February 2020 Apprentice - the 1980's

OUR SHAKESPEARE PLAY PRACTICE STARTS THIS WEEK DURING MASTER CLASS TIME.  PLEASE CHECK THE SHAKESPEARE BLOG FOR MORE INFORMATION.  YOU CAN LINK IT HERE OR CLICK IT FROM THE MAIN VG BLOG.  

Study/Learn

Complete all of the following:

1. Read A History of US, volume 10, chapters 38-42 OR Watch "The Remarkable 20th Century: episode 9" on Amazon Prime.  Pause it and take notes in your commonplace book.  Write a paragraph or two for each of the chapter, summarizing what you read, for your History binder on the events OF THE 1980'S. Be creative and artistic. Include any applicable pictures and maps.

2. Study a map of the Persian Gulf area and print for your notebook page.

3. Study the note cards for this month from the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy

4. Print the time line (from here) and put it in your history binder, add 5 additional events from world, national or your family history

CONTEST: See if you can find important events for your time line in other areas like science, entertainment, sports, etc. We will vote on the best or most unique one found! There will be a prize :)


Save room in your commonplace book for short bios on people from reports in class.

Know/Understand

Choose an event to give us a 2-3 minute report on in class. 

Please include 3 bullet points about why we need to know about this event and the impact it made on this time period.  Also look for whether or not our principle for the month, "Think Win/Win" was lived.   How did this affect those involved?

PUT YOUR CHOICE ON THE GOOGLE DOC (found here)

Become/Serve

Ronald Reagan served two terms as President of the United States, from 1981 to 1989. He was also the oldest person ever elected President. Known as "the Great Communicator," Reagan is often remembered for his quick wit and storytelling. Below you will find some of his funnier and more famous quotes.

Choose one of these quotes (or find another one you like) and journal for 5 minutes on why you like it so much and what it means to you.  Set a goal to live it better.

Write the quote on a paper and dress it up.   Bring it to class to show us.


My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table. 

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

Education is not the means of showing people how to get what they want. Education is an exercise by means of which enough men, it is hoped, will learn to want what is worth having.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.​ 

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

February 2020 Journeyman - Australia/Oceania Geography

Journeyman

Study/Learn

Do all of the following:


1 - Study a map of Australia/Oceania and work on memorizing the countries

2 - Print a blank map for your commonplace book and mark the following things:

• 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)

Know/Understand

Choose one of the following countries to do a 2-3 minute presentation on.  Put your choice on the google doc so we don't overlap.  Since there are very few countries this month and very many students, you can work with someone on the same country or do a country by yourself that someone else is also doing.

RECORD YOURSELF DOING YOUR PRESENTATION AND PUT IT ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL (instructions in the toolbox)  AND WE WILL WATCH THEM IN CLASS.

• Australia
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia
• Nauru
• New Zealand
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

For your presentation, please do ONE of the following -

• tell us a folk tale from that country
• teach us a dance from that country
• tell us about the flag and what they symbols mean
• tell us about a prominent figure in it's history
• give us 5 important dates for our time line from this country in the 20th or 21st century and tell us why they are important
• teach us how to count and write to 10 and say and write "hello" and "good bye" in the native language
• bring 10-12 items from that country to create a display and explain to us what you brought
• what kind of government does your country have and who is it's political leader(s)
• tourist destinations in your country.  What would I HAVE to see there if I visited?
• tell us (and show us with pictures) about the money in your country.  How does it compare to our American dollar?

January 2020 Apprentice - the 1970's

Study/Learn

Complete all of the following:

1. Read A History of Us, volume 10, chapters 36-37 OR Watch "The Remarkable 20th Century: episode 8" on Amazon Prime.  Pause it and take notes in your commonplace book

2. Study the note cards from this month from the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy

3. Print the timeline that I created HERE or create one of your own with at least 12 dates, add 5 additional events from world, national or your own family history.

CONTEST: See if you can find important events for your time line in other areas like science, entertainment, sports, etc. We will vote on the best or most unique one found! There will be a prize :)

4. Create a notebook page or two for your History binder on the events from the 1970s. Be creative and artistic. Include a summary of the chapters you read and include any applicable pictures and maps. Write a paragraph or two about your conclusions about these events. What do you think about them?

Know/Understand

Choose 1 EVENT (pay attention, I've changed this one up from a person to an event)  from your
reading OR FROM YOUR FAMILY HISTORY to give us a 2-3 minute report on in class. Fill in what event you chose on the google doc so we don't duplicate.

Become/Serve

1976 was the 200th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the creation of the United States of America.  A lot was said by our church leaders that year and the year leading up to it on God's hand in the formation of America as a nation under God.

Read one of the following General Conference talks on the destiny of America and the blessing of liberty that we enjoy here.

• "America's Destiny" by Marion G Romney
• "If they will but serve the God of the Land" N. Eldon Tanner
• "Oh Beautiful for Patriot Dreams" Paul H Dunn
• "Our Priceless Heritage" Ezra Taft Benson

Journal for 10 minutes on what you can do to help maintain your God-given liberties in this country and how you can better serve God.

January 2020 Journeyman - Asia Geography

Journeyman

Study/Learn

Do all of the following:

1 - Study a map of Asia and work on memorizing the countries with any method that works for you.

2 - Print a blank map for your commonplace book and mark the following things:

• 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)

Know/Understand

Choose one of the countries in Asia to do a 2-3 minute presentation on.  Put what you chose in the google doc so we don't overlap.

Record yourself doing the presentation and upload it to the YouTube channel so we can watch it in class.

***IF ANYONE IS GOING TO TEACH A DANCE, PLEASE TEXT SIS. CLOWARD AND LET HER KNOW.

For your presentation, please do ONE of the following -

• tell us a folk tale from that country
• teach us a dance from that country***
• tell us about the flag and what they symbols mean
• tell us about a prominent figure in it's history
• give us 5 important dates for our time line from this country in the 20th or 21st century and tell us why they are important
• teach us how to count and write to 10 and say and write "hello" and "good bye" in the native language
• bring 10-12 items from that country to create a display and explain to us what you brought
• what kind of government does your country have and who is it's political leader(s)
• tourist destinations in your country.  What would I HAVE to see there if I visited?
• tell us (and show us with pictures) about the money in your country.  How does it compare to our American dollar?

January 2020 Master - Gladys Aylward

Study/Learn

1 - Read "Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman" by Gladys Aylward and Christine Hunter

2 - Think about the following as you read and be prepared to discuss in class:

• What are the advantages to the spiritual life? What are the disadvantages? Use examples from Gladys' own life.

• Gladys Aylward's relationship to God is by far the most important thing in her life. It is this relationship, based upon faith, that allows Gladys to continually leave friends, family, and acquaintances, in the woman's everlasting search for those ignorant of the Christian faith. Gladys states that God has a "claim" on her, and she is meant to serve him. Gladys' life is thus a purpose-driven life, though sometimes retrospection is needed to find that purpose.

• "I wasn't God's first choice for what I've done in China...I don't know who it was...it must have been a man...a well-educated man. I don't know what happened. Perhaps he died. Perhaps he wasn't willing...and God looked down...and saw Gladys Aylward...and God said, 'Well, she's willing.'" - Gladys Aylward

Know/Understand

One of my very favorite quotes of Gladys's is the following:

"The eagle that soars in the upper air does 

not worry itself how it is to cross rivers."

- Gladys Aylward

When we are "soaring in the upper air" we are putting first things first in our life.  We are putting God first and then all the rest falls into place.

Depict this quote in art.  What does it mean to you?  You don't have to necessarily write the quote as art, but explore how the quote makes you feel and then create something that evokes in you the reminder of the emotions you feel and bring it to class to share.  Spend some time on it.  I want it to mean something to you.

November 2019 (Oct. 31 class) Apprentice - the 1960's

Apprentice

WE HAVE A FIELD TRIP ON OCT. 24 BETWEEN IMAGINATIVE ARTS AND THE NEXT HISTORY CLASS (OCT. 31).  YOU CAN FIND THE BOOK TO READ AND THE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE OCT. 24 CLASS AND FIELD TRIP HERE.

PUT YOUR GOGO BOOTS AND TIE DYE ON AND COME PARTY IN THE 60'S!

Study/Learn

Complete all of the following:

1. Read A History of Us, volume 10, chapters 17-35 OR Watch "The Remarkable 20th Century: episode 7" on Amazon Prime.  Pause it and take notes in your commonplace book

2. Study maps of the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Print these for your commonplace book.  Create a notebook page or two on the events from the 1960's. Be creative and artistic. Include a summary of the chapters you read and include any applicable pictures and maps. Write a paragraph or two about your conclusions about these events. What do you think about them?

3. Study the note cards for this month from the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy

4. Print my timeline (found here) or make your own in your commonplace book, add 5 additional dates from world, national or your family history.  (If you make your own, make sure you include LDS prophets, US presidents and at least 12 dates.)

5. Read this talk given by Robert E. Wells entitled "Peace".  Look for principles as you read and come to class prepared to discuss.

CONTEST: See if you can find important events for your timeline in other areas like science, entertainment, sports, etc. We will vote on the best or most unique one found! There will be a prize :)

6.  Memorize the following hook dates:

• 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.

Know/Understand

Choose 1 person 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 person and the impact he/she made on this time period.  Also look for whether or not this person lived our principle for the month, "Begin with the End in  Mind."  How did this affect their lives?

YOU CAN DO YOUR REPORT IN ANY WAY THAT INTERESTS YOU.  YOU CAN SING A SONG, WRITE A POEM, DRAW A PICTURE, ETC.  USE YOU TALENTS AND YOUR STRENGTHS AND BE CREATIVE!  I WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THIS ASSIGNMENT AND AREN'T JUST LIMITED TO STANDING AND ONLY TALKING EVERY TIME.  

• click HERE for the Google Doc to sign up for a person for your presentation.

Become/Serve

In the talk you read, Elder Wells quote St. Francis of Assisi.  He prayed:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is doubt, faith.

Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light.

And where there is sadness, joy.

Just like our parents/grandparents living in the 1960's, our world is full of unrest, war, political turmoil and people turning from God.  We often ask ourselves where we can find peace.  How can you be a better peace maker in your circle of influence - to fulfill this prayer of St. Francis in our day?  It will take work and planning and a determination, it will take beginning with the end in mind and choosing be active in your interactions with people and not reactive.  Ponder on these questions and then journal for 10 minutes on peace and where you can find it and make a commitment on something you will do to bring more peace into your world.

November 2019 (Oct 31 class) Journeyman - North American/Central American Geography

Journeyman

Study/Learn


Do all of the following:


1 - Study a map of North America and Central America and work on memorizing the countries

2 - Print a blank map for your commonplace book and mark the following things:

• 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)

3 - Practice where the countries are on this little online quiz


Know/Understand

Choose one of the following countries to do a 2-3 minute presentation on.

RECORD YOURSELF DOING YOUR PRESENTATION AND UPLOAD IT TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL.  (For instructions, click here.) WE WILL WATCH THEM IN CLASS.

• Go HERE to sign up for a country.

 For your presentation, please do ONE of the following -

• tell us a folk tale from that country
• teach us a dance from that country
• tell us about the flag and what they symbols mean
• tell us about a prominent figure in it's history
• give us 5 important dates for our time line from this country in the 20th or 21st century and tell us why they are important
• teach us how to count and write to 10 and say and write "hello" and "good bye" in the native language
• bring 10-12 items from that country to create a display and explain to us what you brought
• what kind of government does your country have and who is it's political leader(s)
• tourist destinations in your country.  What would I HAVE to see there if I visited?
• tell us (and show us with pictures) about the money in your country.  How does it compare to our American dollar?