driven2teach “founding fathers-- founding principles”

Driven2Teach“Founding Fathers-- Founding Principles”

Larry’s Vision: Teach the Teacher Driven 2 Teach

“ David [McCullough] and I both believe it is important to educate people about our heritage. Otherwise, many of the freedoms we have had in America are going to be lost to future generations, and they won’t even know what they’ve lost. In some places, American history isn’t even a required class anymore—that’s a tragedy. With all this in mind, David told me about a program in his home state of Maine that took teachers to historical sites—the idea being that if you can get the teachers to experience history firsthand, they will become more knowledgeable and more passionate about the subject, and this will trickle down to the students. I took this idea with me back to Utah and grew it bigger. We call it our ‘Teach the Teacher’ program, or the Education Project.”

Miller, Larry H., and Doug Robinson. Driven: an Autobiography. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 2010. Print. (pg. 212)

Instructor Sara HackenSara Hacken has taught 28 years in 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. For the last fourteen years, she has taught an integrated English/History program at Lakeridge Jr. High.Sara has received awards for her innovative work at both the elementary and secondary level. She has conducted curriculum workshops locally and nationally, and taught classes for BYU, SUU, and Utah State and was recently recognized as the 2012 Utah Teacher of the Year!For the last six years she has also written and directed the Teaching American History grants for Alpine District which has provided over 550 hours of US History in-service for Alpine teachers. Sara has traveled extensively both in the US, and internationally as a Fulbright Scholar. Sara is the mother of four children, and grandmother of eleven grandchildren.

Instructor Cindy NessCindy Ness is a 26 year veteran of the public education system. She is the recipient of six educational grants, and a Fulbright Scholar. In 2008 she was the recipient of the Middle School Alpine Spirit Award for excellence in education and a Crystal Apple recipient.

Cindy joined the BYU history faculty in Fall 2009. She taught American history courses and worked with the prospective history and social studies teachers. She returned to the public classroom in Fall 2012, while continuing to teach Independent Study courses at BYU.

Cindy has taught US History & Education seminars throughout the state of Utah; including three previous Larry H. Miller Driven 2 Teach History Seminars.

Cindy and her husband, Rob, have four children.

Dr. Jeffery D. NokesJeff Nokes (PhD, Utah) is an assistant professor of History at BYU where he works with prospective history and social studies teachers.

His research interests include history teaching, democratic instructional methods, and nurturing secondary students’ historical literacies. He is the author of Building Students’ Historical Literacies: Learning to Read and Reason with Historical Texts and Evidence (2013), and co-editor of (Re) Imagining Content-Area Literacy Instruction (2010).

Jeff taught for 14 years in the Jordan School District at Elk Ridge Middle School and Bingham High School. He was named Utah’s outstanding high school history teacher of the year in 2005 by the Utah Council for the Social Studies.

Jeff lives in Riverton with his wife and six children and enjoys coaching, hiking, and camping.

Dr. Jay H. BuckleyJay H. Buckley (PhD, Nebraska) teaches US History, American West, and American Indian history courses and directs the Native American Studies minor at BYU. His specialties include Lewis & Clark, exploration & migration, Indian-white relations, fur trade, and other western themes. Buckley recently served as the President of the national Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.

Buckley is the author of William Clark: Indian Diplomat and co-author of By His Own Hand?: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis; Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West; and, Orem [Utah].

Jay and his wife, Becky, are the parents of three children and they enjoy sports, hiking, and traveling.

Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Virginia, Washington, D.C.

DRIVEN-2-TEACH: 2014

Thirteen Founding Fathers, Their Ladies of Liberty,

& a Pain(e) in King George’s Neck

Massachusetts“By the Sword We Seek Peace, but Peace Only Under Liberty.”

1) Samuel Adams*2) John Hancock*3) John Adams*

Elbridge Gerry*, Nathaniel Gorham, James Otis*, Robert Treat Paine*  

SAMUEL ADAMSSept 27, 1722 – Oct 2, 1803

Harvard CollegeMarried:

Elizabeth CheckleyElizabeth Wells

MA House of Represent.Sons of Liberty

Boston Massacre; Tea Party

ContributionsContinental Congress

Psalms 33Helped draft Articles of Confederation & MA State Constitution

Lexington/ConcordMA Senate Pres.MA Gov. (1794-97)

“This is a glorious day for America.” Apr 19, 1775“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards.”“Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.”“Our cause is just and righteous, and we shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we show ourselves worthy of its aid and protection.”

JOHN HANCOCKJan 23, 1737– Oct 8, 1793

Lost father at age 7Had a rich uncle!Harvard CollegeDorothy QuincyMA colonial legislatureLiberty! for Madeira

Contributions$250,000 to aid Rev. WarPresident, 2nd C CongressMaj. Gen. of MA militiaFirst and Third Governor state of MACongress of ConfederationMA State Convention

“I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.” “Burn Boston, though it makes John Hancock a beggar, if the public good requires it.”

JOHN ADAMSOct 30, 1735-July 4, 1826Braintree (Quincy)

Harvard CollegeTaught SchoolPracticed Law

Married Abigail SmithWonderful lettersConfidant, advisor

ContributionsContinental CongressDeclaration of IndependenceWrote MA ConstitutionUS Diplomat

France Great Britain

VP; 2nd US PresidentOpposition to slavery

“The furnace of affliction produces refinement in states as well as individuals. And the new Governments we are assuming in every part will require a purification from our vices, and an augmentation of our virtues, or they will be no blessings.”“[Independence Day] … will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.”

Massachusetts

Virginia

“Death to Tyrants” / “Thus always to tyrants”4) Patrick Henry* 5) George Washington 6) Thomas Jefferson* 7) James MadisonCarter Braxton, Benjamin Harrison, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Richard Henry Lee, George Mason, Thomas Nelson, Edmund Randolph, George Wythe

PATRICK HENRY*May 29, 1736-June 6, 1799

Attorney, Wealthy Landowner and Tobacco grower; Great OratorOpposition to Stamp ActChampion of Republicanism

ContributionsPromoter of the Rev.Anti-Federalist who opposed ConstitutionAdvocate: Bill of Rights1st and 6th Gov. of VA

“Let us trust God and our better judgment to set us right hereafter. United we stand, divided we fall.”“It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace—but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

GEORGE WASHINGTONFeb. 22, 1732-Dec. 14, 1799

tobacco plantationFrench & Indian WarGeorge & MarthaFather & Mother of the Country

ContributionsContinental Army GeneralPresided over Constitutional ConventionFirst PresidentSet the standard of the presidencyRepeatedly voluntarily gave up power…

“The time is now [to] determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves. . . . Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us the only choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.”“The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind …an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation.”

THOMAS JEFFERSON*April 13, 1743-July 4, 1826

Martha Wayles Skelton Sally Hemings (1/2 sister)Governor of VirginiaUS Minister to FranceNotes on the State of VirginiaLand Ordinance (1784/1785)

ContributionsDeclaration of IndependenceReligious FreedomFounder, Univ. of VADiplomat; Sec of StateVP; Third PresidentLouisiana Purchase

“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.”“All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion; nor shall any be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious institution.”“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable Rights; that among these, are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness; … we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”

“May it [the Declaration of Independence] be to the world what I believe it will be, . . . the Signal of arousing men to burst the chains, under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to find themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self government. . . . All eyes are opened, or opening to the rights of man.” – 1826“I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing.” – 1787

JAMES MADISONMarch 16, 1751-June 28, 1836

Oldest of 12 kidsCollege of NJ (Princeton)Protégé of JeffersonReligious liberty

ContributionsFather of the ConstitutionBill of Rights championFederalist Papers (26)Federalist PartyHouse of Rep.Secretary of StateFourth PresidentWar of 1812

“Conscience is the most sacred of all property.”“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”

Virginia

Pennsylvania

“Virtue, Liberty, and Independence”Thomas Paine8) John Dickinson 9) Benjamin Franklin* 10) Robert Morris*

George Clymer, John Morton, Benjamin Rush, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson

THOMAS PAINEFeb. 9, 1737-June 8, 1809

political activist, author, political theorist, revolutionary, critic of ChristianityPain in George III’s neckCatalyst of American & French Revolutions

ContributionsCommon SenseAmerican CrisisRights of Man

“Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.”“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.”“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” “Without the pen of [Paine], the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain.”

--John Adams

JOHN DICKINSONNov. 15, 1732-Feb. 14, 1808

Mary “Polly” NorrisQuaker; huge library, later donated to Dickinson College

Refused to sign Dec. of Independence b/c pacifismFifth President of Penn.

ContributionsPenman of the American Rev.

Resolutions of the Stamp Act C.Letters from a Farmer in PennsylvaniaOlive Branch PetitionDeclaration of the Causes of Taking Up ArmsArticles of Confederation

“Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all,By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall;

In so righteous a cause let us hope to succeed,For heaven approves of each generous deed.”

The Liberty Song

“The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.”“Our cause is just, our union is perfect.”“Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.”“Governments could not give the rights essential to happiness. We claim them from a higher source: from the King of kings, and Lord of all the earth.”

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN*Jan. 17, 1706-April 17, 1790

Printer & InventorAlbany Plan (1754)Deborah ReadPoor Richard’s Almanac

1732-1757Autobiography (1771)

ContributionsDiplomat to FranceFranco-American AllianceTreaty of Paris 1783Wisdom, Compromise & Optimism at Constitutional ConventionAnti-slavery efforts

“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”“A great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges.”“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”

ROBERT MORRIS*Jan. 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806

Liverpool, merchantPhiladelphiaMorris & Co. shippingOne of the most powerful and wealthy men in AmericaContinental Navy

ContributionsSigned D of I; A of C; U.S. Const.President’s House

Where the Liberty Bell is now…Financier of the Revolution

personally paid £1,000,000 to troops Cont. Congress Finance CommitteeSupt of Finance (A of C)Key financial founder ("$")

“It is the duty of every individual to act his part in whatever station his country may call him to in hours of difficulty, danger, and distress.” – Robert Morris

Pennsylvania

New York“Ever Upward”11) Alexander Hamilton12) Gouverneur Morris13) John JayOthers: Aaron Burr, William Floyd, Francis Lewis, Philip Livingston, Robert Livingston, Lewis Morris

ALEXANDER HAMILTONJan. 11, 1755-July 12, 1804

Illegitimate son, West IndiesOrphaned, age 11

King’s [Columbia] UniversityIntellectual Talent

Elizabeth Schuyler HamiltonConstitutional Conventionsenior aide-de-camp to G. W.

ContributionsFederalist Papers (51)Secretary of the Treasury

US MintFederal ReserveUS TreasuryAmerican Financial & Economic SystemIndustrial & Market economy

“In a government framed for durable liberty, no less regard must be paid to giving the magistrate a proper degree of authority, to make and execute the laws with vigor than to guarding against encroachments upon the rights of the community. As too much power leads to despotism, too little leads to anarchy, and both eventually to the ruin of the people.” – 1781“Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.” – 1788

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS Jan. 31, 1752 – Nov. 6, 1816

New York City King’s College (Columbia)Lawyer, merchantLost NY reelection; Left LegPA delegate to Const. Conv.Signed A of Confederation

ContributionsHelped author NY ConstitutionPenman of the U.S. Constitution

Leading speakerrefined and crafted the languagewrote preambleLeader of national bloc supporting

Against slavery; expansion westSupported Hartford Convention

“We the people of the United States…do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”“Slavery is the curse of heaven on the States where it prevails.” – 1787“In adopting a republican form of government, I not only took it as man does his wife, for better, for worse, but what few men do with their wives, I took it knowing all its bad qualities.” – 1803

JOHN JAYDec. 12, 1745-May 17, 1828

New York CityKing’s College (Columbia)Merchant, LawyerSarah Van Brugh Livingston

ContributionsAssembly President, Articles of ConfederationFederalist Papers (5)First Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme CourtJay’s Treaty with G.B. (1794)Governor of NYLed efforts to abolish slavery

“This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren, united to each other by the strongest ties, should never be split into a number unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties.” – 1787

New York

Divine Providence“May the same wonder-working Deity who, long since delivering the Hebrews from their Egyptian oppressors, planted them in the promised land-whose providential agency has lately been conspicuous in establishing these United States as an independent nation-still continue to water them with the dews of Heaven and to make the inhabitants of every denomination participate in the temporal and spiritual blessing of that people whose God is Jehovah.” G. Washington, 1790

Divine ProvidenceFranklin proposed Moses dividing the Red Sea with Pharaoh’s army being swallowed up for the Great Seal. Jefferson urged a representation of the Israelites being led in the wilderness by the pillar of fire by night and the cloud by day. (1776)"I shall need...the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old, from their native land and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessities and comforts of life.” Thomas Jefferson (1805)

Founding Fathers & Ladies of Liberty

Founding Principles: The Charters of Freedom:

Four Standard WorksDeclarationArticles of ConfederationConstitutionBill of Rights