History Apprentice Week 4: Jan 6, 2022

 History Apprentice Week 4: Jan 6, 2022 - Inquisitiveness 

Study/Learn

1. 
   In the 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader by John Maxwell, read the chapter on teachability
   
2. Print out and read/watch and mark this talk: Truth Endures by D. Todd Christofferson
1. Ask the 5 types of questions and write your answers in your commonplace book and bring it to class, this is your ticket into class today, so don't forget it.
2. Find 3 principles that are taught in the talk and add them to this doc.  Write them in the "if...then..." format.  
3. Do a word study on inquisitiveness
4. Watch these videos.  Take notes in your commonplace book on what you learn.
1. Great Minds: Leonardo da Vinci
2. Leonardo da Vinci's Brilliant Mind
3. The Codex Leicester 
4. Simple Machines
5. Study all the notecards labeled "2"

Know/Understand

Build a Rube Goldberg machine and video it working so we can watch it in class.  (This way you won't have to move it or worry about it being to big to get to the Martin's.)

A Rube Goldberg machine, named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, is a chain reaction-type machine or contraption intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and overly complicated way. Usually, these machines consist of a series of simple unrelated devices; the action of each triggers the initiation of the next, eventually resulting in achieving a stated goal.  

Here are some examples: (I hope you guys find these as hilarious as I do!!!)

• How to pass the salt (This one is so funny!  By the time it ended I'd almost forgot what they were trying to do!  Your machine doesn't need to be anywhere near this long or large, but you can learn a lot of devices for your own machine from this video.)
• Morning Routine Machine
• How to make a PBJ
• Okay... now for an actual example of what I'm asking you to do...Feeding the Dog

Become/Serve

In the article we read, Elder Christofferson says, 

"There really are only two options. One is to pursue truth by heeding the words of Christ—“He that keepeth his commandments receiveth truth and light, until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things.” The other is to be taken in by the adversary and attempt the impossible—to find happiness in his fictions. One cannot succeed in life here or hereafter by ignoring the reality of truth, but some, actually a lot of people, try it—it just looks so much easier than repenting. But only repentance and obedience to the truth of God free us from a fantasy world that is destined to fail, “and great [shall be] the fall of it."

Where in your life do you need to find greater truth?  What commandment are you struggling to obey?  What family rule do you break every time?  What relationship do you have in your life that could be better and more meaningful?  Why don't you ever have any money when you need it?  Why do you procrastinate your school work? etc.

The solution to all of these questions can be found by finding the truth and the principles surrounding the thing that is "off" in your life.  Choose 1 thing that is "off" in your life and find 5 true principles that can help you get back on track and record it in your journal along with some applications - stemming from the truths you've found - to implement in your life.  (If you're really struggling to find the principles, ask your parents and they can help you or call Sis. Cloward.)

Here's an example:

If I find that I never have any money when I need it, I can find some financial principles to get me on track.  

Financial Principles:

• If I spend less than I earn, then I will never overspend.
• If I track my expenses, then I will know where my money is going.
• If I use a budget, then I will know where my money needs to go.
• If I save 10% of everything I earn, then I will have money available in case of an emergency.
• If I pay my tithing to the Lord, He will "open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it." (Malachi 3:10)

Applications:

• I will pay my tithing the Sunday after every pay check.
• I will track my expenses for an entire month to see exactly where my money is going.