Our Country's Founders: A Book of Advice for Young People
by William J. Bennett Author
Adapted from Our Sacred Honor
Additional Details
- ISBN
- 0-689-82106-9
- Print Status
- In Print
- Readings
- 158
- Pages
- 314
- Suggested Grades
- 4th - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- North America, Europe
- Historical Setting
- 1765 - 1825
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Copyright
- 1998
Readings
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Patriotism pgs. 7-8
- 3 Benjamin Rush to John Adams pgs. 9-10
- 4 Richard Stockton, Delegate from New Jersey pgs. 10-12
- 5 "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" pgs. 13-14
- 6 Thomas Pain, pgs. 15-17
- 7 Abigail Adams to John Adams pgs. 18-20
- 8 George Washington Crosses the Delaware pgs. 20-23
- 9 "Yankee Doodle" pgs. 23-25
- 10 Abigail Adams to John Adams pgs. 25-26
- 11 Nathan Hale, Captain in the American Army pgs. 26-28
- 12 "The Atlas of Independence" pgs. 28-31
- 13 Betsy Ross pgs. 31-33
- 14 Israel Putnam at Bunker Hill pgs. 33-35
- 15 John Adams to Abigail Adams pgs. 36-37
- 16 Washington's Glasses pgs. 37-39
- 17 Benjamin Franklin Defends the Constitution, 1781 pgs. 39-41
- 18 Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No.1 pgs. 42-43
- 19 "One Great Respectable and Flourishing Empire: pgs. 43-45
- 20 George Washington, Farewell Address pgs. 45-46
- 21 James Madison, "Advice to My Country" pgs. 47-48
- 22 George Washington, Last Will and Testament pgs. 49-50
- 23 "Independence Forever!" pgs. 50-52
- 24 Epitaphs pgs. 52-54
- 25 Love and Courtship pgs. 57-58
- 26 Thomas Jefferson to John Page pgs. 58-59
- 27 Alexander Hamilton to Catherine Livingston pgs. 59-60
- 28 John Adams to Abigail Smith pgs. 60-63
- 29 John Adams to Abigail Smith pgs. 64-66
- 30 Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler pg. 66
- 31 John Adams to Abigail Smith pgs. 67-71
- 32 James Madison to Dolley Payne Todd pgs. 72-73
- 33 Abigail Adams to John Adams pgs. 73-75
- 34 Benjamin Franklin to Jane Franklin pgs. 75-76
- 35 George Washington to Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis pgs. 76-78
- 36 Benjamin Franklin: Reply to a Piece of Advice pgs. 78-80
- 37 Abigail Adams to John Adams pgs. 80-82
- 38 Benjamin Rush to Mrs. Julia Rush pgs. 82-83
- 39 Death of Martha Jefferson pgs. 84-85
- 40 Civility and Friendship 89-90
- 41 Benjamin Franklin, "Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion pgs. 90-92
- 42 Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson Randolph pgs. 92-93
- 43 George Washington's Rules of Civility pgs. 93-96
- 44 Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography pgs. 97-98
- 45 Abigail Adams to Mary Cranch pgs. 99-100
- 46 Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography pgs. 100-102
- 47 Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin at the Second Continental Congress pgs. 102-103
- 48 George Washington to Bushrod Washington pgs. 103-104
- 49 George Washington to George Washington Custis pgs. 104-105
- 50 Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph pgs. 105-106
- 51 Alexander Hamilton, Private Papers, 1804 pgs. 106-111
- 52 Comity at Valley Forge pgs. 111-113
- 53 Washington's Farewell to Military Officers pgs. 113-114
- 54 Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington Correspondence pgs. 115-118
- 55 Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in 1824 pgs. 118-119
- 56 Thomas Jefferson to James Madison pgs. 119-120
- 57 Thomas Jefferson to James Madison pgs. 121-123
- 58 John Adams-Thomas Jefferson Reconciliation pgs. 123-124
- 59 John Adams to Thomas Jefferson pgs. 125-126
- 60 Benjamin Rush to John Adams pg. 127
- 61 John Adams to Thomas Jefferson pgs. 127-128
- 62 Thomas Jefferson to John Adams pgs. 128-129
- 63 Education of the Head and Heart pgs. 133-134
- 64 "I Can't Tell a Lie" pgs. 134-136
- 65 Thomas Jefferson's Decalogue pgs. 136-137
- 66 Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams pgs. 137-138
- 67 Teach Her to be Good pgs. 138-139
- 68 George Washington to George Washington Custis pgs. 140-141
- 69 George Washington to George Steptoe Washington pgs. 141-142
- 70 James Madison to William Bradeford, Jr. pgs. 142-144
- 71 John Quincy Adams to John Adams pgs. 144-146
- 72 Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson pgs. 146-147
- 73 Abigail Adams to Mercy Warren pgs. 147-150
- 74 Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr pgs. 150-151
- 75 Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams pgs. 152-154
- 76 Thomas Jefferson to Mary Jefferson pgs. 154-155
- 77 Benjamin Franklin, "On Constancy" pgs. 155-156
- 78 Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Priestly pgs. 157-158
- 79 Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker pg. 159
- 80 Samuel Adams to Joseph Warren pgs. 160-161
- 81 Thomas Jefferson, Aim and Curricula, University of Virginia pgs. 161-162
- 82 Benjamin Rush, "Of the Mode of Education" pgs. 163-164
- 83 Noah Webster pgs. 164-16
- 84 Industry and Frugality pgs. 169-170
- 85 Benja7min Franklin, Autobiography pgs. 170-172
- 86 Benjamin Franklin, Plan for Moral Perfection pgs. 172-177
- 87 Cont'd pgs. 178-180
- 88 Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson pgs. 180-182
- 89 Benjamin Franklin "Advice to a Young Tradesman" pgs. 182-184
- 90 Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard Improved pgs 185-189
- 91 Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson pgs. 189-191
- 92 Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson pgs. 191-193
- 93 Benjamin Franklin "Brave Men at Fires" pgs. 193-194
- 94 Samuel Adams to John Scollay pgs. 194-196
- 95 Noah Webster Advice to the Young pgs. 196-197
- 96 George Washington to Bushrod Washington pgs. 197-198
- 97 Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph pgs. 199-200
- 98 Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography pg. 201
- 99 "To Be Useful Even After My Death" 202-203
- 100 Justice pgs. 207-208
- 101 An Expression of the American Mind pg. 209
- 102 Justice is the End of Government pg. 210
- 103 George Mason, Virginia Declaration of Rightspgs. 210-213
- 104 James Madison The Greatest Trust Ever Confided to a Political Society pgs. 213-214
- 105 Thomas Paine, Common Sense pgs. 214-217
- 106 We Are Acting for All Mankind pgs. 217-218
- 107 That Diabolical, Hell-conceived Principle of Persectuionpgs. 218-219
- 108 Thomas Jefferson, A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom pgs. 219-222
- 109 George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island pgs. 22-223
- 110 George Washington to the Roman Catholics in the US of A pgs. 224-225
- 111 James Madison's Letters to Dr. Jacob de la Motta pgs. 225-226
- 112 James Madison "A Property in Our Rights pgs. 226-227
- 113 James Madison Federalist No. 10 pgs. 228-230
- 114 No Title of Nobility pgs. 230-232
- 115 I Tremble for My Country pgs. 232-236
- 116 Declaration of Independence Draft pgs. 236-237
- 117 I will not, I cannot Justify it pgs. 237-239
- 118 Alexander Hamilton to John Jay pgs. 239-240
- 119 James Madison Federalist No. 38 and No. 42 pgs. 240-241
- 120 Northwest Ordinance pgs. 241-242
- 121 Brethren and Members of One Great Family pgs. 242-243
- 122 George Washington pgs. 243-244
- 123 Jefferson's Last Letter pgs. 245-246
- 124 Piety 249-250
- 125 Washington's Prayer at Valley Forge pgs. 250-252
- 126 Farewell Address pgs. 252-254
- 127 John Adams 254-255
- 128 Northwest Ordinance pgs. 255-256
- 129 The Question of Representation pgs. 256-258
- 130 George Washington to Samuel Langdon pgs. 258-259
- 131 Benjamin Rush Commonplace Book pg 259
- 132 So Help Me God, George Washington pgs. 260-262
- 133 Mercy Warren pgs. 262-264
- 134 Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton pgs. 264-265
- 135 George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclomation pgs. 266-267
- 136 John Adams pgs. 267-269
- 137 Benjamin Rush on Slavekeeping pgs. 269-270
- 138 Abigail Adams to John Adams pgs. 270-272
- 139 John Adams to Benjamin Rush pg 272
- 140 John Adams to Thomas Jefferson pg 273
- 141 Benjamin Franklin, Appeal for the Hospital pgs. 274-276
- 142 Samuel Adams to Hannah Adams pgs 276-277
- 143 Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson Smith pgs. 277-278
- 144 The Declaration of Independence pgs. 2-28279
- 145 The Bill of Rights pgs. 297-298
- 146 Abigail Adams' Biography pg 299
- 147 John Adams Biography pg .299
- 148 Samuel Adams pg. 299
- 149 Benjamin Franklin pg. 300
- 150 Alexander Hamilton pg. 300
- 151 Patrick Henry pg. 300
- 152 Thomas Jefferson pg. 301
- 153 James Madison pg. 301
- 154 George Mason pg. 301
- 155 Thomas Paine pg. 302
- 156 Benjamin Rush pg. 302
- 157 Mercy Warren pg. 302
- 158 George Washington pg. 302
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