Sacred Honor

Each study guide is $4.99 – Get all 13 for $29.99

The colony that was already free, and the man who came late and signed anyway.

Get the New Hampshire Study Guide for free. See what you think and then come back and get the rest.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The New Hampshire Colony Introduction
• Profiles of Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, and Matthew Thornton
• A Primary Source Encounter: William Whipple’s own words on virtue and freedom
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to Matthew Thornton, proof that it is never too late to put your name on the right side.

Where the fire started. Five signers who lit the Revolution.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The Massachusetts Colony Introduction
• Profiles of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, and Elbridge Gerry
• A Primary Source Encounter in the founders’ own words
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to Samuel Adams, the man who kept the fire burning when others wanted it out.

“My hand trembles, but my heart does not.”

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The Rhode Island Colony Introduction
• Profiles of Stephen Hopkins and William Ellery
• A Primary Source Encounter in the founders’ own words
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to Stephen Hopkins, the old man whose body failed him and whose resolve did not.

Founded on a sermon. Home of the only man to sign all four founding documents.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The Connecticut Colony Introduction
• Profiles of Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, and Oliver Wolcott
• A Primary Source Encounter in the founders’ own words
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to the Wolcott family, who turned the king into ammunition.

Four signers who lost their homes, their fortunes, and in one case, a wife.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The New York Colony Introduction
• Profiles of William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, and Lewis Morris
• A Primary Source Encounter in the founders’ own words
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to Elizabeth Lewis, the wife who paid the price for a name she did not sign.

Five men who show every dimension of what “our sacred honor” actually cost.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The New Jersey Colony Introduction
• Profiles of Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, and Abraham Clark
• A Primary Source Encounter in the founders’ own words
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to Abraham Clark, the father who would not trade the cause for his own sons.

The largest delegation. Nine signers, from Benjamin Franklin to a man who died shunned.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The Pennsylvania Colony Introduction
• Profiles of all nine Pennsylvania signers
• A Primary Source Encounter in the founders’ own words
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to John Morton, the man whose deciding vote cost him everything and whose dying words have outlived his critics.

One midnight ride. Three men. The most nuanced civic lesson in the series.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The Delaware Colony Introduction
• Profiles of Caesar Rodney, George Read, and Thomas McKean
• A Primary Source Encounter: Rodney’s own letter reporting the vote
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to Caesar Rodney, the man who did the right thing, lost the election for it, and showed up for work the next morning.

A refuge for Catholics that stripped its Catholics of their rights, and the wealthiest man in America, who signed anyway.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The Maryland Colony Introduction
• Profiles of Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton
• A Primary Source Encounter in the founders’ own words
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to Thomas Stone, whose quiet choice to stay with his wife is the most tender story in the entire project.

The colony that wrote the Declaration, and could not escape its own contradiction.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The Virginia Colony Introduction
• Profiles of all seven Virginia signers
• A Primary Source Encounter in the founders’ own words
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to Thomas Nelson Jr., the man who aimed the guns at his own home rather than spare it.

Three signers, none born in the colony, and the first official call for independence.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The North Carolina Colony Introduction
• Profiles of William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn
• A Primary Source Encounter in the founders’ own words
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to Joseph Hewes, the man who spent himself building a navy and lies today in an unmarked grave.

The delegation with the most to lose. The youngest signer, and the one whose grave is the ocean.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The South Carolina Colony Introduction
• Profiles of Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward Jr., Thomas Lynch Jr., and Arthur Middleton
• A Primary Source Encounter: the prisoners’ song, “God Save the Thirteen States”
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to Thomas Lynch Jr., whose entire contribution fits in a single act, and whose life asks whether a life can be complete in thirty years.

The last colony. Three signers, and a man who showed up before he was allowed to.

INSIDE THIS GUIDE:

• The Georgia Colony Introduction
• Profiles of Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
• A Primary Source Encounter in the founders’ own words
• Explorer Questions (grades four through six) and Challenger Questions (grades seven through twelve)
• Vocabulary Builder, Discussion Questions, and a hands-on Activity
• A Faith Connection drawn from the colony’s story
• The Hero of Your Story moment and a student reflection page
• A closing word for families completing the full thirteen-colony journey

The Hero of Your Story moment belongs to Lyman Hall, the man whose conviction that the cause was right did not wait for official permission.