TanksHill
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What? Dinesh what country do you live in? Just wondering? Because unfortunately that did not come out right.
American History
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Quail_Antwerp
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Thank you! Someone else acknowledges this! finally! I remember arguing over and over with my history teacher over this very issue. He said we're a democracy, and I immediately asked him, "Then why do we pledge our alligience to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands?"abifae said:
He couldn't answer my question, and just kept reitterating that we are a democracy.
The problem with things today is people have bought into the propaganda.
"When the people fear the goverment, there is tyranny. When the goverment fears the people, there is liberty."
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Well, I did get a few resources off the net, but I also am getting a few used books from Amazon:
A Patriotic Primer, What Happened in America, and We The People: TheStory of the Constitution by Lynne Cheney
and by Bill Bennett: The Children's Book of America and The Book of Virtues for Young People: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories.
When I homeschooled my daughter, we used Bill Bennett's "The Book of Virtues" and DD enjoyed it a graet deal. I think DGD will like this one as well. She is being raised with excellent values, and I think this book will help cement the "why".
JamSoundsGood: I think I will look for some of those biographies. DD10 loves to read about people and what motivates them to do what they do. She will need a break from some of the more difficult books, just to keep her interested.
Quail aand Abifae: We are not only a republic, we are a Federally Constituted Republic ! And that Constitution is NOT a "living, breathing document", as those who want to twist it to suite their own purposes would have us believe.
A Patriotic Primer, What Happened in America, and We The People: TheStory of the Constitution by Lynne Cheney
and by Bill Bennett: The Children's Book of America and The Book of Virtues for Young People: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories.
When I homeschooled my daughter, we used Bill Bennett's "The Book of Virtues" and DD enjoyed it a graet deal. I think DGD will like this one as well. She is being raised with excellent values, and I think this book will help cement the "why".
JamSoundsGood: I think I will look for some of those biographies. DD10 loves to read about people and what motivates them to do what they do. She will need a break from some of the more difficult books, just to keep her interested.
Quail aand Abifae: We are not only a republic, we are a Federally Constituted Republic ! And that Constitution is NOT a "living, breathing document", as those who want to twist it to suite their own purposes would have us believe.
TanksHill
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Those books look very interesting. I might have to track a couple down. Thanks for sharing!!
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abifae
Abinormal Butterfly
LdyChef... PM me if you want some great documents. I went to Project Gutenberg and got a bunch of the letters our founding fathers wrote 
Project Gutenberg is good for home schoolers anyway!!
Since they're free on that I figure I can safely announce that I'll send them out
Project Gutenberg is good for home schoolers anyway!!
Since they're free on that I figure I can safely announce that I'll send them out
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abifae
Abinormal Butterfly
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
American Eloquence
and if you just search "american history" there is some neat stuff in there
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
American Eloquence
and if you just search "american history" there is some neat stuff in there
Jamsoundsgood
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Don't you love Project Guttenberg? I use it all the time. I think I might just have to get the Lynne Cheney book. I forgot about it and history is my husband's big thing to teach our kids. Their still a little young for some of the other documents, but that book is about perfect! This is fun!
