We invite anyone who is interested to join us for our reading this fall. We will be reading Alexis Coe's You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington and Cokie Robert's Founding Mothers. 

If you are interested in reading along with us, the schedule is below. Note that we will be posting discussion questions to this group periodically during our reading. Feel free to jump in the discussion!  

August 21 – Reading Begins!
Read the introduction to both books. First discussion post: introduce yourself and what interests you about the founding period.

August 28 – You Never Forget your First: A Biography of George Washington Part 1 (55 pgs.)

September 4 – Founding Mothers Chapter 1 – Discussion Question 2 (36 pgs.)

September 11 – Founding Mothers Chapter 2 (41 pgs.)

September 18 – George Washington – Part 2 (54 pgs.)

September 25 – Founding Mothers Chapter 3 – Discussion Question 3 (31 pgs.)

October 2 – Catch up Week – Album Post – Share a Resource
Note: We invite you to share a primary source, educational resource, or website that you find helpful when teaching about George Washington and the founding period in a shared album here in the Bookmarks group. 

October 16 – Founding Mothers Chapter 4 (35 pgs.)

October 23 – Founding Mothers Chapter 5 – Discussion Question 4 (42 pgs.)

October 30 - George Washington Part 3: Chapter 16 (26 pgs.)

November 6 – Founding Mothers Chapter 6 - Discussion Question 5 (41 pgs.)

November 13 – George Washington Part 3: Chapter 17 (34 pgs.)

November 20 – Founding Mothers Chapter 7 (52 pgs.)

November 27 – George Washington Part 4 and Epilogue – Discussion Question 6 (26 pgs.)

December 4 – Catch up week – Album Post – Share a Resource