Raise Teens Who Love America

Raise Teens Who Love America In “Raise Teens Who Love America,” Episode, #128, Meredith Curtis urges you to be proactive in raising freedom-loving young people. It’s so easy to take freedom for granted until you lose it. America has been a beacon of freedom and hope to the entire world for centuries, but do our children and teenagers appreciate their heritage? You can raise children and teens who are enthusiastic, yet realistic about the United States of America       Powerline Productions, Inc. Bringing Homeschool Joy to Families Everywhere!       Show Notes Diego “I Love America” Venezuela Cubans risking their lives to get here Time in Germany (“We are all watching”) Our Christian Heritage Puritans, Pilgrims, and the Great Awakening The influence of Jesus and the Word of God Learn to look at history in light of national and world culture (e.g. cursing, sexual immorality, slavery, taxes, role of women) Constitution Based on Bible God as Law-Giver, Judge, and King Federalists & Anti-Federalists Read/Discuss Constitution Read/Discuss Bill of Rights Meet the Founding Fathers Freedom from Slavery Christians Against Slavery Both sides of the ocean—Wilberforce, Beechers Underground Railroad Immigration Melting Pot Ellis Island to Interwoven in the fabric of life Horatio Algiers and the Rags to Riches Tales Freedom in Education Freedom vs. Government Nannies Giving opportunities to experience freedom, taxation, entrepreneurships Read biographies of brave freedom-lovers Raising Patriots Biographies (Cotton Mather, William Bradford, John Winthrop, Jonathan Edwards, George Washington, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Quincy Adams, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, Daniel Webster, Charles Finney, Jedidiah Smith, Davy Crockett, Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Lew Wallace, Booker T. Washington, Washington Carver, Calvin Coolidge, John D. Rockefeller, D.L. Moody, Billy Sunday, John Wannamker, Ben Carson, Ronald Reagan) Listen to people who love America (Prager U, Dan Bongino, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingrahm, Bill O’Reilly, Patriotic Resources (A’Beka, Bob Jones, FACE, Powerline Productions, Notgrass, Liberty Press, Patriotic Songs (God Bless America, Star Spangled Banner, My Country “tis of Thee, God Bless the USA) Movies (Patriot, Harriet, Midway, Cheaper by the Dozen, The Blind Side, Remember the Titans, Dave’s Barton’s American Heritage series, Dave’s Stott’s Drive Thru American History) Cartoons (Learn Our History, This is America, Charlie Brown, Adventures in Odyssey) Conservative Authors (Cal Thomas, Rush Limbaugh, Thomas Sowell, William F. Buckley, Rand Paul, Pat Buchanan, Robert Bork, Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, George Will) Historical Fiction/Living Books/Biographies (The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Gifted Hands by Ben Carson) Conservative News Sources (Newsmax, One America News Network, CBN News, Town Hall, The American Conservative, Epic Times, Daily Caller) Pointing out Inconsistencies