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Kids 11: Law of the Harvest Read The 5000 Year Leap: Principle 7 Equal Rights, Not Equal Things. Then use a notebook or print this page to record your answers to the following questions: 1. What popular proposition did the founders believe was a fallacy? __________________________________________ 2. What did the founders believe would happen if the government were given the authority to equally distribute goods? _____________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Fill in the blank: Guaranteeing equal rights protects the freedom to ______________________________________? 4. Fill in the blanks: As for the poor, the important thing was to insure the freedom to prosper so that no one would be locked into the _________________ __________________ the way people have been in all other parts of the world. 5. Did the founders’ idea to protect freedom and provide equal rights instead of equal things work and increase the prosperity of the nation? ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. In your own words, explain some of the problems Benjamin Franklin had with the welfare system in England. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Which idea from the list of what Skousen calls “calculated compassion” do you think is most interesting, or do you like the most? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 8. It is easy to feel entitled when you are given things. Have you seen examples of people who feel they can demand to be given things from others that they haven’t earned? Does this help or hinder them in the end? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Ideas and materials with asterisks are included in the Activity Day Outline. You have the option to read, watch, or do the activity during the month in preparation for Activity Day or plan to complete it together on Activity Day. Alternatively, you could change it to be an individual/family activity. Moms for America ✯ Cottage Kids 5