{"id":741,"date":"2026-04-27T07:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/robertmitchell\/?page_id=741"},"modified":"2026-04-27T07:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:10:48","slug":"education-and-the-culture-of-democracy-with-a-k-12-curriculum-outline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/robertmitchell\/education-and-the-culture-of-democracy-with-a-k-12-curriculum-outline\/","title":{"rendered":"Education and the Culture of Democracy With a K-12 Curriculum Outline"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"741\" class=\"elementor elementor-741\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b8eee6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6b8eee6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The question facing America is: How do we transform our dysfunctional political, social, and economic democracy into a culture of democracy and not an authoritarian republic?<\/p><p>A culture of democracy is defined by the two prominent examples on which our democracy is based, the ancient Greeks and Native Americans. This ideal was amplified in America by nineteenth-century transcendentalists.<\/p><p>For a more modern picture, poet-philosopher T. S. Eliot discussed how education, culture, and politics come together to create the national-cultural identity and character of a nation. The conflict we now face is between how we define our self-conscious national identity as Americans, and our diverse racial, ethnic, and religious cultural identities that we each carry forward in our cultural heritage.<\/p><p>In a democratic culture, this conflict is mitigated within us and our society by finding the common spiritual thread in our democracy that transcends our differences and binds us together. This discovery is the natural evolution of our experiment in democracy. In the classroom, discovering the culture of democracy engages the personality of the teacher and requires a cultural curriculum.<\/p><p>Part III is a K-12 curriculum outline to teach the culture of democracy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b149294 animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"b149294\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e2aa22 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"4e2aa22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b18dd exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57b18dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Available at<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-741648b animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"741648b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b6c5ac exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"2b6c5ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7087a76 elementor-align-center exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7087a76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Education-Culture-Democracy-Curriculum-Outline\/dp\/1634103645\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JU3YBIAIXYQL&#038;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.snAyTrxO2paGLjlp3XsCrA.idhg5GQSPbEyECGdaHpc9-FNi76iOnb48GLsU54Ntx8&#038;dib_tag=se&#038;keywords=9781634103640&#038;qid=1777273284&#038;sprefix=9781634103640%2Caps%2C339&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Amazon<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e7d196 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6e7d196\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5daf37 elementor-align-center exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a5daf37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/strategicbookpublishing.wufoo.com\/forms\/sccyktv00xq79i\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wholesale &amp; 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