Joining us is Stephen Skelton with the First American Bible Project to discuss the work they are doing to donate Aitken Bibles to elementary, middle, and high schools.
The Bible is intended for the History Department to aid in the teaching of the American Revolution.
Along with the Aitken Bible, they provide educators with lesson plans that connect the Aitken Bible to the teaching of the American Revolution.
In addition to History Departments, other areas may receive the Aitken Bible, including English Departments, Bible-as-History courses, and Bible-as-literature courses.
Their program furthers historic preservation through education.
As a primary source of the American Revolution, the Aitken Bible provides an object lesson for five topics included in the state academic standards for Social Studies regarding the American Revolution.
These five topics are already being taught about the Revolution.
Thus, educators do not need to change their curriculum.
The five topics are: Congress, culture, economics, embargo, and immigration.
As an artifact of the American Revolution, the Aitken Bible helps make these five concepts more concrete.
The Aitken Bible is used only to illustrate these secular concepts.
