Project
American Life embodies
a simple method. It is experiential; the students make the
discoveries. Learning, if it is to be lasting and real, must
also encourage the development of a comprehensive worldview.
A worldview is the lens through which we see everything else
around us. How is our education helping us to see? C.S.
Lewis reminds the postmodern world, “To see through everything
is the same as seeing nothing.”
Students
must learn to think critically ~ to put aside biased assumptions
and knee-jerk reactions in favor of solid evidence and coherent
consideration. Fortunately, this is innate to children.
They enter the world picking up any unknown object, studying
every new face, and making all conceivable inquiries. Thus,
each day of Project American Life revolves around questions
that are both personal and profound: Who am I? What am
I? Where am I? Why am I?
Project
American Life helps build enduring foundations comprised of bricks
and mortar. Bricks are the facts (knowledge); Mortar
is the paradigm (thinking process). As P.A.L. is built
upon the moral bedrock of The Declaration of Independence,
students have a solid standard that upholds America’s traditional
virtues. As in 1776, these truths become “self-evident” as
students discover four pillars of citizenship: Clarity • Compassion • Courage • Commitment.
The Constitution builds upon the cornerstone of
The Declaration ~ creating an enduring blueprint for our Republic.
The starting paradigm is quite revolutionary ~ “We the
people…”
Considering
the prevailing atmosphere of “political correctness,” Project
American Life could rightly be described as the perfect
stealth stratagem ~ “Wise as serpents, but gentle as doves.”
With this in mind, we must vigilantly protect the proprietary
nature of our program. Thus, our trademarked curriculum is
available only to partners and operators of Project American
Life.
However,
we are making our recent book, “The Philosophy of Project
American Life” available for easy downloading ~ simply
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