Description
This is the Teacher Guide that goes with America's Struggle to Become a Nation (Student). This guide is filled with everything you need. It includes perforated tear out pages that include worksheets, quizzes, and tests. The answers keys are also included. We have done all the work for you. All you have to do is look at the lesson schedule and give your student that assignments for that day. It's that easy.
“God told His people to tell their children stories of their heritage. (Psalm 143:5, Deut. 32:7, Hebrews 10:32, Romans 15:4 ) That is what we have attempted to do in Fight for Freedom & America's Struggle to Become a Nation history curriculum
We have so many heroes in our heritage, and it excites us that we can introduce them to your family!
These stories will ignite the imagination and take your kids on an incredible journey back to the time our country was founded. Our goal is to make your kids love history, while reinforcing the values that once made our country strong. “ ~ Marilyn Boyer, Author
Why did we write the books?
Our goal in writing The Fight for Freedom and America's Struggle to Become a Nation was two-fold. First to teach kids history through engaging them in the lives of real people so they would be inspired and also retain what they learned and secondly to show them God's Hand of Providence in the establishment of our nation.
Why is this important?
Research shows that kids learn better when history is taught in biographical format, unveiling what happened through the stories of real people rather than learning ( and then forgetting) a string of dates and places. That is why we spend much time telling the stories of the men and women who sacrificed and struggled to birth this nation. Everyone loves a story and you'll find your children will have a greater retention level because of the story format.
Why do you tell history through stories?
It is the Biblical pattern. This is how God teaches us from the Bible- we learn about the Philistines for example by studying the lives of David and Samuel. We learn about the Babylonian Empire by studying the lives of Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
Previous generations of Americans understood this concept and embraced a Biblical approach to education. The American Revolution was studied by studying the lives of George Washington, James Caldwell, Nancy Hart, Abigail Adams, and James Armistead.
Why is a Providential view of history necessary?
History must be taught from a Providential view or it becomes sterile and irrelevant to application to the present. Today history is taught void of any purpose and has become dry and boring. Daniel Webster affirmed, "History is God's Providence in human affairs, and it is a part of it to triumph over error, and to assign to the actors in great events, their proper places." In an effort to erase acknowledgement of God from history, secular history it is taught void of purpose. Ben Franklin so wisely stated, " The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth; that God governs in the affairs of men." George Bancroft, who is known as the Father of American History said, " The fortunes of a nation are not under the control of blind destiny, but follow the steps by which a favoring Providence, calling our institutions into being, has conducted the country to it's present happiness and glory."
David Barton confirms this, "When American history was taught with a purpose- when it embraced a Providential view of the events and persons of history- it was not the boring, compartmentalized, secular subject that it has become today. Return to a use of biographical history (study the primary individuals involved) and apply a Providential viewpoint always remembering that "History is God's providence in human affairs.'"
Why did we focus on the founding era of our country?
We are fast losing our freedom in this country and we as a people don't even recognize this. If we don't understand the cornerstones of freedom that the founders risked everything to establish, we won't see be vi