studies is essentially world history and civics so you start looking at the great civilizations of mesopotamia and egypt and then go right into greece and rome and that is where the challenge actually presented itself when we were looking at greece and talking about democracy and the pericles. that is when one of my students dared me to prove the average american can run for office, and so that is how this whole thing evolved is when we were in greece. part of the greek history so important not only democracy but also looking at the architecture and the way communities functioned. and they were very progressive for their time and so to look how our founding fathers chose to look back for about history and poll those classic architecture, those classical ideas into our own government is key and kids need to know that. >> host: let me recommend to the readers a wonderful book called "the greek way." to understand how greeks and the value of our system of life and our democracy and people, ourselves as western people this is a wonderful book and your and linking the architecture and these things

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