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In honor and memory of former U. S. Secretary of Education and former Houston ISD Superintendent Dr. Rod Paige who passed away this week. Serving as a long-time partner and advisor to AHEF, Dr. Paige was a great friend and supporter of AHEF and its co-founders Jack Kamrath and Eugenie Gonzalez.

(Caption: Former U. S. Secretary of State James Baker III, Former U. S. Secretary of Education Dr. Rod Paige, and AHEF Co-Founder Jack Kamrath)

Explore how biblical values inspired America’s founding principles of freedom, rights, equality, and rule of law – uncovering a powerful influence that united a diverse people. Discover The Miracle of America at https://americanheritage.org/miracle-of-america/ .

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U. S. Teachers & Homeschoolers: What does it mean to be an American? The American Heritage Education Foundation (AHEF) provides FREE, award-winning, objective, patriotic, supplemental K-12 Lesson Plans and Units by and for teachers on America's founding documents, rights and freedoms, governing branches and institutions, monuments, symbols, songs, and creeds. No cost to sign up. Visit www.americanheritage.org .

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Many Americans lack an understanding of our nation’s history and founding principles. How can we protect our freedoms if we don’t understand their origins?

The Miracle of America by Angela E. Kamrath reveals how biblical values inspired our nation’s founding principles of freedom, rights, equality, rule of law, justice, and unity -- uncovering the powerful influence that united a diverse people.

Learn more about The Miracle of America at https://americanheritage.org/miracle-of-america/

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Miracle of America - American Heritage Education Foundation, Inc. Reviewed and endorsed by leading historians and educators, Miracle of America is an unprecedented study on the connection […]

Gen. George Washington and the Continental Army Rely on God in the American Revolution

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Washington’s belief in God and the American cause affected his practices and actions in the war and his leadership of America’s colonial army. Ultimately, his faith-filled leadership impacted the outcome of the revolution and the founding of the new nation of the United States.

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Gen. George Washington and the Continental Army rely on God in the American Revolution - American Heritage Education Foundation, Inc. Washington’s belief in God and the American cause impacted his leadership in the revolution, war outcome, and founding of the United States.

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The American Right of Resistance

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In honor of July 4th..... Early Americans and the Declaration of Independence of 1776 acknowledged the people’s right to resist tyranny and unjust oppression - for the cause of freedom. They supported this right primarily with philosopher John Locke.

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The American Right of Resistance - American Heritage Education Foundation, Inc. During the American Revolution, the colonists upheld the right to resist tyranny and oppression. They drew from Locke to support this right.

U. S. Teachers & Homeschoolers: The American Heritage Education Foundation (AHEF) provides FREE, award-winning, patriotic K-12 & Higher Ed Lesson Plans and educational resources by and for teachers on America's founding documents, history, philosophy & principles. No cost to sign up. Visit www.americanheritage.org. Connect with us on FB at American Heritage Education Foundation

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Divine Providence in the Declaration

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The American Founders' Declaration of Independence presents principles that characterize America’s founding philosophy--including the idea of “Divine Providence.” This idea reveals early Americans' Bible-based view of God as actively involved in the lives of human beings, which greatly impacted their thoughts and actions at that time.

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Divine Providence in the Declaration of Independence - American Heritage Education Foundation, Inc. Early Americans held a Bible-based worldview of a God involved in the lives of men--a belief that greatly affected their actions in history.

Many Americans lack an understanding of our nation’s history and founding principles. How can we protect our freedoms if we don’t understand their origins?

The Miracle of America by Angela E. Kamrath reveals how biblical values inspired our nation’s principles of freedom, justice, and unity, uncovering the powerful influence that united a diverse people.

Explore the stories that shaped our nation: https://bit.ly/4a8My5G

Understand Our Nation's History with The Miracle of America Book Discover the story of America’s founding principles with The Miracle of America book! This AHEF resource dives into the ideas of liberty, unity, and responsi...

From the Texas Pastor Council:

Critical Texas State Board of Education Vote on Bluebonnet Curriculum!

The Registration Period for Testimony for the November Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) opened Monday, November 11, at 8a.m. We need as many people in Texas as possible to show up to the meeting and testify that they support Biblical references and Christianity in the classroom!

The State Board of Education will meet November 18-22 in Austin, Texas at the William B. Travis Building where they will vote to approve instructional materials (Bluebonnet Learning) that include Biblical references and references to Christianity. The SBOE is planning to hear testimony on Monday, November 18, at 1p.m. regarding the instructional materials.

In September, the SBOE heard testimony from the public on the first round of instructional materials that will be adopted after the Texas Legislature passed HB 1605 (a law that streamlines the textbook process and allows parents to review instructional materials). Unfortunately, the testimony was overwhelmingly negative with many testifiers calling the story of Esther offensive and falsely claiming that referencing the Bible in the classroom (and even references to how religious freedom relates to our country’s foundation) violates the First Amendment. But as you know, this is NOT true. Students are allowed to learn about the Bible in an academic, non-devotional setting. Some of the references in the instructional materials include:

- Teaching students about the “Golden Rule”
- The Good Samaritan
- The Prodigal Son
- A story about Queen Esther
- An explanation of the story of the three Hebrew boys in reference to Martin Luther King Jr Letter from the Birmingham Jail

The publisher of these materials, which follow a “classical” model of education, make references to religion in order to help with student reading comprehension and understanding of common phrases in the English language. Reading the Bible also helps with college readiness.

These attacks are an effort by the Left to not just erase all references to Christianity or religious liberty in the classroom, but to replace them with radical, “woke”, and LGBT materials. As we have seen before, these Leftist groups don’t want a neutral classroom, they want a classroom where their beliefs become the religion students adhere to. Keep in mind that the organizations that are opposing the mention of religion in the instructional materials are the same organizations who advocated to keep sexually explicit materials in the school libraries during the 88th legislative session!

As a parent, you have an opportunity to speak up! Tell the Texas State Board of Education that they should nor reject the OER instructional materials because of their religious content. Tell them to stand up for students being able to study religion in a literary and historical context.

If you are a parent, educator, or concerned citizen who wants a voice on this issue. Please show up and testify! The opposition is bringing buses of people who oppose religion from all over the state to testify.

Registration for testimony opened Monday, November 11 at 8a.m. and will close Friday, November 15 at 5p.m. Please register to testify on the agenda item related to “instructional materials” or “HB 1605 instructional materials” for the Monday, November 18 meeting. If you have questions, please call our office at (512) 478-2220 and ask to speak to a member of the policy team. Find the link to testify here.

If you cannot make it to the SBOE meeting, please send an email. Tell the SBOE that you support religious references taught in a literary and historical context in the classroom. Let them know that the opposition is being hostile to Christianity and that books should not be rejected simply because they mention stories from the Bible. You can email the SBOE members by submitting an email at this address: [email protected].

For more information, please read the Texas Values blog on the study that Leftist organizations released on the materials at https://txvalues.org/woke-anti-religion-activists-launch-biased-study-want-all-references-to-christianity-out/
(From Texas Values' alert)

Call the SBOE support number to express your support ASAP! Phone: (512) 463-9007.
PLEASE EMAIL YOUR SBOE MEMBER ALSO:
District 1 [email protected]
District 2 [email protected]
District 3 [email protected]
District 4 [email protected]
District 5 [email protected]
District 6 [email protected]
District 7 [email protected]
District 8 [email protected]
District 9 [email protected]
District 10 [email protected]
District 11 [email protected]
District 12 [email protected]
District 13 Vacant (Pray for a conservative Christian!)
District 14 [email protected]
District 15 [email protected]

SAMPLE EMAIL:
Please vote FOR the Bluebonnet K-5 ELA Curriculum with no amendments!

(Customize your email and add a few reasons why you support it.)

Woke, Anti-religion Activists Launch Biased Study, Want All References to Christianity Out! | Texas Values This month, the leftist activist organization, Texas Freedom Network released a report attacking the instructional materials being reviewed by the Texas State Board of Education. Their number one concern and focus of the 23-page study is that there are a number of references to the Bible or Christia...

The Pilgrims and Private Property: What the Pilgrims Might Have Thought About Communism and Socialism

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The Pilgrims’ early shift from a communal to a self-reliant economic system in Plymouth Colony exposed the practical flaws of the former and the qualities of the latter system. This early trial and error in economics by this people revealed the success of self-industry, led to an American view of work and reliance on God, and became a precursor to America’s free enterprise system.

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The Pilgrims and Private Property: What the Pilgrims Might Have Thought About Communism & Socialism - American Heritage Education Foundation, Inc. The Pilgrims' early shift from a communal to a self-reliant economic system in Plymouth Colony demonstrated the success of self-industry.