free educational program whose mission is to educate, entertain, and help students retain American history and civics. Our program provides students across America with a deeper appreciation of our nation’s history.
Founder's Rich History
American History Live utilizes animated historical figures to offer students a unique opportunity to interact in real time with American Founders Benjamin Franklin, Abigail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Prince Hall, and Betsy Ross. The program creates a memorable experience that engages students in learning American history and civics. Our characters are voiced by trained voice actors, utilizing a script created by experienced educators,
American History Live is an innovative tool designed to help educators engage students and leave a memorable impression of American history. Our historic figures come to the classroom using a video-conferencing platform, as an interactive, real-time experience with voice-over talent, bringing history to life!
Our program is available to public, private, charter, and homeschool educators. All lesson plans meet state and national standards. Applicable state standards are included in each lesson plan.
Our historic visitor program is designed as a one-time visit from one of our historical figures. This program enables students to meet with one of our historical figures to discuss a topic of the educator’s choosing.
Our curriculum program is designed as a unit program to enhance student knowledge of the topics covered. Each program comprises five real-time lessons featuring our historical figures, along with additional enrichment resources for students. Individual lessons can be changed to meet the needs of educators and students.
Our weekly homeschool class is available to all homeschool students. Homeschool educators will preregister students for one or multiple classes. Students will join other students from across the state and nation in a live, virtual class with one or multiple of our historic figures.