Spend a Day in the World of Ideas...

Founders and the Constitution

A FREE workshop for middle and high school history teachers!

Monday, October 23rd -Houston Baptist University

Speakers:
Don S. Lutz is Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston where he has taught since 1968. His nine books, including The Origins of American Constitutionalism, and approximately forty articles and other publications deal with constitutionalism in general and American constitutionalism in particular. Focusing most heavily on the American founding era, and the colonial constitutional antecedents that lie behind this founding, his books and articles are widely used and cited by political scientists, historians, and law school professors.

Ross Lence is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston and his concentrations are in Political Philosophy and American Political Thought. Dr. Lence received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1973.

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.

Lecture Topics:
Origins of American Constitutionalism
Thomas Jefferson
Federalist #10
Federalist #84 and the Bill of Rights
Teaching the Underlying Principles of the U.S. Constitution
The Writings Used by the American Founders

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.