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Classroom Reading Program
Just the Truth
Our first classroom reading program features Gen LaGreca’s latest novel, Just the Truth, a political thriller and murder mystery. This reading material aligns with Indiana and other states’ standards for civics: election process, freedom of the press and of speech, U.S. Constitution, rights.
Set in Washington, DC, in the near future, Just the Truth portrays the threats to a free press in an era of growing, unchecked government and the courage of one journalist who risks everything to uncover a plot that just might manipulate a presidential election. This dogged newswoman battles a powerful administration and a compromised media to keep journalism, a free press—and truth—alive. Published in June 2020, Just the Truth foretold major news stories breaking months later. It offers a penetrating look into the role of journalism and freedom of the press in holding those in power accountable. The hero and heroine’s noble pursuit of truth is inspiring, and its plot is page-turning.
Teachers:
VIEW AND PRINT our materials to guide you in incorporating Just the Truth in your classrooom.
Our Teacher’s Kit introduces you to the reading material with a synopsis, program benefits, and tie-ins to teaching freedom of the press, election integrity, and other topics.
Our Syllabus contains thought-provoking discussions and assignments for 10 classroom sessions on topics raised in the reading material, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the U.S. Constitution, the election process, the role of journalism, and how a free press protects all of our foundational freedoms.
Our Student Activities guides your students in identifying parts of a storyline, comprehension, and research, including exercises that greatly enhance understanding of the First Amendment, as well as the entire Bill of Rights.
Read free sample chapters of Just the Truth on Amazon (click on “Look Inside”).
Order an electronic copy of Just the Truth, only $3.99 at Amazon, Smashwords, and other ebook retailers.
Order a paperback copy of Just the Truth at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other retailers.
Testimonials for Just the Truth
“[W]e must wonder what crystal ball LaGreca consulted while writing her novel. The plot and themes of Just the Truth could not be more pertinent …”
—THE EPOCH TIMES
“Our society needs more entertaining novels that bring to life the importance of a responsible and independent press, an accountable government, and the rule of law. Gen LaGreca’s Just the Truth does exactly that.”
—CARRIE LUKAS, President, Independent Women’s Forum
“Inherently engaging, impressively presented. Deserving the widest readership possible.”
—MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
“The book combines lyrical writing with an engaging plot and unabashedly courageous characters—rare today. It’s a novel of ideas . . .”
—MARSHA ENRIGHT, Founder/Former Director of Council Oak Montessori School and President/Program Director of The Great Connections seminars
“I love this book at a very personal level as I have a granddaughter majoring in journalism . . . How timely to have [protagonist] Laura Taninger as a pathfinder in this noble calling. . . . My granddaughter will be receiving this book.”
—CINDY NOE, former Public Sector Chair of the Higher Education Subcommittee, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
“A reading program based on this novel is an excellent method of teaching! [This book is] in ways just as effective, or more, as the classics that we read and analyze; it’s definitely more contemporary and exciting for students.”
—RANDY PRICE, middle school history teacher
Read sample pages of Noble Vision on Amazon and purchase copies. Only $3.99 for the Kindle e-book. Also available in paperback and hardcover.
Testimonials for Noble Vision
“The defects of government-controlled medicine are dramatized effectively in this page-turning story of the love of a brilliant physician for a beautiful ballerina who becomes his patient.”
–MILTON FRIEDMAN, Nobel laureate
Read the enthusiastic testimonials for this gripping novel HERE
Introducing our New Classroom Reading Program
Noble Vision
A Foreword Book of the Year Finalist, Writer’s Digest Book Awards pick, and Amazon Best Selling novel. Passion, medicine, and politics collide in this romantic thriller of a young neurosurgeon with a new cure, an injured dancer who needs it as her only hope, and a system stacked against them.
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Watch the Noble Vision book trailer here.
TEACHERS:
View and download discussion questions for student assignments and book clubs HERE.
Independence Day Celebrations
We are continuing our popular community activities in Hamilton County, Indiana, highlighting the introduction of the Declaration of Independence to the American colonists and the courageous stories of the signers of the original Declaration. Our amazing poster, Be a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, has become a learning tool for parents to explain the Declaration to their children, with entire families adding their names. Now everyone can Be a Signer and take the pledge our Founders took to live in freedom. Students can earn extra credit when they participate in this celebration of the document that changed the world.
Bring this educational, patriotic, and fun-filled activity to your Independence Day festivities. Contact us if you would like our Be a Signer posters.
Constitution Day Activities
On Constitution Day and all through Constitution Week, we visit schools and community centers to distribute our Teacher’s Kits, which contain pocket U.S. Constitutions and fun-filled exercises about it, as well as a liberty-themed novel with student activities and a teacher’s syllabus to provide materials for unforgettable lessons in the value of personal freedom!
Download our free materials for your student reading programs and get the fulfillment of knowing you’re inspiring our future generation of liberty-lovers.
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