Teach it in the schools. Founders knew. Many of us never forget.
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Stop the abdication of parental responsibility.
Most of this should be taught at home.
My mom taught me and my siblings all of this (except for coding and self-defense). This was in the 70s and 80s.
We went to public school.
We complain about the horrendous job public schools do and then we want to give them MORE responsibility!?!?!
This. Also, civic duty is missing from the poster, as well as foundational knowledge of how USA is different and what its entire premise is based on (natural law/ God-given rights), and from which civilizations and empires the philosophy derived. By the way, were all the founders not home schooled themselves?
Civics.
I was not taught this as a separate class in public school. US History classes might have touched on it depending on the teacher.
Mom and others modeled civic duty, so it was "caught" way more than "taught."
Home school classes where I teach has a separate class in multiple grades called civics.
My US History classes cover separation of powers and God given rights as well. My students all know that I will go ballistic and they will be in for a lengthy lecture repeat if they answer that their God given rights come from the government. 🙂
Founding fathers. Yes, I believe most were taught at home. I cannot recall if any were sent back to England for a "proper" education.
Good on you, on multiple levels!!! We've got The Federalist Papers lined up and as much source as we've found so far, but if I find a co-op teacher like you, I'd be happy to hand over our little minds to hear it from someone else for a change!
Ty.
I think that the coop teaches Civics using abeka for the younger grades. Not sure what the high school uses - it might be teacher developed.
For the US History classes I teach, I incorporate a special unit for high school using the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. I also have them watch the RFKJ video from Dec 2020 where he speaks about the violations against the bill of rights; and they read a letter from one one the J6 prisoners and how their rights were trampled upon.
I want them to realize that we need to be ever vigilant against tyranny and that our Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights are always being challenged.
BTW, inherent in the Declaration of Independence is the right to revolt. It is often overlooked.
Kris Anne Hall (Liberty University) is an excellent resource and I echo her in my classroom.
Justice Scalia has spoken about how the separation of powers is the one element that really sets our country apart (not so much the bill of rights as other countries have these) and I work this into wherever I can in my lectures.
I attempt to teach my students that we have seen the encroachment of tyranny throughout our history starting with the xyz affair and to watch for this especially when there is a crisis.
The Federalist Papers are on my reading list. I know about certain arguments and dip in these when the situation presents itself, but I really want to study these on a deep level.