History Month #6 2020-2021 Journeyman (Geography) Israel

Journeyman

Study/Learn

Do all of the following:

1 - Study a map of Israel 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 Israel 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:
• Egypt
• Canaan
• Red Sea
• Bethlehem
• Jerusalem
• Mediterranean Sea

3 - Here are some articles to help you better understand the history of the conflict between Israel & Palestine since it's in the news almost every day and it's an ongoing issue.  Please read/watch one of the following and prepare for a class discussion. (You can do more if you want to, but are only required to do one):

• Read Arab-Israeli Conflict
• Read Understanding the House of Israel (online picture book)
• Read Orson Hyde's 1841 Mission to the Holy Land (Ensign, Oct. 1991)
• Watch this video on Zionism and the Balfour Declaration
• Watch this video on the Partition of Israel and Palestine
• Watch this slideshow on the History of Israeli-Palestinian conflict (slides 4-11)

4 - Study maps of Ancient Israel through the time of Christ, from time of Christ to 1947, and a modern map. Print these for your CPB.

Know/Understand
Write for 5 minutes from the perspective of an Israeli. How do you feel about the creation of Israel and the war that began the next day? Then, switch sides and write for 5 minutes from the perspective of a Palestinian. How do you feel about the creation of Israel and the resulting war?

As an LDS youth, with the perspective of the revelations in the scriptures for the destiny of the Jewish people, what are your thoughts on the formation of the state of Israel?  Journal for 5 minutes.

History Month #5 2020-2021 Journeyman (Geography) Central America

Journeyman

Study/Learn

Do all of the following:

1 - Study a map of Central America and work on memorizing the countries and be able to find them on a world map.  Specifically study Guatemala and the areas of the Mayan Empire.  

2 - Print and study a blank map of Central America 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:
• Panama Canal
• Chechen Itza
• Tikal
• Lake Atitlan
• Lamanai
• Xunantunich
• El Mirador

3 - Watch this video "Discover Guatemala"  (3 min)

Know/Understand

Please choose one of the following:

• Learn a Mayan 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 Mayan.
• Bring a children's picture book representing Guatemala or the Maya to class and read it to us.
• Bring food from Guatemala 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 Guatemala.  What are they used for and why?
• Look up and come ready to present on the climate of Guatemala.  Bring pictures to back up you information.
• Think of something creative you can teach us about Guatemala or the Maya. 

 

History Month #4 2020-2021 Journeyman (Geography) Mediterranean Sea

Journeyman

Study/Learn

Do all of the following:

1 - Study a map of Mediterranean Sea 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 the Mediterranean Sea 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.)

• Geography from the Ancient World.  (You'll probably have to look these up online.) Make sure to include:

• Aegean Sea
• Crete
• Athens
• Thera
• Mycenae
• Thebes
• Greece
• Mediterranean  Sea
• Mt. Olympus
• Troy
• Sparta
• Marathon
• Salamis
• Alexandria
• Monaco
• Algiers
• Gibraltar
• Malta
• Rome
• Sicily
• Italy
• Alps
• Tiber River
• Spain 
• Britain
• Rubicon River
• Roman Empire
• Eastern Roman Empire
• Constantinople
• Western Roman Empire

3 - Watch this video about the Mediterranean Sea (4 min)

Know/Understand

• Research a person or civilization in ancient history that involves the Mediterranean Sea.  Prepare a story about that person/civilization and tell us the story on a video uploaded to our Vanguard YouTube channel.  We'll watch them in class.  You can act, dress up, provide pictures, etc.  Keep your videos short (3-4 minutes) and do not bore us.  

FUN FACT:

If the Mediterranean Sea were laid on top of the United States, it would stretch from ocean to ocean and almost from top to bottom.  The Mediterranean Sea is HUGE!

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 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.)