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Casting down imaginations,
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of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience
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Nothing new under the sun ...
Many folks work under the false assumption that the Bill of Rights just sprang out of nowhere from our Founding Fathers. This is not, in fact, the case. It is the work of countless Christians in the older and newer testaments and beyond applying God's Law-Word to every area of life. (Actually, careful review of the American War of Independence will reveal that our Founding Fathers made a successful push to restore ancient Feudal Rights based on common law. Common law, moreover, is based on our King's Law-word.)
As you read through your various PrestonSpeed Publication's classic works of G. A. Henty, let your children know that our nation's Bill of Rights came about only through the blood, sweat and tears of Christians for millennia. The following idea for your homeschooling and private Christian schooling endeavors may be done with any of the Henty classics.
Take, for example, The Dragon & the Raven. Begin to explore how the Vikings, Norsemen, or Northmen (take your pick of terms) thought Christians were immoral. Again, this is not a new concept. Humanists, past and present, tend to view Christians as immoral.
Also, a fruitful family discussion, taking The Dragon & the Raven as an example, may be to compare and contrast gang activity today with that of the Vikings.
However, what may prove to be the most enlightening is to compare the various behaviors of the Norsemen to the Bill of Rights.
For example ...
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Right to Bear
Arms The followers of Alfred the Great (the only English monarch to be called "the Great") hid their arms in the thatched roofs as Christians were prohibited by the Vikings from defending themselves. |
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Freedom of
Assembly The Vikings prohibited Christians from any large gathering above 2-3 individuals |
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Freedom of
Religion The Northmen (as intolerant as the humanists are today) destroyed the centers of learning and places of worship |
For your convenience, we have made
available the Bill of Rights for you to print off at your leisure.
Ideas for the G. A. Henty and the Bill of Rights form ....
| 1) As a homeschooling parent you may want to laminate the G. A. Henty and the Bill of Rights form so you can use a dry erase marker |
| 2) Print off an additional G. A. Henty and the Bill of Rights form for each of your scholars to take notes while either listening to the parent read or reading the book themselves |
| 3) Jot down specific examples from the Henty book you are reading under a particular Bill of Rights heading on the G. A. Henty and the Bill of Rights form. (If the parent opts to laminate the form, they will be able to use a dry erase marker) |
| 4) Use the ideas gathered during the discussion phase of various Henty book chapters or entire books to determine if that reminds you of another time a similar obstacle had to be overcome in history or today. Do not forget to jot down these family brainstorming sessions on the G. A. Henty and the Bill of Rights form |
| 5) Encourage your scholars to jot down (BRIEFLY) the main ideas on their form and place that form in a notebook or folder. As you continue reading Hentys, compare and contrast the various G. A. Henty and the Bill of Rights forms completed in the past |
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