Books for the new elective class could include:
1. David Barton's Original Intent
2. The Light and the Glory
3. Noah Websters American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828 Edition, reprinted
4. Christian History of the Constitution
5. Psalms
6. Proverbs
7. Writing
8. Humanist Manifesto versions 1,2, and 3
9. Early American historical opinions on money and banking
10. Colonial grievances against the King of England and connections today
11. McGuffey's Reader Series
12. Blue Back Speller
13. Teaching our children today like the colonials taught their children.
14. Isaiah 7:15 and all that it means
15. Science and math as seen by God's order, verses chaos.
16. The Moral Compass, an anthology , compiled by Bill Bennet, past Sec U.S. Dept Education
17. Our Sacred Honor, compiled by Bill Bennett
A class at every grade level, growing deeper each year.
Alternative choices:
- Reading materials: new writer trash or traditional and classic helpful, godly moral building
- Give parents a reading list for opposing ways of thinking and growing children
- Reading methods: Traditional or New Age? Phonics or Whole Language
- Word understanding: close approximation or study a detailed dictionary for meanings and origin
- Handwriting: require form and beauty and clarity or accept sloppiness
- Math: New math or traditional methods
- History: Foundation documents and stories or skip that and just do current events with no foundations
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