Timothy Goeglein on Patriotic Education, The 1776 Project, and Revitalizing Civic Culture

In This Episode:

• Timothy Goeglein joins the podcast to talk about his new book, Toward a More Perfect Union, about the failures of civics and history education in America, and what we can do to teach students about the Great American Story
• how Howard Zinn, the 1619 Project and other progressives purposely sought to erase American history and miseducate millions of American students through a neo-Marxist lens
• what parents, teachers, and communities can do to help recover a sense of the Great American Story, and revitalize the civic culture that has built and sustained America

Texts Mentioned:

• Toward a More Perfect Union by Timothy S. Goeglein
• U.S. Citizenship Test
• The Shaping of the American Mind ISI study on civic knowledge
• The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
• The 1776 Report
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
• Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus by Xenophon
• Gettsyburg movie
• Gods and Generals movie
• John Adams mini-series
• “The End of the English Major” in New Yorker

Become a part of ISI:

• Become a Member
• Support ISI
• Upcoming ISI Events