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The WallBuilders Show

Learning History Through Stories

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

Wallbuilders Show, Education, Constitutional, Church, Christianity, History, Conservative, America, Family, Christian, Biblical, Religion & Spirituality, Wallbuilders.show, Government, News, Politics

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

New year, new habit: let’s make this the year we actually learn how freedom works. We kick things off by swapping stale timelines for stories that stick—showing why kids (and adults) fall in love with history when they meet real people first and fit the dates around character and consequence. From Abigail Adams to George Washington Carver, narrative turns rote facts into insight, and it gives families a simple, joyful way to teach virtue, context, and courage. We also tackle a thorny headlin...

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0:00.0

This is the intersection of faith and culture. It's the wall builder show. Thanks for joining us today on New Year's Day, guys. So we're going to do a Foundations of Freedom Thursday on New Year's Day. What a great way to start 2026 and the 250th birthday of our nation going back to

0:23.5

the foundations and letting people ask questions about the foundational principles that made America

0:27.7

great in the first place. Rick Green here with David Barton and Tim Barton. Happy New Year's

0:31.1

guys. And happy New Year. And what a novel thought to say we're going to help people make a New Year's resolution to actually maybe know

0:40.2

and study the Constitution this year. We would also encourage biblical thoughts, historic thoughts,

0:45.8

but certainly it seems like a great way to start the new year by saying, well, what's constitutional?

0:50.7

What should we be doing in America and not? And then we'll throw in, of course, some historic and biblical thoughts as well. But yeah, great way to start the new year. And, you know, guys, I know this is Thursday. It's a Foundation Freedom Thursday. But this is already Friday for me. I'm going to start this off with good news. There's only 358 days left of Christmas. So we've got good news Friday going on a Thursday.

1:12.1

So I got all sorts of good news today to mix them with the foundations.

1:15.4

You know, I think I forgot to say Merry Christmas yesterday. I think I failed us. We had,

1:20.9

you know, we were so excited to be, you know, talking about the new David movie and Brian being

1:25.1

with us. Did anybody say Merry Christmas yesterday? I think we,

1:28.4

Rick, New Year's Resolution, Merry Christmas every day. You're starting over. All right.

1:33.9

Starts today. All right. All right. We'll see. Okay. All right, guys. Well, we've got some great

1:38.8

questions. Actually, some good foundational questions, too, so that we do start the year.

1:43.1

Actually studying civics and figured out who we are as a nation in our 250th birthday. So we're going to start with Leslie from Tyler, Texas. Sending a question and says, I first want to thank you guys for all the work you do and obeying God's call in your lives. I was homeschooled starting in second grade. I now homeschool my children. Even with being homeschooled, I'm still learning

2:01.7

things about our founding and founders that I don't recall being taught. I want my children to have

2:05.6

a firmer understanding of our founders. Even though I spend hours in selecting their curriculum,

2:09.3

I still think I'm coming up short in this area of their education. What books do or did you use

2:14.7

to teach your children about America's founders? Is there a curriculum in this area

2:18.5

that is better than others? Or do you prefer other individual books to this? A list would be much

2:24.1

appreciated by myself for elementary through high school. May God continue to bless your work and

2:28.9

your lives. Leslie, God bless you. And thank you for writing that in. And believe me, I was homeschooled,

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