One of a series of booklets designed to make available to a wide audience thoughtful perspectives on issues of domestic and foreign policy, this booklet contains two essays which provide a solid base for elementary and secondary teachers to communicate the nature of America's place in the world, its responsibilities, ideals, and traditions to prepare young people for responsible citizenship in the democracy that leads the free world. William Bennett's "History-Key to Political Responsibility" discusses the past illuminating the present, restoring the faith in democracy, and the decline in the status of history as a subject. Jeane Kirkpatrick's "Learning to Think about Foreign Policy" discusses characteristics of foreign policy, democratic assumptions, and educating for democracy. (TRS)