Larry Schweikart's Blog

Larry Schweikiart has changed publishers, to Regnery. His first Regnery book is the Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents, Volume 1, from Washington to Taft. (Actually volume 2 was published first, over a year ago). This takes a snapshot look at all our first 20+ presidents, giving each a constitutional grade. You’d be surprised who did well—and who did poorly.

How Trump Won: the Inside Story of a Revolution, with Breitbart senior editor Joel Pollak, takes an “inside/outside” look at the Trump campaign. Joel wrote the campaign journal on the press plane with Donald Trump, while Larry and his “deplorable” colleagues were number crunching, coming to the conclusion early that Trump would win and that it wouldn’t be all that close.

Coming soon: The Politically Incorrect Guide to the American Revolution, with the co-author of the Patriot’s History of the Modern World series, Dave Dougherty.

A Patriot’s History of the United States continues to be in high demand. This month it will go into its 28th (!!) printing and its third edition, with almost 500,000 copies in print. It continues to be a stalwart among homeschoolers and we routinely receive notices from high school teachers and college professors that they are using it in their classes. Thank you all for making Patriot’s History the #1 choice of American patriots everywhere.

The bestselling historians turn their focus to America’s role in the world since the end of World War II

Schweikart, author of the number one New York Times bestseller A Patriot’s History of the United States, and Dougherty take a critical look at America, from the postwar boom to her search for identity in the twenty-first century.

The second volume of A Patriot’s History of the Modern World picks up in 1945 with a world irrevocably altered by World War II and a powerful, victorious United States. But new foes and challenges soon arose: the growing sphere of Communist influence, hostile dictatorships and unreliable socialist allies, the emergence of China as an economic contender, and the threat of world Islamification.

The book reestablishes the argument of American exceptionalism and the interplay of our democratic pillars—Judeo-Christian religious beliefs, free market capitalism, land ownership, and common law—around the world.

Schweikart and Dougherty offer a fascinating conservative history of the last six decades.

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For a few years I taught high school history, including the AP sections. These were great fun because my students were motivated and I could assign them more than I can currently assign my college juniors.

There is great concern now about the new Advanced Placement standards for the test. I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON THE TEST. I haven’t read all of it, but the parts I have read are troubling. It seems that there is a significant bent toward criticizing America as opposed to simply learning America’s history. The questions seem to be heavily tilted toward the negative aspects of our past and ignore or minimize the overwhelmingly positive events.

Let me suggest something that many of you might not like: don’t have your students take AP History. It is—again, I say this having taught it—something of a “cheat” in that it allows a motivated student to test out of a regular college U.S. History class. That’s not always a good thing. As a college teacher now, I know that a great deal goes on in the classroom, including (yes) information brought by students that is informative, thought-provoking, and overall beneficial. More than once, I’ve had a super-motivated student pick up an error (usually in a picture in a powerpoint show where I got the wrong general). The point is, American history as it is supposed to be taught is more than “what is on the test.” I am absolutely a believer in “content”: names, dates, battles, etc. But there is also more than mere content: there is listening to others’ views, absorbing their ideas—and if those ideas are wrong, learning how to confront them in a civilized and logical manner.

Many parents are rightly concerned that their kids will get a leftist professor. Well, if the AP Test itself is badly biased, they can’t do any worse. But they may do much better. You have some likelihood of getting either a fair liberal or a conservative, and especially if the student is taught by non-tenured lecturers, the likelihood of getting someone more conservative increases, because many of these people specifically AREN’T tenured because the liberal system has worked against them. Most often this occurs because they have done a “conservative” dissertation topic (a biography, for example, or anything except “race class gender”) so they have had to settle for lectureships. Also, lacking tenure, non-tenured instructors are more likely to be fair so as not to lose their positions.

In short, yes, we should fight to stop the new AP History standards, and overturn them if they are passed. But if they are passed, students can always go the old-fashioned route: take the class!

If you use the code word “PATRIOT” you’ll receive 15% off on the Patriot’s History curriculum!

From now until December 12, when I go to Evening Shade Arkansas to sign the books with Dave Dougherty, we are offering BOTH volumes of “Patriot’s History of the Modern World,” autographed, for $50 +$4 shipping! These books list at $74, without the autographs! To take advantage of this offer, go to:

www.surviveusa.biz and you will see the link. Remember, if you want these autographed, we need to get the orders by 12/12/2013.

Also, we have—as long as supplies last—copies of “What Would the Founders Say?” for $5 plus shipping. Contact me at larry.schweikart@gmail.com.

Finally, in conjunction with Rockin’ the Wall Films we are offering DVDs of “Rockin’ the Wall” as seen on PBS for $10 + shipping. You can see the trailer at www.rockinthewallstudios.com under “Projects: Completed.”

It’s that time of year again, and many of you are new to us, so welcome. We have, as you know, a free side with test bank questions, map links, and bonus material. If you need more, a full curriculum is available at The Classical Historian (www.classicalhistorian.com).

Patriot’s History of the Modern World, volume 2, from 1945 to 2012, will be out at Christmas. If you’re interested in getting both volumes, discounted and autographed, contact me at schweikart@erinet.com.

We had a great event at the Glenn Beck “Man in the Moon” gala. Got to meet many of you.

Patriot’s History of the Modern World, vol. 2, from 1945 to the present, is out in December and many of you are preordering either the single volume or the two-volume set. If you wish to pre-order the set, Dave Dougherty and I can autograph both and give you a special deal. Just e-mail me below.

“Rockin’ the Wall” will have a national theatrical release starting later this month! It will also appear on AXS television late this year or early next.

We have entered into an arrangement with a fine curriculum for the Classical Historian Modern American History Complete Curriculum and the Classical Historian American Government and Economics Complete Curriculum. As described by the founder of Classical Historian, John De Gree, “The Classical Historian high school history programs teach critical thinking, reading, expression, and compel students to take a stand on debatable topics using the Socratic discussion. We use the best texts as our source materials, such as Larry Schweikart’s The Patriots History of the United States of America, and extensive primary sources. Give your home school kids and classroom school students the best in history education!”

So, for all of you who have been seeking a complete curriculum for Patriot’s History, you now have one!

occurring in Salt Lake City July 4-6. Larry will speak on Saturday July 6 and will be there autographing books for the entire event.

For a limited time, I’m making autographed copies of “What Would the Founders Say?” available for the astonishing low price of $5 plus shipping. I will only take check or money orders. E-mail me at schweikart@erinet.com for details.

If you want to package that with our documentary “Rockin’ the Wall,” I will sell them together for $15.00 plus shipping. Again, e-mail me for details.