Description This is the Book of Readings for Declaration Statesmanship.
In this part, we first look at how the founding generation addressed the problem.
From before the founding there was a conflict between ideas of liberty and the fact of slavery, between a dedication to equality and a practice of oppression.
The second part of the course looks to how some of our greatest statesman were guided by these ideals in dealing with the difficult questions of slavery and civil rights.
America\'s founding documents call for statesmen who can lead us in living up to the ideals of the Declaration.
Then we examine the Declaration in detail, and show how the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution established governments that attempted to fulfill its ideals.
In doing this, we look at the philosophy and religious teaching that influenced the founders in their decision to break from Great Britain.
In the first, the text explores the ideals and principles that created this nation and are expressed in the Declaration.
The course has three principal parts.
A Teacher\'s Manual, with lesson plans, detailed teacher strategies, comments on the text, quizzes and tests, is also available.
The authors have tried throughout the course to direct the students\' attention to the writings and documents of the time, many of which are quoted at length in the textbook, while others are contained in the accompanying Book of Readings.
Declaration Statesmanship has been designed as a one semester (14 week) course in American Government or Civics for eleventh or twelfth grade students.
As much as possible it deploys original sources and fundamental texts, and the writing of the authors endeavors to match, as their capacities allowed, the thoughtfulness and elegance of the authors who inspired us.
It unites history, philosophy, and what we call \'civics\' in a dynamic blend of narrative and argument.
There is no other course like it available to the American high school student.
This course is unique.
Description This is the Book of Readings for Declaration Statesmanship
