As you can see by the banner up top, the new book with David Dougherty, A Patriot’s History of the Modern World, vol. 1, From America’s Ascent to the Atomic Bombs will be available in November. We all wanted to wait until the election cleared so people can focus again on history! Volume 2 will be out approximately one year later, covering from 1945 to 2012 and, we hope, Obama’s defeat (and I would add, landslide defeat) at the polls.

A Patriot’s History Reader is slowly building steam as people realize what a great resource it is. Any of you homeschoolers should definitely look at this source.

“Rockin’ the Wall” will have a NATIONAL PBS BROADCAST this October. Currently we are negotiating with some very big sponsors. Our sequel, “Other Walls 2 Fall,” is still in production and we hope to have it wrapped by the release of “Rockin’ the Wall.” There are a number of other movie projects you can see at http://www.rockinthewallstudios.com.
Larry Schweikart will be speaking at the Cincinnati/Midwest Homeschool Convention in April, as always. Stay tuned.

We also continue work on a “junior” edition. We have finally found the writer we want, and will begin shopping this to publishers soon. And, we are looking into a Patriot’s History of the United States calendar, which will be cool!!

Meanwhile, on the film side, “Other Walls 2 Fall” is about 3/4 complete. Most of our principal photography is done, and we have interviews with Clint Black, Yanni, Busta Rhymes, as well as Iranian heavy metal rockers “Sacrificed Squad” and the “Bob Dylan of Islam,” Salman Ahmad. It will be quite a film.

If you haven’t seen “Rockin’ the Wall” yet, you need to see this movie—how rock and roll helped bring down the Iron Curtain! (www.rockinthewall.com). If you are a teacher in a public school, please order this from The Video Project (www.thevideoproject.com) as it’s a wonderful teaching tool for music classes, history classes, and even political science studies.

Finally, Dave Dougherty and I have finished the first draft of the next blockbuster, A Patriot’s History of the Modern World. It’s possible this will be released in two parts, it’s so big and comprehensive.

The Patriot’s History Reader continues this tradition by going back to the original sources-the documents, speeches, and legal decisions that shaped our country into what it is today.

The authors explore both oft-cited documents-the Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, and Roe v. Wade–as well as those that are less famous. Among these are George Washington’s letter to Alexander Hamilton, which essentially outline America’s military strategy for the next 150 years, and Herbert Hoover’s speech on business ethics, which examines the government’s role in regulating private enterprise.

By helping readers explore history at its source, this book sheds new light on the principles and personalities that have made America great.

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*The Reagan Ranch, June 23-24, for addresses to Young America’s Foundation

*July 2, booksigning event at Dayton International Airport

*July 8, Young America’s Foundation, Chevy Chase, MD. Contact www.yaf.org

*July 25, Dayton Tea Party Forum, location TBA

*July 29-30, Atlanta homeschool expo/SE Homeschool, Cobb Galleria Center, Marietta/Atlanta, talk times TBA

*Aug. 5-6, Chicago Homeschool Expo, August 5-6, 2011, details TBA

*September 15, Constitution Day, Upper Arlington/Columbus Ohio

*September 17-18, National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies, Portsmouth, NH, Sheraton Conference Center. Contact NHCCS (603) 679-2444 or www.nhccs.com

*October 15, Tennessee Eagle Forum, “On Eagles Wings,” conference, Embassy Suites Airport, 10 Century Blvd, Nashville, TN. Times TBA.

*October 19, Miami Valley Venture Association (Dayton, OH)

*November 5, Wooster, OH, Buckeye Book Fair

“Dear Dr. Schweikart,
I teach Citizenship classes to Turkish and Middle Eastern immigrants. I noticed my class had a citizenship exam passing rate of less than 70% using State and Federal curriculum.

Back in October I started using A Patriot’s History of the United States as our core resource. Since then, our passing rate and average score has surpassed 95%. What I have also noticed is the attitude shift the class participants have toward the United States. As of late they enter the class with an anti-American perception, only graduating with a sense of pride and humility that a nation as great as ours would welcome them.
Your book needs to be the foundation of every American history academic institution. What my students have taken away is a deep felt appreciation for the toil and sacrifice of those who made America.
Thank you again for your work,
Sincerely,
Bob”

What Would the Founders Say?is still on the shelves in most major bookstores, and “Rockin’ the Wall” is still available at our website, www.rockinthewall.com

We will be filming parts of “Other Walls 2 Fall” in Connecticut in May, so we hope to catch up to Mark, Vinny, and Carmine. Also, the book Mark and I have been writing about music in the 60s and life in the Fudge, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” is nearly finished and being presented to publishers.

Finally, “What Would the Founders Say?” will be out in March, and our “Patriot’s History Reader,” with over 60 documents in American history, will be available for educators later this year.

Oh, and did I mention that RUSSIA has a flat tax???