Give Me Liberty: American History & Civics Education for Youth
Empowering Youth to Make Impossible Dreams Real
Teaching youth to know and love the founding documents of America: The US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence & the Bill of Rights.
Telling The Story of The United States From The Founding Documents
From “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness…”
The Give Me Liberty program awards youth for learning the principles and ideals of the founding of the United States. By focusing on accurate history paired with principle-based lessons and structure, Give Me Liberty students discover amazing founding fathers, incredible American heroes and come to an understanding of what makes America special.
To “We the People…”
Our core principles and lessons are based on the “Charters of Freedom,” the founding documents of this nation, the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These charters guide the laws, culture and destiny of America and hold up the ideals of liberty, freedom and justice. As students learn these principles, they start to implement them into their own lives. They become better, more engaged citizens.
To “A More Perfect Union.”
A good United States citizen doesn’t just know their own rights, they are engaged with the community and promote unity and service in their lives. They also recognize the value in their dreams and in other’s rights.
By recognizing their “impossible” dreams, and being empowered with an understanding that they can achieve those dreams here, they are determined to achieve them.
GIVE ME LIBERTY BY THE NUMBERS
From the beginning, United We Pledge has sought to engage more students, schools and districts with Give Me Liberty. We began the Give Me Liberty program in fall of 2024 and are on our way to bring this youth civics education and awards program to 5000 Washington County youth by the end of the 2025-2026 school year.
- Our goal is 5000 youth engaged in the GML program: 58%
- Percent of schools in Washington County (public) utilizing our program: 82%
Counties in Utah have GML schools.
States that have the GML program.
We Present Give Me Liberty In Schools & At Home Online
The Story of America
What makes America unique? Why did we go from rebellion to revolution and throw off the British crown? What does that mean to us today and how can we continue to defend and protect those rights our ancestors fought to preserve? These and other questions are asked in this series of videos and activities that help to discover the fundamental reasons of “why” America exists. As with the offline program we end with asking “Why is liberty important to you?“
The Declaration of Independence
When the war started, it was a bunch of angry British subjects that wanted to be treated fairly by the crown. After a year of fighting, many had determined that we Americans needed to govern ourselves. In writing the Declaration of Independence, these people determined there were fundamental God-given rights that were being ignored, so they wrote them out and said to King George “We don’t want to be part of Britain any longer!”
Rights vs. Responsibilities
America is a land governed by the rule of law. That means we all agree to the rules and try to follow them. Rules are the things that keep us free. These freedoms, our rights, are protected by laws, but only really strengthened when we understand our collective and individual responsibilities surrounding those rights.
The “Founding Fathers”
Utah and most states have a requirement that students know who the “Founding Fathers” of the United States are. We include the commonly understood men who drafted the Charters of Freedom, were significant players in the politics at the time, but also we expand that knowledge to women who changed the course of history in these United States. Many people had roles to play beyond being famous generals that led to the foundation of this great nation.
The US Constitution
The supreme law of the land is the United States Constitution. It was written with the intent that a more perfect union would be forged and refined better and better. After 230-odd years of being in force, it and the ideas, principles and ideals within it are the pattern that our national fabric is woven upon. Give Me Liberty teaches youth to get to know this document, see the flaws and how they get fixed over time, and to honor this law that still guides us today.
A New Story
Youth have dreams that they are striving for: college, new inventions, new ways of doing things, becoming elected officials, and so much more. Their story is at the beginning stages now, but with all of our help they can achieve their impossible dreams!
Creating Meaningful & Impactful Learning Experiences.
The Give Me Liberty program is a principles-based curriculum supplement. That means we have lessons, activities and projects which students complete to learn a reason and why behind a simple bit of history. Learning about Valley Forge and the crossing of the Delaware River doesn’t count for much if one fails to see the perseverance, dream of liberty and grit it takes to follow a course of action, even when—or especially if—it is hard to do.
We Use 6 Methods Of Education Enhancement
Awards Program
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Liberty Bus Experience
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Classroom Experiences
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Teacher Resources
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Liberty Village Field Trip
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Online/Family Activities
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The Give Me Liberty Bus
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