This week, we need to keep up the pressure to reopen schools and stop Congress from spending more money that we don’t have. We also have a new civics activity that you can do with your kids or grandkids, because no matter what happens with the schools, America’s kids need real civics.

Reopening Schools

In case you missed it last week, download this sample letter to your school board members urging them to reopen the schools. The letter is sourced with footnotes that make the case that kids can go back to school in the fall. Make sure to fill in the parts that need to be customized and personalized (like your name and the school board, etc.) before you print it out or email it.

Share this article on social media or email to your network:

COPY AND PASTE:

https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/16/health-professionals-school-reopening-pandemic

Share this video: The science is clear, children are very low-risk for COVID-19. In fact, children are at higher risk from the seasonal flu than from coronavirus and we don’t shut down schools over the flu. You can watch it on You Tube and copy and paste the link into social media or into an email:

https://youtu.be/Fhnh9LdbDSk

Call The Whitehouse

Call the White House at 202-456-1414 and urge President Trump not to sign another COVID-19 relief bill unless it does the following:

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Make Real Civics Education a Priority Again
Week of July 20th

We all understand that schools need to reopen. However, we also know that public schools have fallen very short of teaching our children proper civics for many years. That’s why Tea Party Patriots is going to be suggesting weekly resources and ideas for parents and grandparents to use over the summer and even as school begins again to help you ensure that your children or grandchildren understand and appreciate our founding and our country.

For the week of July 20th, read the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1 – 10) with your kids or grandkids. Then, you can use the following questions to prompt a family discussion.

1. Why is it significant that the language is, “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech…?” Hint: it does not say, “Congress shall grant you the right to…” Discuss the rest of the 1st Amendment in this same context. Does it give the government the power to grant us our rights, or does the language require the government to protect rights and keep from violating them?
2. What does “infringed” mean, and how does that shape the meaning of the 2nd Amendment?
3. See if everyone in your family can state what each amendment is about without looking. This is not necessarily memorizing them word for word, but who can remember what each one is about? There can even be prizes involved!
4. Is this a Bill of Rights or a Bill of Permissions? Discuss.

You can view a copy of the Bill of Rights here: https://nccs.net/blogs/americas-founding-documents/bill-of-rights-amendments-1-10

Keep an eye out every week for a new activity or book or lesson to bring real civics back to our children.

Attend this Heritage Virtual Event

The Heritage Foundation is hosting a very important and informative event on Critical Theory, what that is, and how it has infected everything in American life. What we are seeing today with Antifa, BLM, identity politics, and more, is a result of a fringe academic ideology called Critical Theory.

Date: Friday, July 24th

Time: Noon ET

Title: Wokeism at Work: How "Critical Theory" and Anti-Racism Training Divide America

RSVP TO THE EVENT

In liberty,

Jenny Beth Martin

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