Threads of Liberty – DeGraff & DeGraff 490 pages

The required text for American Government and Civics course 2020-2021

Threads of Liberty is the first civics/government textbook that incorporates the History and principles upon which our Constitution and Bill of Rights were conceived with Latter-Day Saint scripture and commentary by prophets and general authorities.

This text asks its readers the question: If you were the “single thread”  referred to by Joseph Smith, how secure would our Constitution be? The authors of this text believe that teaching the foundation of America and our Constitution without the inclusion of religion and the role of divine providence is not history, it is fiction.

Time periods covered:

• Protestant Revolution
• Puritan Migration
• American Colonies
• Great Awakening
• Constitutional Convention

Plus, landmark Supreme Court cases which have unraveled the Constitution’s original intent.