The Center for the American Idea presents...

Lives of the Founders
(New Lectures! G.T. and A.P. Hours!)

A FREE workshop for middle and high school History and Government teachers.

Click here for a list of recommended books related to the workshop.

Speakers
Burton Folsom, Jr. is Historian in Residence at the Center for the American Idea. He received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Pittsburgh and has taught American History at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Nebraska, Northwood University, Hillsdale College, and Murray State University, where he was tenured full professor. Also he is the editor of Continuity: A Journal of History. He is the author of The Myth of the Robber Barons, Empire Builders, and Urban Capitalists, among other books.

• Alexander Hamilton and the National Character
• Religion and the Framers: Biographical Evidence

Gleaves Whitney has been Senior Fellow of the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal since 1995. He has been Senior Scholar at the Center for the American Idea since 1998. He received his postgraduate education at the University of Michigan, where he was a Richard M. Weaver Fellow (1987-1988) and an H. B. Earhart Fellow (1988-1991). He is the chief historian for Michigan Governor John Engler.

• The Founding of Our National Character: Benjamin Franklin and
   the Debate over What It Is to Be an American
• How George Washington Would Have Answered Socrates

Bradley J. Birzer is an assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. Dr. Birzer was in the past a visiting professor in western American and Indian History at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He received his Ph.D. in United States History from Indiana University, with a minor in Latin American History. He received his B.A. in European and U.S. History from the University of Notre Dame and his M.A. in Western American History from Utah State University. Dr. Birzer is a Senior Fellow with the Center for the American Idea.

• John Quincy Adams: Defender of the Republic
• Randolph and Taylor: The Southern Agrarian Tradition

Important Details:
There is no charge to attend American Idea Workshops.

Continental breakfast and lunch included.

TEKS information and useful handouts on subjects presented will be available.

Books will be available for purchase at reduced cost. MasterCard, Visa, Cash & Checks accepted.