I’ve been wanting this book for quite a while, but it hadn’t made it to my order list yet, since we are currently in our Ancient World studies, and won’t return to the Founding of America studies for a while. But when my dh said he’d heard of a book, on one of his political talk shows or websites, that he wanted to get, I was excited to tell him it was on its way. Teaching our children of the Spiritual heritage we have in this nation is important to us, and knowing the Boyer’s and their writings, we knew this book would be another to help us toward that goal.
For You They Signed is a book about the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Each Signer is devoted a short chapter that gives general information about him and his life, as well as his role in the Founding of our nation. Through first hand stories about them and their own quotes, we are able to clearly see the importance of Christianity as the foundation of our nation. In addition to these primary source quotes and stories, the author has included a timeline overview of the life of each Signer and follow-up questions which encompass general factual questions as well as spiritual application in their lives, and ours. She has identified a character quality each Signer possessed and a Scripture representative of their life, making this book not just a factual informative book, but also a character instructing book also.
We are loosely following the author’s recommendation and using the book as a year long character, family devotional. Each day we read a bit of the Signer’s story, and narrate it, then review with the questions after completing the chapter. We are utilizing the downloadable Family Activity Guide, available free to each purchaser, which contains pictures of each of the men, as well as the character definitions and Scriptures for each. With the pictures, our children are recording the basic facts of their lives and copying the Character Definition and Scripture, and a quote when available, for each Signer.
We are on our third Signer, and even though we have read and studied much about America’s Founding, and our Christian Heritage, we are learning even more about each individual Signer and their faith, and how God used each one’s unique individuality to forge our nation. We are really enjoying this book and think if you are interested in learning more about the Spiritual Heritage of America, you will too.
For You They Signed is by Marilyn Boyer. Marilyn and her husband Rick are home educating parents of 14 children, owners of The Learning Parent, and have been long time leaders and authors in the homeschool community. For You They Signed is newly republished by Master Books. You can follow Marilyn on Facebook here, and Master Books here.
This review was done in conjunction with America’s Christian Heritage Event sponsored by Christian HomeSchool Hub. You can purchase For You They Signed through their Amazon link, (or our catalog.)
