Learning about Our Heritage   

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National Center for Constitutional Studies

Principles of Liberty (length of videos in parentheses)

1. Introduction (3:49) 
2. America’s 5000 Year Leap (9:44)  
3. Value of Knowing Principles (5:16)
4. The Political Spectrum (9:26)
5. Natural Law (9:58)
6. Public Virtue and Morality (5:51)
7. Proper Role of Government (9:06)
8. Human Frailties (6:07)
9. Property Rights (8:36)
   
10. Separation of Powers (5:58)
11. Strong Local Government (10:00)
12. Avoiding Debt (3:37)
13. Manifest Destiny (6:57)

Making of America Seminar

Making of America Seminar Guide  
   * Answers are on p. 54.

1.  Settling the New World (54:12) 
     Seminar Guide, p. 5

2.  The Birth of a Nation (42:00)
      Seminar Guide, p. 9     

3.  Discovering America’s Great Success Formula (33:05)
      Seminar Guide, p. 15

4-5. Miracle at Philadelphia (42:02)
       Seminar Guide, pp. 23, 25

6.  The Founders Formula (21:58)
      Seminar Guide, p. 33

7.  Article 1 (33:07)    
      The States Delegate 20 Powers to Congress
        Seminar Guide, p. 35

8-9. Articles II & III (33:07)
     -The Most Powerful Political Office in the World: 
      The Presidency of the United States
      Seminar Guide, p. 39 
       -The Federal Judiciary
       Seminar Guide, p. 41

10. Articles IV - VII (11:35)
        The States and the People
        Seminar Guide, p. 42

11-12. The Bill of Rights and 
        The Other 17 Amendments (44:33) 
        Seminar Guide, pp. 45, 49        

Prager University
Dennis Prager has set about to create a campus of five minute mini-courses that give us the education we need (and should have gotten).  Ever-expanding, the Prager University curriculum (so far) is available below.

 Life Studies
The greatest of the "studies" is the study of life, not some abstract study. Keep studying it, and trust your common sense. These courses will give you some tools to make your life and the lives of those around you better.

• Intro to Prager University
• On Luck
• He Wants You
• The Happiness Equation
• Understanding Men and Women
• When Telling the Truth is Wrong
• Everyday Ethics: Consumer Rights... and Wrongs
• The Case for Marriage
• Actions Matter
• Men and the Power of the Visual
• The Missing Tile Syndrome

Psychology
Learn about some of the most important matters in psychology that will help you in your relationships and in understanding your other half.

• Understanding Men and Women
• Happiness is a Moral Obligation
• Key to Happiness and Goodness
• Human Nature - Are We Basically Good?

Wisdom of the Masters
Five minute video interviews with the seminal thinkers of our times, exploring their most important ideas. 

• Free Market Morality
• How the Vietnam War Was Won and Lost
• Interview with Paul Johnson
• The Power of Profit

Religion/Philosophy
The more university education a person receives, the more likely he is to hold secular and left-wing views. With an effort to undo these anti-religious views, the following courses give rational, reasonable expression to the Biblical worldview and Judeo Christian values.

• Do You Have Free Will?
• What Would Make You Believe in God?
• If Good and Evil Exist, God Exists
• The Four Big Bangs
• The Most Important Verse in the Bible

Political Science
The following courses will give you the facts, history and common sense evidence to help you understand key political issues. These five minute courses are straight to the point with no political agenda.

• Are You a Liberal?
• Capital Punishment
• Is Israel an Apartheid State?
• Is the Right More Ideological Than the Left?
• Proving Media Bias
• The American Trinity
• The Bigger the Government the Smaller the Citizen
• The Middle East Problem
• The Welfare State and the Selfish Society
• The Moral Promise of Free Enterprise

History
As we study history we learn how and why civilizations have developed and gain an insight into how to make the decisions necessary to proceed forward.

• Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Bomb
• How the Vietnam War Was Won and Lost
• The 4th of July Declaration
• The Moral Case for the British Empire

Economics
The following courses will help you articulate how the only current social and economic system that aligns itself with the combined human spirits of achievement, ambition, self-improvement, individualism, self-esteem, and initiative is Capitalism.

• Do High Taxes Raise More Money?
• Free Market Morality
• The Power of Profit
• The Moral Promise of Free Enterprise

Hillsdale College

Introduction to the Constitution

• The Declaration and the Constitution  (33:12)
  
• Representative Government  (32:11)
  
• Separation of Powers and Limited Gov't.  (29:45)
  
• Bureaucratic versus Constitutional Gov't.  (29:54)
  
• Conclusion  (48:15)
  

Freedom Project

Principles of the Constitution

• Preamble  (9:41)
  
• Limited Government  (8:02)
  
• Legislative Powers and Limitations  (7:23)
  
• Executive Powers and Limitations  (9:43)
  
• Judicial Powers and Limitations  (10:18)
  
• Bill of Rights, Part 1  (9:30)
  
• Bill of Rights, Part 2  (8:35)
  
• Amendments 11-18  (6:57)
  
• Amendments  19-27  (7:30)
  
• The Modern Preamble  (1:39)
  
• U.S. Constitution with a Side of Bacon  (2:16)

Preparing Patriots

• Raising Patriots
  
• What Is a Patriot?
  
• Patriotic Resources and Activities
  

Holidays

• Martin Luther King Day
  
• President's Day
  
• Memorial Day
  
• Flag Day
  
• Independence Day
  
• Labor Day
  
• September 11
  
• Constitution Day
  
• Columbus Day
  
• Veteran's Day
  
• Thanksgiving
  
• Pearl Harbor Day

American Majority

Why America is Great Pamphlet Series
1.  Our Rich Heritage
2.  Rule of Law
3.  The Appeal to Justice
4.  Self Government
5.  More Perfect Union


Days of Revolution
1.  The Die is Cast  (18:14)
2.   First Ventures  (13:28)
3.   The Last of the 13 Colonies  (14:11)
4.   Legacy of Legislatures/ Self Government (15:41)
5.   The Great Awakening  (11:57)
6.   The Albany Plan of Union  (14:54)
7.   The French and Indian War  (13:32)
8.   The Proclamation Act of 1763  (9:20)
9.   The Sugar Act of 1764  (14:22)
10. The Currency Act of 1764  (12:05)
11. The Rights of the Colonies  (12:10)
12. The Life of James Otis  (11:38)
13. The Stamp Act and Popular Resistance  (13:57)
14.  An Army Amongst Us  (12:11)
15.  Patrick Henry and the Virginia Resolves  (12:46)
16.  The Sons of Liberty  (16:57)
17.  A Violent Backlash  (13:45)
18.  The Colonies Unite  (13:43)
19.  King George III  (15:20)


History of the Constitutional Convention
1.   Introduction  (13:14)
2.   Challenges  (16:38)
3.   Trade and Commerce  (14:45)
4.   James Madison, Father of the Constitution (12:38)
5.   James Madison, Part 2  (8:12)
6.   Shays' Rebellion  (12:16)
7.   Convention Delegates  (20:08)
8.   Convention Delegates, Part 2  (20:37)
9.   Beginning the Convention  (11:18)
10. The Virginia Plan  (15:25)
11. James Wilson  (17:08)
12. Large State Advantage, William Paterson  (10:31)
13. Alexander Hamilton, Centralized Gov't. (12:57)
14. Alexander Hamilton's Life  (13:50)
15. Alexander Hamilton's Life, Part 2  (16:46)
16. Constitutional Tension and Call for Prayer (13:24)
17. Concessions and Compromise  (13:20)
18. Religion and the Founding Fathers  (12:24)
19. Roger Sherman  (12:08)
20. The Slavery Issue  (16:36)
21. Slavery, Part 2  (15:22)
22. Separation of Powers  (17:39)
23. The Executive Branch, Electoral College  (15:32)
24. The Judicial Branch  (15:41)
25. Final Debates Before Signing  (16:00)
26. Gouverneur Morris  (19:46)
27. Ratifying the Constitution  (18:04)
28. The Ratification Debates  (15:06)
29. Ratification and a Bill of Rights  (17:58)
30. The Bill of Rights, First Ten Amendments  (11:49)
31. Looking Back and Forward  (9:39)

Milton Friedman

Free to Choose (link to videos)
  1-  The Power of the Market  (links to transcripts)
  2-  The Tyranny of Control
  3-  The Anatomy of a Crisis
  4-  From the Cradle to the Grave
  5-  Created Equal
  6-  What’s Wrong with Our Schools
  7-  Who Protects the Consumer?
  8-  Who Protects the Worker?
  9-  How to Cure Inflation
 10- How to Stay Free

Learn about Dr. Friedman's Work

• The Man Who Saved Capitalism
  
• Milton Friedman, Father of School Choice
  
• Milton Friedman and the Fight for Free Markets
  
• The Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman  (1:26:42)
  
• Milton Friedman's Autobiography
  
• John Stossel: Influence of Milton Friedman