April 2018 Apprentice

April 2018 Apprentice

"Witness of the Light"
Westward Expansion
Pre-Civil War

Study/Learn

1 - Read in "The Story of the World: Vol. 3" Ch. 27, 31, 32, 36, 38, 40, and 42.


2- Take notes on the chapters in your commonplace book

3 - Define the following in your commonplace book or notecards:

• Alamo
• Davy Crockett
• Sam Houston
• Mexican War
• Oregon Trail
• slave trade
• Tecumseh
• Trail of Tears
• War of 1812

4 - Watch  part 1 and part 2 of this video about MC Escher.


Know/Understand

DO THIS:

This week we will be going to the BYU Museum of Art.  We will be seeing the Art of MC Escher and also a Tiffany lamp exhibit. We will be having Apprentice class and then going after lunch.  Everyone can come.  There is a reward for those who finish Masters. ;)

Be thinking about your end of the year presentation.  This month everyone will have the chance to showcase what they have learned in Vanguard.  We will have 4 presentations each class.  The rest will be the last day of class.  These are large presentations.  Plan at least 10 minutes.  Look in the toolbox of the blog for further information.  You can find it here.

Study your note cards.  Bring them to class.  We will be playing games with them.

Become/Serve

We are in the time period just before the Civil War.  Find out where your ancestors were in this part of history.  What countries were they in?  Were they part of the Mormon Pioneer Migration?  Journal for 10 minutes about how life could have been for your ancestors.

April 2018 Journeyman

Study/Learn

Pick 3 countries or areas to read about in the Story of the World.  If you did this last month then pick 3 new countries to learn about.

India -Chapt 11,  19
Russia - Chapt 17, 26
Middle East - Chapt 8, 18
Africa - Chapt 7, 37
Japan - Chapt 5, 10
China- Chapt 20, 28, 39
South America - Chapt 34, 35
New Zeland and Australia - Chapt 24,  41

Know/Understand

DO THE FOLLOWING:

After you have read about the three countries or areas, pick one to futher learn about. Do more research about the history of this country.

Become/Serve
If you could pick another country to live in, where would it be?  Journal for 10 minutes about the pros and cons of that country.

April 2018 Master

Study/Learn

Finish reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas.  

Know/Understand

After the BYU Museum of Art, the Master Class will go and get ice cream at the Creamery.  We will be discussing this book.  It is one of my favorites!  Please bring 3 discussion questions to share and talk about.

March 2018 Apprentice

March 2018  Apprentice

"Darkness and Light"
The French Revolution

Study/Learn

1 - Read in "The Story of the World: Vol. 3" Ch. 13, 25, 29, 33

2- Take notes on the chapters in your commonplace book

3 - Add important dates to your timelines

4 - Read the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

5 - Add to your notecards or common place book:
Bastille, Bourbons, French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte, guillotine, Marie Antoinette, Robespierre

6 - Watch these two videos French Revolution and American Revolution. 

Know/Understand

DO THIS:

Create a Venn Diagram. (This is the overlapping circles used to compare and contrast.  If you need help with this look in the vanguard toolbox on the blog.) Compare and contrast the French Revolution and the American Revolution.

I know this can be super easy but put some time into it.  Think about the leaders, the role of the masses, the end results.  How has it changed the world?  Did it change the world? 

Compare the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

For class we will be enjoying a breakfast of Crepes and watching the Scarlet Pimpernel.  Please sign up for a food item to share on the email.  


Become/Serve

Read this Ensign  article. Journal your thoughts for 10 minutes.

March 2018 Journeyman

Study/Learn
Pick 3 countries or areas to read about in the Story of the World.

India -Chapt 11,  19
Russia - Chapt 17, 26
Middle East - Chapt 8, 18
Africa - Chapt 7, 37
Japan - Chapt 5, 10
China- Chapt 20, 28, 39
South America - Chapt 34, 35
New Zeland and Australia - Chapt 24,  41

Know/Understand

DO THE FOLLOWING:

After you have read about the three countries or areas, pick one to futher learn about. Do more research about the history of this country.

Prepare a 5- 10 minute presentation on this country.  Please teach us as much as you can.  Some will have read the chapters in The Story of the World but others may not have.  Bring in other sources.  

Remember, presentations should be engaging. You are welcome to bring items from that country, authentic food, traditional costumes, pictures, maps.... anything to help draw the audience into your presentation.  And always... DON'T BORE ME!

Become/Serve
If you could pick another country to live in, where would it be?  Journal for 10 minutes about the pros and cons of that country.

March 2018 Master

Study/Learn

Sorry for the late change, some of these Master Books are just too long to fit into one week!.  Please start The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas.  Read the first 200 pages.  You will finish this book for Masters in Imaginative Arts. Come prepared to discuss.   This is one of my most favorite books!

Feb 2018 Journeyman and Masters

Combined Journeyman and Masters

This is where you get to learn a little of the background of the use of herbs.We are going to go visit an Herbalist after the Printing Museum.  In order to come you need to complete the following:

Do all of the following:

1) Read "An Herbal Legacy of Courage"

2) Read the following scriptures:
     a)  Doc & Cov 42:43
     b)  Doc & Cov 59: 16-20
     c)  Alma 46:40
     d)  Ezekiel 47:12
     e)   Word of Wisdom (Doc & Cov 89); especially v. 10-11

3) Study a little about medicine in 2 of these civilizations; take notes about each (what herbs did they use, similarities, differences, etc):
      a)  Egyptians
      b)  Greeks
      c)  Romans
      d)  Native Americans
      e)  Chinese
      f)  Ancient Israel (Israelite)
      f)  any others that you're interested in

4) Read pages 130-131 from "Daughters in My Kingdom" (it is a Relief Society book - your mothers should have this & can be found at lds.org)   Read the section "Gifts of the Spirit"

5) Answer the following questions:
            - What is herbology or herbal medicine?
            - What's the difference between Medicinal and Culinary herbs?
            - What the difference between an herb and a spice?
           

6) What are the healing properties of each of these herbs?

     peppermint

     plantain

     comfrey 

     yarrow

     red raspberry leaf
  

Fun Facts:
Did you know:

• Joseph Smith used herbs and didn't like conventional doctors of the day?
• Willard Richards (was in Carthage Jail with Joseph & Hyrum Smith) was a doctor of herbs, a Thomsonian doctor (Samuel Thomson was an herbalist and taught others how to do what he did - thus the name Thomsonian doctor).  
• Brigham Young planted an herb garden at his house in Salt Lake (Lion House) and frequently used herbs.  
• There's an herb whose common name is after Brigham Young because he used it often - Brigham's Tea (it's also called Mormon Tea).  
• Marshmallows were originally made from the marshmallow (mallow) plant?

Feb 2018 Apprentice

February 2018 Apprentice

"Let Your Light so Shine"
Early America and the Revolution

Study/Learn

1 - Read in "The Story of the World: Vol. 3" Ch. 22 and 23
2- Take notes on the chapters in your commonplace book
3 - Add 15 people or events to your timelines that you have learned about this year.
4-  Define the following on notecards or in your cpb.
      Battle of Bunker Hill, Constitutional Convention, Continental Congress, Battle of Lexington and        Concord, Minute Men, Revolutionary War, Stamp Act, War of 18124
5 - Read Let The Holy Spirit Guide by Elder Rasband from April 2017 General Conference.  Journal        your favorite parts in your   commonplace book.

Know/Understand

DO THIS: Research the Guttenberg Printing press
Invite your family to come to the HIstoric Crandall Printing Museum with you on Thursday 10:30 - 12:30.  Let me know if they are planning to attend.  It is $5 a person. Vanguard will cover your fee.


Become/Serve

-The theme for Vanguard this year is light. We will be going on a field trip to the Historic Crandall Printing Museum.  In that museum you will see examples of three different printing presses.  Each of these presses brought forth more light in the world. Gutenberg, by putting books and especially the scriptures into the hands of the people. The press that the Declaration of Independence was printed on, by bringing more light to the world with the beginning of the United States and the first republic.  And then the press the Book of Mormon was printed on, bringing the light of the restored gospel back to earth.  These are only three examples of an invention that has brought forth more light to the world.  What are some other things that have brought more light into the world. Journal for 10 minutes.
 

Jan 2018 Apprentice

January 2018 Apprentice

"Generating the Light"
The Founding of America

Study/Learn

1 - Read in "The Story of the World: Vol. 3 Ch. 3 (King James's Town), 6, 15, 21

2- Take notes on the chapters in your commonplace book

3 - Define the following in your commonplace book:
     - Enlightenment
     - Age of Reason
     - French & Indian War
     - indentured servant 

4 - Read this article by Elder Robert D Hales from Oct 2005.  Journal your favorite parts in your commonplace book.

5 - Watch this video.  It pulls it all together and gets us up to speed.  


OPTIONAL: Watch this series: "Crash Course US History".   (Episodes 1-5 get up to this point in history.  Each episode is about 12 minutes long.)  It's pretty entertaining, but beware that he's a little irreverent and sarcastic.  He also talks really fast!  But I learned a lot from it.  

Know/Understand

DO THIS:

- Make and bring a food (one dish per family) that could have been served at the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth.  We will be having the First Thanksgiving at lunch today.  Make sure you do your research, they didn't have things like pie crust in the 1600's.   Make it authentic.

DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

- Make a model or large map of one of the early colonies (Plymouth, Jamestown, St. Augustine, New Amsterdam, etc).  Bring it to class to show and explain.

- Do a hero report on one of the colony leaders during this time period.  Dress up like that person and come prepared to present in class.

- Write a journal entry as someone who lived in one of the early American colonies.  Describe your daily life, what you do and eat?  Where you live, etc?  Do your research and give us a lot of details, but don't bore us.  Bring it to read to the class.

Become/Serve

Elder Hales said:

"Religious persecution [caused many people] to seek freedom in new lands. Among them were the Pilgrims, who landed in the Americas in 1620... Other colonists soon followed, including those like Roger Williams, founder and later governor of Rhode Island, who continued to search for Christ’s true Church. Williams said that there was no regularly constituted church of Christ on earth, nor any person authorized to administer any church ordinance, nor could there be until new Apostles were sent by the great Head of the church, for whose coming he was seeking.

The Lord expects us to be as faithful, as devoted, as courageous as those who went before us. They were called to give their lives for the gospel. We are called to live our lives for the same purpose. In these last days we have special reason to do so.

Before that sacred night in Bethlehem [when the Savior was born], the events of history and the words of the prophets of all dispensations prepared the way for the first coming of the Lord and His Atonement. Similarly, history and prophecy laid the groundwork for the Restoration of the gospel through the Prophet Joseph Smith. Do we have eyes to see that the events and prophecies of our time are preparing us for the Savior’s Second Coming?"

As we study history, we see that every major event that happens is either working towards or because of an important event in the Kingdom of God on the earth.  He has a plan fro the beginning and we see His hand as things progress to His end, the Second Coming of the Savior.  

Look in your scriptures for signs of the Savior's second coming.  Journal about how you are preparing the earth for his reign.  How are you living your life for the gospel of Christ?

Jan 2018 Journeyman

The 13 Colonies

DO THE FOLLOWING:

Choose ONE of the original 13 colonies to teach the class about.  Tell us:

• Who founded the colony?
• What year?
• For what nation?
• Who were some notable citizens of that colony?
• What are some pros and cons of independence from England for this colony?
• What was the main occupation of the citizens of this colony?

• Bring a food item to class to share with everyone that represents your colony

Teach us whatever else you would like.  Bring maps and charts for class members to glue in their commonplace books.  Give us as much detail as you can about this colony.  We are laying the framework to understand the disagreements the colonies had with each other when the writing of the Constitution came around.

Email Sis. Fontano which one you want so we don't double up:

• Delaware-Mack
• Massachusetts -Paige
• New Jersey-Sarah
• Georgia- Harmony
• Connecticut- Tara
• Maryland-
• South Carolina
• New Hampshire-Jessica
• Virginia- Kate
• New York-Elena
• North Carolina
• Rhode Island-Jacob

Jan 2018 Master

William Penn

Study/Learn


1 - Watch this video: "Philadelphia: The Great Experiment" 

2 - Read the Screw Tape Letters by C.S. Lewis.    

3 - Watch this short video: "How Quakerism Began"

Know/Understand

DO THE FOLLOWING:

- Find a quote you like by William Penn.  Make a wall hanging for your wall so that you can hang it up and see it everyday.  Why do you like this quote so much?  Why does it speak to you?  Journal your answers in your common place book and bring your wall hanging to class to share.

- Do a character T-chart on William Penn.  What character trait does he have that you would like to have more of?  How did Penn develop that trait?  How can you develop that trait in yourself?  Set a goal to work on that trait this week.  Be prepared to teach the class what you learned.

- Watch this video, "Top 7 Most Quaker Bible Verses".  Which verse if your favorite?  Write this verse in your commonplace book and journal for 10 minutes on how you can better live it in your life.  Come to class prepared to share the 7 verses and which was your favorite.

Nov 2017 Apprentice

November 2017 Apprentice

"Light of Christ"
The Reformation

Study/Learn


1 - Read in "The Story of the World: Vol. 2" Ch. 34, 36

2- Take notes on the chapters in your commonplace book

3 - Define the following in your commonplace book:
     - Indulgence
     - Reformation
     - Counter Reformation

4 - Read the article, "Preparing for the Restoration", found here.  Journal your favorite parts in your commonplace book.

5 - Read ONE of the following articles and come prepared to discuss it in class.   Journal about your favorite parts in your commonplace book:  (if you would like a well rounded education, you can read them all.)

     - The Miracle of the Holy Bible

     - The Blessing of Scripture

     - “My Hand Shall Be over Thee”

     - The Morning Breaks, The Shadows Flee

Know/Understand

DO THE FOLLOWING:


- Choose 1 of the following and do  a 3-5 minute presentation on it for the class.  E-mail Sis. Fontano who you choose so we don't double up. (sarafontano8@gmail.com)  

• Nonconformists
• Lutherans-Ben
• Methodists-Luke
• Baptists-Daisy
• Mennonites- Kate
• Presbyterian
• Protestant-Sarah
• Quakers-Kylee
• Puritans-Jessica
• Anglicans-Chris
• John Wesley-Tara
• John Wycliffe-Mack
• John Hus
• Savonarola-Paige
• Peter Waldo-Amanda
• John Calvin-Sam
• John Knox-Caleb
• Martin Luther-Jaykob
• William Tyndale-Jayson
• Huldrych Zwingli

Become/Serve

Elder Robert D. Hales said this of the scriptures:

"As with voices from the dust, the prophets of the Lord cry out to us on earth today: take hold of the scriptures! Cling to them, walk by them, live by them, rejoice in them, feast on them. Don’t nibble. They are “the power of God unto salvation” that lead us back to our Savior Jesus Christ."

How important are the scriptures to you?  How often do you use them?  Are they sitting on your shelf gathering dust?  

Find 2 quotes from leaders of the church about the scriptures.  How often should we be reading in them?  Why?

Set a goal to do better.  If you are reading every week, set a goal to read every day.  If you are already reading every day, set a goal to read just a little bit more.  Write this goal in your journal and journal on what you expect to get from a commitment to spend more time in the scriptures.

Nov 2017 Journeyman

The Restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ

Study/Learn

1 - Read these articles, The Way Home and Restored Truth

2 - Put the following on your timeline:

     - Joseph Smith is born
     - Joseph Smith's 1st vision
     - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized

3 - Watch this video of Joseph Smith's 1st vision 

Know/Understand

DO THE FOLLOWING:

From the book "Our Heritage", found online here; choose one of the following chapters to read and come prepared to teach the class what you learned.  Be creative and exciting.  Do not bore us!  E-mail Sis. Fontano what chapter you choose so that we don't double up.

• Establishing the Foundations of the Church -Paige
• Building the Kingdom in Kirtland, Ohio-Luke
• Establishing Zion in Missouri- Kate
• Sacrifice and Blessings in Nauvoo- Tara
• Faith in Every Footstep- Sarah
• Establishing an Ensign to the Nations-Jessica
• A Period of Trials and Testing- Mack
• The Expanding Church
• The Worldwide Church
• The Present-day Church

Become/Serve

Elder Robert D. Hales said: 

"I testify that the work of the Prophet Joseph Smith is the Savior’s work. In the Lord’s service the path is not always easy. It often requires sacrifices, and we will likely experience adversity. But in serving Him, we discover that His hand is truly over us. So it was for Wycliffe, Tyndale, and thousands of others who prepared the way for the Restoration. So it was for the Prophet Joseph Smith and all who helped usher in the restored gospel."

How does it feel knowing that the Heavenly Father was laying the pieces for the Restoration of the Gospel for hundreds of years before Joseph Smith was born?  That the Lord's hand was in the exploration of new lands and the establishment of new governments so that all of the pieces would be in just the right place when a farm boy asked God which church was the right one to join?  

Journal for 20 minutes on what this means to you.  What does having the gospel in your life mean to you?  Say a prayer of gratitude for all that you have to be thankful for today.