1.16.2024 SHOW NOTES: How to ‘Do Your Own Research’ without Becoming a ‘Conspiracy Theorist’

Here are your show notes for today’s class:

Due to continuing internet problems at my house, I did not have time to properly prepare dedicated notes for today’s class. So, I am using the outline I prepared for a similar class on how to study the Bible. I will convert them live during the show, but have decided to share them here — in case some members of the class might find them useful.

This class was inspired by the following story:

Experts Publish Research Showing That “Doing Your Own Research” Will Make You A Conspiracy Theorist

OUTLINES

FOUNDING DOCUMENTS

The Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation (1777)

The Constitution of the United States

BACKGROUND RESOURCES AND REFERENCES

1599 Geneva Bible

The First & Second Treatises of Government

The Complete Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers

The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787: Which Framed the Constitution of the United States of America

The Complete Bill of Rights: The Drafts, Debates, Sources, and Origins The Drafts, Debates, Sources and Origins

A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States

American Dictionary of the English Language (1828 Facsimile Edition)