Posted By: 135th ILVCS
Survival History Lesson - 12/29/2011 04:53 PM
Hey everyone,
Looking for some input on an idea I have. If the SHTF and society collapses it will be up to me and my family/friends to educate our children. Math, English, and the physical sciences are easy – I can find old textbooks to help teach that – but History… that is another story.
I don’t want the standard cookie-cutter type of history that they teach NOW in school. Instead I want a history lesson that focuses on democracy, and the struggles to keep democracy, rights of the people, and the American way of life. I want a history lesson that focuses on the things that IMPORTANT. I have begun to compile a list of 100 influences. These do not have to directly effect the United States but would be items that had they never occurred may have effected to future creation of the United States. Some items, in my humble opinion are things that just DEMAND to be remembered.
Below is my starter list (in no particular order)… and I still need more so if you have any ideas please let add them.
1. Ancient Greek Empire
2. Battle of Thermopylae
3. Hannibal
4. Sun Tzu
5. Roman Empire
6. Magna Carta
7. Marco Polo
8. The Spice Trade
9. Colonialism
10. Columbus
11. Amerigo Vespucci
12. The French and Indian War
13. Roger’s Rangers
14. Green Mountain Boys
15. The Founding Fathers
16. George Washington
17. John Adams
18. John Quincy Adams
19. Benjamin Franklin
20. James Madison
21. The Declaration of Independence
22. Paul Revere
23. The Revolutionary War
24. John Paul JonesThoma
25. The United States Constitution
26. Whiskey Rebellion
27. Louisiana Purchase
28. Lewis and Clark
29. Barbary Wars
30. War of 1812
31. Fort McHenry
32. The Monroe Doctrine
33. The Alamo
34. The Mexican-American War
35. The American Civil War
36. Abraham Lincoln
37. Jefferson Davis
38. Robert E. Lee
39. Gettysburg
40. Ulysses S. Grant
41. American Indian Wars
42. General George Custer
43. The Industrial Revolution
44. Thomas Edison
45. Alexander G. Bell
46. Henry Ford
47. USS Maine
48. Spanish-American War
49. Wright Brothers
50. World War I
51. World War II
52. Pearl Harbor
53. USS Arizona
54. Battle of Midway
55. D-Day
56. General Douglas MacArthur
57. USS Indianapolis
58. Enola Gay
59. General George Patton
60. The Marshal Plan
61. The Cold War
62. The Korean War
63. The Space Race
64. Vietnam War
65. Civil Rights Movement
66. Rosa Parks
67. Martin Luther King, Jr.
68. The Moon Landing
69. Ronald Reagan
70. Operation Desert Storm
71. September 11, 2001
72. Operation Enduring Freedom
73. Operation Iraqi Freedom
Looking for some input on an idea I have. If the SHTF and society collapses it will be up to me and my family/friends to educate our children. Math, English, and the physical sciences are easy – I can find old textbooks to help teach that – but History… that is another story.
I don’t want the standard cookie-cutter type of history that they teach NOW in school. Instead I want a history lesson that focuses on democracy, and the struggles to keep democracy, rights of the people, and the American way of life. I want a history lesson that focuses on the things that IMPORTANT. I have begun to compile a list of 100 influences. These do not have to directly effect the United States but would be items that had they never occurred may have effected to future creation of the United States. Some items, in my humble opinion are things that just DEMAND to be remembered.
Below is my starter list (in no particular order)… and I still need more so if you have any ideas please let add them.
1. Ancient Greek Empire
2. Battle of Thermopylae
3. Hannibal
4. Sun Tzu
5. Roman Empire
6. Magna Carta
7. Marco Polo
8. The Spice Trade
9. Colonialism
10. Columbus
11. Amerigo Vespucci
12. The French and Indian War
13. Roger’s Rangers
14. Green Mountain Boys
15. The Founding Fathers
16. George Washington
17. John Adams
18. John Quincy Adams
19. Benjamin Franklin
20. James Madison
21. The Declaration of Independence
22. Paul Revere
23. The Revolutionary War
24. John Paul JonesThoma
25. The United States Constitution
26. Whiskey Rebellion
27. Louisiana Purchase
28. Lewis and Clark
29. Barbary Wars
30. War of 1812
31. Fort McHenry
32. The Monroe Doctrine
33. The Alamo
34. The Mexican-American War
35. The American Civil War
36. Abraham Lincoln
37. Jefferson Davis
38. Robert E. Lee
39. Gettysburg
40. Ulysses S. Grant
41. American Indian Wars
42. General George Custer
43. The Industrial Revolution
44. Thomas Edison
45. Alexander G. Bell
46. Henry Ford
47. USS Maine
48. Spanish-American War
49. Wright Brothers
50. World War I
51. World War II
52. Pearl Harbor
53. USS Arizona
54. Battle of Midway
55. D-Day
56. General Douglas MacArthur
57. USS Indianapolis
58. Enola Gay
59. General George Patton
60. The Marshal Plan
61. The Cold War
62. The Korean War
63. The Space Race
64. Vietnam War
65. Civil Rights Movement
66. Rosa Parks
67. Martin Luther King, Jr.
68. The Moon Landing
69. Ronald Reagan
70. Operation Desert Storm
71. September 11, 2001
72. Operation Enduring Freedom
73. Operation Iraqi Freedom