We The Teachers

Session 3: The American Mind, Part 2

Jul 28, 2015

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/presidential-academy/Session+3+Morel.mp3

Focus

The political logic of the argument of the Declaration, continued: Further reflections on the course of human events, people, the laws of nature and of nature’s God, decent respect for the opinions of mankind, self evident...

The 15th Amendment: Providing the Vote

Jul 22, 2015

On 21 July, NCSS and TAH.org hosted the last of three episodes in their joint Summer Webinar Series about the Reconstruction amendments. Professor Scott Yenor discussed with a group of teachers the reasoning behind the 15th Amendment, different ideas about how to achieve its goal, and the resulting impact of access to...

Session 2: The American Mind, Part 1

Jul 21, 2015

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Focus

Thomas Jefferson wrote that in drafting the Declaration of Independence he meant to give expression to "the American mind." What does the Declaration tell us about the American mind as it related to the foundations, forms, and purposes of the...

The 14th Amendment: How it Completes the Constitution

Jul 15, 2015

In part 2 of the TAH.org/NCSS Summer Webinar Series, Professor Scott Yenor discusses the need for, development of, and implementation of the 14th Amendment. Starting with conjecture over an ideal resolution to the Civil War, Professor Yenor and a group of teachers worked through the competing ideas and...

Session 1: Intro and the “Apple of Gold”: – The Centrality of the Declaration of Independence in American Political Life

Jul 14, 2015

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/presidential-academy/Introduction+Peter+Schramm.mp3

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/presidential-academy/Session+1+pt1+Flannery.mp3

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/presidential-academy/Session+1+pt2+Morel.mp3

Focus

Why is it important to understand the Declaration of...