A while ago I heard about Janine Turner, an actress from Northern Exposure, a TV series from my college years. Did you know that she homeschools? She is teaching her daughter Juliette about the Constitution and has founded an organization called Constituting America. Juliette wrote the above book for youth to get them excited about the Founding Fathers’ values.

See http://constitutingamerica.org. The web site says this:

“Constituting America’s Mission is to utilize new and innovative means in order to reach, educate and inform America’s citizens and youth about the importance of the U.S. Constitution and the foundation it sets forth regarding our freedoms and rights.”

You can watch the videos from the organization here http://youtube.com/user/ConstitutingAmerica#p/u/5/sgIE1ACrJ18

They are promoting the values that the United States was founded on. In 2010, they had a 90 day forum on the Federalist Papers. In 2011, they did a 90 day forum on the Constitution.  You can get those in PDFs at the site. Now in 2012 they are having a forum to analyze the 27 amendments to the Constitution.

They also have lots of educational resources, podcasts, and essays. You can work with them to set up a Patriot Club in your area and also encourage youth to participate in the 2012 Essay Contest. The deadline is July 4, 2012. See here for rules http://constitutingamerica.org/downloads.php.