While the founding ideals are important, I am assuming that one purpose of this method is to see how the constitution was amended over time, as it was intended to be(no founding fathers thought that the constitution would last as long as it did). The latter half of US history is perhaps more relevant however, as many founding fathers envisioned America in the future as a nation of yeoman farmers and could not even consider the industrial revolution. The civil war might be more important though, to provide a basis and a greater understanding of the causes of the conflicts in Reconstruction and onward. THis system would likely allow more focus on the 20th century, and allow students to actually understand what is happening now, and why it happened, so as to react properly when a country acts in a certain way due to events 20 years ago.

Of course I always see more importance in World History, due to the increasingly shrinking world. For America to survive, we need to co-exist with other countries. We have gone way beyond the point of Isolationism. We must seek global peace.

And on christianity: can one be called a devout christian if they are molded throughout their childhood and enrolled in intensely christian academia, or is one more a member of your religion if they observe all religions equally and choose the philosophies of christianity?

Let us congregate together, not to drag us down into the waters like a stone, but to admit that the waters have grown. Soon we will be drenched, for the wheels are still in spin. PLease do not stand in the doorway or block up the hall, for the old road is rapidly aging, and we must accept that the times are changing.