In all social studies courses discussing economic systems, especially in reference to the U.S., the terms "capitalist" and "capitalism" will no longer be used. Those terms will be replaced by "free enterprise." The term "democratic" will also be changed when dealing with the U.S. Instead, references to the U.S. government will include the phrase "constitutional republic."
The Enlightenment period of history will be downplayed as will the important figures of the period including Thomas Jefferson. He will be replaced with studies on Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin. Reform leaders and "muckrakers" such as Upton Sinclair and W.E.B. Dubois will now be contrasted against immigrants such as Jean Pierre Godet (as told in Thomas Kinkade's "Spirit of America").
Over a dozen changes will be made to courses dealing with the founding of the U.S. to create a contrast between the intent of the founders and the wording of the First Amendment establishment clause and free exercise clause, as it pertains to the term "separation of Church and State." Focus will also be placed on the secular nature of the American Revolution and the Judeo-Christian influences of the founding fathers, without putting emphasis on the rationale behind the separation of church and state.
Milton Friedman and Freidrich von Hayek, two champions of free market economic theory, will be added to the list of important people to be studied in economics. Students will also be required to learn about the decline of the U.S. dollar and the abandonment of the gold standard.
In sociology, emphasis will be on the concept of personal responsibility, especially as it pertains to drug use, dating violence, suicide, sexuality, and eating disorders. However, the concept of sex and gender as social constructs and the evidence of institutional racism in American society will be removed from the curriculum altogether.
The study of U.S. political scandals will include not only Teapot Dome and Watergate, but also the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. Emphasis will be placed McCarthyism, the House Un-American Activities Committee, and the threat of Soviet agent infiltration in the U.S. government as confirmed by the Venona Papers. Studies of the Heritage Foundation, Moral Majority, and NRA (National Rifle Association) will give more understanding of the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s, while more emphasis will be placed on the the violent aspects as well as the nonviolent aspects of the civil rights movement by including the Black Panthers as well as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir will be added to the list of required learning, as will course work on the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its effect on global politics. This will include studies on why the Arab rejection of the State of Israel led to ongoing conflict.