History Month #3 2020 Journeyman (Geography) India

 Journeyman

Study/Learn

Do all of the following:

1 - Study a map of India and work on memorizing the countries that surround it and be able to find it on a world map.  

2 - Print and study a blank map of India for your commonplace book and mark the following things:
      (This map is your ticket into class, so make sure you have it and it's filled out.)

• major bodies of water and rivers
• 5 major cities
• 3 crops and where they are grown
• major mountain ranges and other physical features (deserts, plains, peninsulas, etc)
• LDS temple(s)
• Geography from the Ancient World.  (You'll probably have to look these up online.) Make sure to include:

• Arabian Sea
• Bay of Bengal
• Indus River & the Indus River Valley
• Mohenjo-Daro
• Ganges River
• Indian Ocean
• Himalaya Mountains
• Mt. Everest

3 - Watch this video about the 10 Best Places to Visit in India (13 min)

4 - Read this overview of Hinduism OR watch this video about it and make a list of 5 things your religion has in common with the Hindu.  

5 - Look online and see if you can find anything out about the LDS church in India.  Are there members there?  How many?  How many missionaries serve there?  How many missions are there?  How many stakes and wards?  

OPTIONAL - Read this except from the Hindu religious book, the Bhagavad Gita.  

We'll be having a guest speaker for class today, so there will be no presentations.

History Apprentice: Month Two, Ancient Egypt

Study/Learn

 - Print the note cards and study month 2. You can find them here. 

-Read Chapters  2, 4, 12 and 13 of Story of the World. As you finish each chapter make a blurb, doodle some notes or write up some bullet points -- any creative way you want to keep the highlights from the chapter in your commonplace book. 

-Put the following dates/people and events on your timeline: 

***Coming Soon!***

Know/Understand

Choose ONE of the following and be prepared to present for 3-5 minutes about it:

Mummify an apple (instructions found here) and be prepared to share with us something that stood out to you/was interesting about mummification. (this wont work if you don't start it on Friday :D) 

Create a Canopic Jar -- be able to tell us what god is on the jar, add some writing and tell us about what is stored in that jar and why that jar would have held those organs. (there are plenty of ideas online, be creative and give it your best effort).

Create a piece of art that sums up something you learned about Egypt. Be prepared to share the art and an explanation of why your art is significant/how it represents what you learned.

Do a creative report on one of the pharoahs NOT talked about in our reading. Sign up here (no, I'm not giving suggestions, once you've found someone write their name on the paper to dib it :) 

Do a creative report on one of the pyramids not listed in the book (do not choose the Great Pyramid). Sign up here. 

Make a shaduf that works and teach us about it.

Give a creative report on Nubia/Kush. Their culture became a part of Egyptian culture, what came from Nubia? (only one person can choose this option, sign up here)

Give a creative report on the Hyksos. Learn more about their culture and share it with the class. (only one person can choose this option, sign up here)

Become/Serve

We are continuing to work on our person in the ancient scriptures project. Review your studies/notes about your person from last month to prepare for your assignment.

-As you watch General Conference this weekend listen for any reference direct or indirect that relates to your person. Some of you might have your person mentioned specifically and their story shared and others of you will hear a talk that makes you think of your person and their experiences. Come prepared to share what you learned or what insights you gained about your person and their experiences by listening to general conference. 

-Remember the 3 questions you wrote down last month? I would like you to find the answers. If you can't find that assignment then come up with three things you would like to know more about your person. The answers can be found by reading more about their story at LDS.org or by using resources like the Bible Dictionary and footnotes or even asking a parent for their insight! 

*Remember, we are working towards a final project and presentation about these people so the more you put into the project the more you will get out of it and the more rewarding the final presentations will be for all of us. 

History Month #2 2020 Journeyman (Geography) Egypt

Journeyman

Study/Learn

Do all of the following:

1 - Study a map of Egypt and work on memorizing the countries that surround it and be able to find it on a world map.  

2 - Print and study a blank map of Egypt for your commonplace book and mark the following things:
      (This map is your ticket into class, so make sure you have it and it's filled out.)

• major bodies of water and rivers
• 5 major cities
• 3 crops and where they are grown
• major mountain ranges and other physical features (deserts, plains, peninsulas, etc)
• LDS temple(s)
• Geography from the Ancient World.  (You'll probably have to look these up online.) Make sure to include:
• Nile River
• Nile Delta
• Upper Egypt
• Lower Egypt
• Cheops Great Pyramid
  
• Nubia
• Canaan
• Valley of the Kings
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea

3 - Watch this video about the 10 Best Places to Visit in Egypt (15 min)

Know/Understand

Please choose one of the following:

• Learn an Egyptian dance that you can teach the class. (Tell Sis. Cloward what you're teaching ahead of time and what music you're using so I can have it ready.)
• Come to class and teach us how to say your name, count to ten, say hello, good bye and a few other phrases in Egyptian.
• Bring a children's picture book representing Egypt to class and read it to us.
• Bring food from Egypt for the whole class.  (Tell Sis. Cloward what you're bringing ahead of time. This will be included as part of lunch.)
• Look up and come ready to present on the animals of Egypt.  What are they used for and why?
• Look up and come ready to present on the climate of Egypt.  We usually think of Egypt being a desert, is it all a desert?  Bring pictures to back up you information.
• Think of something creative you can teach us about Egypt.  

History Month #1 Apprentice. The Middle East

Don't forget to check the writing blog for your writing inspirements for the week!

 Study/Learn

- Print the note cards and study month 1.  You can find them here.

-Read Chapters 3, 5, 7, 8, 15, 16 and 17 of Story of the World. As you finish each chapter make a blurb, doodle some notes or write up some bullet points -- any creative way you want to keep the highlights from the chapter in your commonplace book. 

-Put the following dates/people and events on your timeline: 

Cuneiform Writing - c3200 BC

Assyrian Empire - 2025-612 BC

Hammurabi, King of Old Babylon c1810- c1750 BC

Code of Hammurabi, c 1754 BC

Phoenician Civilization- c1200-c700 BC

(Return of Assyrians) Ashurbanipal, King of Neo-Assyrian Empire, creator of first library- 685-631 BC

Neo-Babylonian Empire - 626-539 BC

Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon c634-562 BC

Hanging Gardens of Babylon c 610 BC

Know/Understand

Choose ONE of these three options to present on for 2-3 minutes in class. Note there aren't enough report topics for everyone so if you'd really rather give a report than do a creative project then sign up right away ;) 

Option #1 Make Something : 

*Make a clay tablet, writing a quote or something memorable in the cuneiform alphabet

*Make homemade paper, write a quote or something memorable in the cuneiform alphabet or heiroglyphics

(this link could be helpful: http://www.openculture.com/2018/05/introduction-to-writing-in-cuneiform.html)

*Make your own ink and write a quote or something memorable (English or heiroglyphics or cuneiform). Use nice paper and make it lovely to look at. (you can use this tutorial or find one of your own: https://balkantradingcompany.com/how-to-make-deliciously-messy-ancient-egyptian-ink/) 

Option #2 Give a Report on any of these topics (sign up here so there are no repeats). PLEASE make sure you are adding interesting information that was NOT covered in our reading. Don't just repeat what comes out of the book, find visuals and dive deeper on the topic. 

The Babylonians and their study of the stars and planets

Temples of the Babylonians

Code of Hammurabi

Glass making of the Phoenicians

How to make purple die like the Phoenicians

The library of Ashurbanipal

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Phoenicia and Sailing

King Nebudchadnezzar 

King Ashurbanipal

King Sargon

King Hammurabi

King Shamshi-Adad

Crops commonly grown and eaten in the ancient Middle East

Medicine in any of the civilizations we studied (Assyria, Babylon, Sumer , Phoenicia)

Education/School in any of the civilizations we studied (Assyria, Babylon, Sumer, Phoenicia)

Religion of any of the civilizations we studied (Assyria, Babylon, Sumer, Phoenicia)

Option #3 Creatively Teach us about one of the chapters.

  Write a song, poem, or a piece of art that can teach us what you learned about any of the chapters we learned about. 

Become/Serve

For the next few months we are going to be getting to know ancient people up close and personal. You get to choose one person from my list (sign up here on google drive) to study, become friends with and, eventually, to present about. 

After you have signed up for a person I would like you to: 

-Read all the scripture accounts that you can about that person. Learn their story well enough that you can teach it to a sibling/parent from memory. 

-Write a summarized version of their story in your commonplace journal. 

-Make a list of at least 3 questions that you have about your person and their life (don't stop at 3 if you can think of a lot of questions!). Questions like: What made them choose ___? What is their background? etc. Things that you do not know right now but would like to know in your quest to gain understanding and knowledge about this person. 

-Write in your commonplace journal how this person lived the character trait of honor, our trait of the month.

 

Please note these lists aren't absolute, if there is someone you would love to learn about that is NOT on the list then please reach out to me :) Girls, please sign up for a female, boys sign up for a male. 

Women in the Scriptures

Sarah

Rebekah

Ruth

Naomi

Hannah

Abigail

Widow of Zarephath

Esther

Anna

Elizabeth

The Woman at the Well

Mary (sister of Martha)

Martha

The Woman with the Issue of Blood

Mary Magdalene

Tabitha

Sariah

Abish

King Lamoni's Wife

Mother of a Stripling Warrior

Men in the Scriptures

Abraham

Joseph of Egypt

David

Daniel

Stripling Warrior/Young Ammonite

Mormon

Brother of Jared

Moses

Moroni

Job

Elisha

Elijah

Samuel

History Month #1 2020 Journeyman (Geography) Middle East

Journeyman

Study/Learn

Do all of the following:

1 - Study a map of the Middle East and work on memorizing the countries.  You can find a good map here.

2 - Print a blank map for your commonplace book and mark the following things:
      (This map is your ticket into class, so make sure you have it and it's filled out.)

• major bodies of water and rivers
  
• 10 major cities
• 5 crops and where they are grown
• major mountain ranges and other physical features (deserts, plains, peninsulas, etc)
• LDS temple(s)
• Geography from the Ancient World.  (You'll probably have to look these up online.) Make sure to include:

• Fertile Crescent
• Sumer
• Kish
• Mesopotamia
• Akkadia
• Babylon
• Ur/Haran
• Canaan
• Babylon
• Carthage
• Tyre
• Phoenicia
• Nineveh
• Assyria
• Jerusalem 

3 - Watch this video about the Top 10 places to visit in the Middle East (6 min)

Know/Understand

Please choose one of the following:

AS YOU'RE CHOOSING COUNTRIES TO STUDY ABOUT THIS MONTH, DON'T CHOOSE EGYPT or ISRAEL.  THEY EACH GET THEIR OWN MONTH.

• Choose one of the following to do a 2-3 minute report on: (don't get long winded.  5 min max on presentations...I will cut you off!  We want to make sure and have time for the activity.)
• The Ottoman Empire
• The Byzantine Empire
• The Abbasid Caliphate
• The Fatimid Caliphate
• The Umayyad Caliphate
• Learn a Middle Eastern Dance that you can teach the class.  Some ideas can be found here. (Tell Sis. Cloward what you're teaching ahead of time and what music you're using so I can have it ready.)
• Choose a language spoken in the  Middle East and come to class and teach us how to say your name, count to ten, say hello, good bye and a few other phrases in that language.
• Bring a children's picture book representing one of the Middle Eastern countries to class and read it to us.
• Bring food from one of the Middle Eastern countries for the whole class.  (Tell Sis. Cloward what you're bringing ahead of time. This will be used as part of lunch.)

Quote I read in class Apr. 2, 2020

"I cannot tell you what a testimony builder this COVID 19 experience has been. Everything our governments are doing is reactive. They are trying to handle the situation as it develops, in varying stages of success.

However, almost everything our church has done has been proactive. Today, the church closed all the temples completely. On the outside, it seemed reactive. However, I see now that the Lord prepared us for this.

Less than one year ago, the church announced that couples no longer have to wait a year to get sealed if they have been married civilly. I just shrugged at the time and thought it was a great policy. However, today I see that the Lord knew the temple closures were coming and He took away the waiting period for couples who had no choice but to get married civilly while the temples were closed.

It solidified my testimony to know that Lord, through our Prophet, is not being reactive. He is being proactive.

*Come Follow Me - giving us time to become familiar with it (even if we are not perfect).

*General Conference - going to be different (even if it wasn't in any way close to our speculations)

*Closing all Temples - but already having a policy in place for couples whose lives are held in limbo!

*Age of witnesses being lowered - baptisms can be witnessed by non-priesthood holders so with 1 priesthood and 2 women, the baptism can still happen.

*Ministering - no longer focusing on visiting people in their homes but, just a general, personal caring connection.

*Online Seminary classes - An amazing tool to have that allow High School kids to continue to learn without having to physically attend class.

*Youth Changes in age - Young Men who were turning 12 this year have already received the priesthood at the beginning of the year instead of after the pandemic (hopefully) ends making them able to pass the sacrament in their homes under the direction of their bishops.

*Also, so grateful for Personal Revelation, Emergency Preparedness and Food Storage always taught by the Church.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING, THE SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE!!!"

---Author Unknown

April 2020 Apprentice - the 21st Century

PLEASE HAVE ALL OF YOUR VIDEOS UPLOADED AND READY TO BE WATCHED, OR A LINK IN THE DOC, FOR BOTH CLASSES BY 6am ON THURDAY MORNING.  THANKS!

HERE'S HOW ONLINE CLASS WILL GO THIS WEEK (APRIL 2):

• Please upload your presentation video to the YouTube channel or link it in the doc by 6AM Thursday morning.  If it's a prezi or power-point or slideshow,  paste the link in the doc.  So on the doc, here's what I want to see:
• Afton (prezi link...)
• Kensi (my video in on the Youtube channel.  It's called Kensi 2020)
• Jayson (View my slideshow here.....)
• You can also upload a video of you doing the dance you learned if you want to.  You know we all want to see it!  
• Start watching the doc and watch the presentations as they pop up.  Then you can get up Thursday morning and watch all of the rest of the videos/presentations for apprentice.  (You won't have time to watch them all Thurs. morning, so start watching them before that.)  Take notes and write down comments and questions you may have about people's presentations.  
• WE WILL MEET AT 10AM via Zoom (Meeting ID: 850-083-0705 , Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8500830705) to discuss the presentations.  This is where you will ask your questions and make comments on what you watched in the morning.  This will only be for 40 minutes.
• Journeyman: These videos are for your viewing pleasure.  Please take the time to watch them sometime on Thurs. or Friday.  We won't be meeting for Journeyman.  Enjoy your new found knowledge of South America.  Your welcome.  ;)
• DON'T FORGET to be reading "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok (This is one of my very favorite books.  It was super life changing for me.) for our book discussion next week (Apr. 9)

Study/Learn

Complete all of the following:

1. Read A History of US, volume 10, chapters 46-52.  Write a paragraph or two for each of the chapters, summarizing what you read. Be creative and artistic. Include any applicable pictures and maps.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A HISTORY OF US: You can watch these videos.  They give a BRIEF overview, so choose a few things to look more deeply into.  The second video is just a lot of headlines and not a lot of info.  (Disclaimer: I can't control mainstream liberal media and this is as neutral as I could find.)

• 2000's overview
• 2010's overview

2. Study the note cards for this month (and for the whole year) from the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy

PRINT AND DO THIS CROSSWORD. 

3. Print the timeline (from here) and add 5 additional events from world, national or your family history

4.  Study the HOOK DATES from the whole year.

• 1945 - Germany surrenders and the U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. World War II comes to an end.
• 1950 - The Korean War begins.
• 1955 - Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for not giving up her seat on the bus.
• 1956 - Hungarian Revolution
• 1957 - Sputnik launched by the Russians
• 1959 - Castro seized power in Cuba

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• 1961 - The Bay of Pigs Invasion takes place in Cuba.
• 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs. 
• 1963 - Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I have a dream" speech 
• 1963 - President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
• 1964 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed.
• 1965 - America enters the Vietnam War 
• 1966 - Cultural Revolution in China begins
• 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated.
• 1969 - Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the Moon.

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• 1974 - President Richard Nixon resigns over the Watergate Scandal.

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• 1986 - The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after takeoff.
• 1989 - Berlin Wall comes down

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• 1990 - The Gulf War begins as Iraq invades Kuwait.
• 1990 - Nelson Mandela Freed
• 1991 - End of the USSR
• 1994 - Rwandan Genocide

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• 2001 - The 9/11 terrorist attacks occur 
• 2003 - The Iraq War begins as the U.S. and other countries invade Iraq.
• 2009 - Barack Obama becomes the first African-American President of the United States.
• 2020 - Deadly virus COVID-19 puts the world at a standstill in an effort to stop it's spread.

5.  Watch this video of the Evolution of Dance 1950-2019.  Choose one of the following dances (or pick something else you want to learn) and learn it.  Have a dance party!

• Cha Cha Slide 
• Whip & Nae Nae
• Cupid Shuffle
• Fitness Marshall "Cake" (This one is Sis. Cloward's favorite!!!)
• Git Up 
• Old Town Road

Know/Understand

Choose 1 person or event from your reading OR FROM YOUR FAMILY HISTORY to give us a 2-3 minute report on in class.   Please include 3 bullet points about why we need to know about this and the impact it/they made on this time period.  Also look for whether or not this person lived our principle for the month, "Synergize."  How did this affect their lives?  Put your choice on the doc so we don't overlap.

THEN RECORD YOURSELF DOING THE PRESENTATION AND PUT IT ON THE VANGUARD YOUTUBE PAGE.  Since we're social distancing, this is how we're doing it now.  You can also do a Prezi or PowerPoint presentations since we'll all just be watching them.  If you do a prezi or PowerPoint, like it up to the google doc.  If you do YouTube, upload it to our site, or link it in the google doc.

Become/Serve

This is your time!  You have been alive for most of the decades we are studying!  Some day you will be telling your kids about his decade just like your parents and grandparents tell you about the decades they lived in.  Your children and grandchildren will be every bit as in awe over COVID-19 as you are when they talk about the World Wars, Great Depression, and Hammer Pants!

Spend 20 minutes and journal about your life right now.  What are you doing?  What do you eat?  Where do you live?  What do you remember about the major world events that have happened during your life time?  Use a lot of details.