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church, support their friends, help their parents and siblings, vote for good leaders of our communities and fight for what’s right when things go wrong in the world. Watch this cute YouTube video Best Animal Moms Ever | Motherly Animals Compilation | The Dodo Best Of by “The Dodo” to see animal moms taking care of their babies and remember how moms take good care of their children in many ways! Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZYAOuewbNo Suggestions for Older Kids or Youth:  The 5000 Year Leap: Principle 23 A Free Society Cannot Survive as a Republic Without a Broad Program of General Education Moms are the heart of society and family and they have a primary role in educating their children to prepare them to be good citizens. As Americans, we need the moms of our nation to understand the importance of education and their role as their children’s educators, regardless of the merit of the school system they have access to. America also needs its children and youth to look to their mothers for guidance and education about what makes our nation special and strong. For youth completing this assignment, please understand that this principle is applicable to you as you prepare to be a mother or father someday. Understanding the role of education will increase your motivation to learn constitutional government now, prioritize defending it today as well as teaching it to your own kids in the future. Kids 3: Ladies First Read The 5000 Year Leap: Principle 23 then use a notebook or print page 5-6 to record your answers to the following questions. This book resource is available in our store at: https://store-mfa.com/products/5000-year-leap?_pos=1&_psq=5000%20year&_ss=e&_v=1.0 1. How would you summarize in your own words the two paragraph quote by John Adams? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Fill in the blanks from the John Adams quote: “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people... they have a right...to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge—I mean, of the ____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________.” 3. Why was it the intention of the American colonies to teach all children the fundamentals of reading, writing, and arithmetic? What was the role of self-study? _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Which subjects does De Tocqueville mention that citizens were educated on? (There are two sections of the principle that answer this question) ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What pleasantly surprised De Tocqueville about the backwoodsmen that he encountered in the American Wilderness? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Fill in De Tocqueville’s blanks: “It cannot be doubted that in the United States the instruction of the people ______________ _______________ to the support of the democratic republic; and such ______________ be the case, I believe, where the instruction which enlightens the understanding is not separated from the __________ _________.” Moms for America ✯ Cottage Kids 5