American Children

American Children

American Children and the American Heritage:
Their Right to Learn
Jennifer Schilling-Shaw
Axia College of University of Phoenix

American Children and the American Heritage: Their Right to Learn
    The founders’ of America believed in a moral education which taught American children for many years. Since these teachings have been removed from public schools, American children problems and behaviors have changed for the worse. American children deserve the right to learn America’s heritage, because it was the American founder’s intention, and it would teach American children morally positive behaviors. Reading on will cover the foundation of America, then it will explain how America changed, and most importantly how it has affected our children among our nation.
    The history of America started when the pilgrims arrived and eventually signed the mayflower compact in 1620 (New World Encyclopedia, 2008, ¶2)... The Mayflower Compact   states that the pilgrims serve the lord and in the presents of the lord, together they will constitute, and form equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices in which they would meet from time to time for the good of the colony, and they promise to be submissive, and obedient (Willison, 1945, p. 143). The Mayflower Compact is also known by historians to be the forerunner to the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. states Constitution (NWE, 2008, ¶4)
    Then over a hundred years later the first amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” which was proposed by congress in 1789 and was to be added to the U.S. Constitution (Encyclopædia Britannica, 2009, Constitution of the United States of America). The constitution was signed by General George...