FreedomCivics Teacher Workbook - Second Edition

FreedomCivics was developed by a team of teachers and historians for the Freedom Education

Foundation (FEF) to provide an accurate history of the founding of the United States of America,

with a focus on the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance

of 1787, and the U.S. Constitution. The 20-session civics course includes history of the American colonies,

the Revolutionary War, free enterprise, and a balanced portrayal of American history. Recognizing the

problems of slavery and poor treatment and denial of civil rights of many, it also addresses the efforts of the

Founders and our forefathers to work for "a more perfect union" by passing new laws and amending the

Constitution. It concludes with examples of contemporary challenges to the Constitution and to encourage

students to be good citizens and protect the rights it guarantees. There are two workbooks for the

FreedomCivics course, a Student Workbook and a Teacher Workbook. The two workbooks are identical

except that the Teacher Workbook includes the 50 minute Lesson Plans, the answers to activities and

quizzes, and additional resources.

Craig Rhyne is a graduate of the University of Washington (BA, 1974). He has had a lifelong love of American and World History, as well as economics and education. He has authored four books. (There are four authors of FreedomCivics - Foundations of American Government. Rhyne is the primary author.) He is from the Pacific Northwest and has three grown children and six grandchildren.

Richard Calkins spent 40 years in the telephone industry, including seven years developing national telephone industry policies at the United States Telephone Association in Washington DC. He graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in Economics and is a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the Economics Honor Society. Calkins spent nine years in the Air National Guard and was trained in electronics and radar systems at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, graduating with honors.

Dr. Summers is an Adjunct Lecturer in History and Politics at Belmont Abbey College, Belmont NC. He has more than twenty-five years of teaching experience in K-12, vocational, and post-secondary education. A retired Colonel in the US Army Reserve, Clark holds degrees in Humanities (PhD), Strategy & Policy (MSS), International Relations (MA) and Rhetoric (BA).