Red Jacket Defends Native American Religion Red Jacket vs. Missionaries by Thea Sargent The occasion for this speech is Christian Missionaries trying to “educate” the Native Americans on Christianity. Red Jacket defends his dignity, beliefs, and tribe within this document. In the opening paragraph Red Jacket thanks, the Great Spirit Read more…
Suppression of the Rebellious Spirit by Nathanael Emmons (1800) OBEDIENCE TO CIVIL MAGISTRATES part 6 The present appearance of a seditious and rebellious spirit in this happy country is extremely alarming. This spirit has often appeared in the world and produced the most fatal effects. When the spies returned from Read more…
A Farmer Refuted by Bell McKee On the official Hamilton album, recorded by the Original Broadway Cast, and posted by Lin-Manuel Miranda himself in 2015, coming in barely over a minute, the sixth song listed on the album – while a simple song, easily overlooked – provides a lot of Read more…
Full Text The Declaration of Independence by Lauren Polli The Declaration of Independence is arguably the most famous, most important, and most dangerous document to come out of the United States. The five writers of the Declaration are: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman. They Read more…
This episode we talk The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien. We battle, we make friends, and talk orcs, rings, and talking trees. Robert von Hagen returns to help me in this complex world. Can we get to the bottom of the towers? Gollum? Read more…
Each term we allow the students to pick the books that they read. Naturally, we present a list (about 20 books) of a combination of fiction and non-fiction in the time period we are talking about over the term. We then allow the students to pick their top three and Read more…
Action Philosophers by Fred Van Lente (Author), Ryan Dunlavey (Author) is an omnibus of comic histories of philosophy and philosophers. For copyright reasons, we cannot share the comics, but have the license for the class. In the meantime, I recommend the book highly. The students read the chapters on Thomas Read more…
Description of a Slave Ship by Grace Novascone In the early 1600s, the demand for unpaid labor to work plantations made the idea of slavery profitable and economically attractive. As a result, plantation owners began pursuing slavery as an economic solution to their problems. Ultimately over 12 million African men, Read more…