Plan for March 5th

March 5, 2014  Week 1 Leadership and Government 

Apprentice Level

Personal Leadership:

1. Watch this TED video by Amy Cuddy about how your body language shapes who you are: http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html  
Pick 1 of the power stances and do that stance every morning and every evening starting now through the month of March.  Email which  one you are going to do to Sister Allen by Saturday 9:00pm March 1st.  veronnicaallen@gmail.com

2. Watch this TED video by Shawn Achor about the happy secret to better work: http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html

a. How has your attitude prevented or assisted you in your education? Please answer this with several sentences and email this to Sister Allen by the time and date above. What I mean is to think about this. How are you helping or hindering yourself.
b. Write 3 things you are grateful each day for 1 week. Being your list to class on March 5th.

Government:
1. Bring your drawings for Article 1 to class so we can make a book for each student.  The remaining Articles will be assigned during class on March 5th.

Book Discussion:

1. Read Animal Farm by George Orwell:

You can read it online here: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100011h.html

--You may listen to the audio book as long as you follow along with the book so you can mark interesting facts and take notes.
2. Write a list of every characters name and the type of animal that character is. Bring this to class..We will have an activity.

Choose 1 or more of the following to present in class:

---Do any of the animals remind you of a human you know or have learned of in history? Give examples and details.

---Research George Orwell. Be able to explain why he wrote this book, what is he trying to say, what do we need to be watching for in our own society and nation? What was happening in history etc…

---Research or read a book about a person who has done hard things that qualifies that person to be a hero and give a Hero Report up to 3 minutes in length.

---Research and present on several forms of government such as: monarchy, democracy, communism, socialism, dictatorship, anarchy, 

---Call Sister Allen with your own idea for what you will share not listed above. Call me Monday morning by noon 3rd of March or email me at veronnicaallen@gmail.com 801-850-6554.

 Journeyman Level

 1.Read letters 1-5 (22 pages) of  Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?  Take notes and come prepared to discuss the readings, coinage, terminology.

Do one of the following or create your own idea related to the readings:

1. For several days, each evening, sort all the coinage collected by each member of the family. Return all coined dated after 1965.Record how many pre-1965 coins you’ve found. Discuss your findings in class and come with a hypothesis as to why.

2. Record the instances in which you hear someone say, “It’s free!” It doesn’t cost anything”  or something similar to that statement. Who said it was free? What product or service is free? Who pays?

3. Watch one of these old moives and explain how it relates to Letter #2. Harry’s War, You Can’t Take It With You, or Mr. Deed Goes To Town..I'm not sure if they are even available these days.

4.  Read Not Yours to Give by Davey Crocket and explain what the farmer meant and what Davey learnt. Read here: http://www.fee.org/library/detail/not-your-to-give-2#axzz2tQtPRMAu  Listen here: http://youtu.be/uoEJ-D2bgc0      
Watch here: http://youtu.be/LRFaGi2lqrY

5. Research the price of 5 pounds of sugar or flour starting in 1926, 1945, 1988, and 2014. Share results.

6. Ask your parents what the price of certain items were when they were young. Share results, make a chart...

7. Research the value of American currency against other countries over the past 20 years.

 Master Level

1.  Read TJED for Teens Chapter 6.  Find a jar or box and bring it to class. I will give you the teen questions printed up to use over the next days while we answer and report back in April.

2.  Take the Enneagram test for free (10 minutes short version of the $10, 40 minute test) here: ttp://www.enneagraminstitute.com/dis_sample_36.asp#.Uv_1SmJdWjd

---Come prepared to talk about the chapter, your findings about yourself, and the personality test…  Can you guess my personality?  Email me your guess and I will guess about you. Email me by Tuesday night say 10pm  veronnicaallen@gmail.com

This is affecting the economy...what would Uncle Eric say about this?

Why Freedom is Losing: The Battle for Our Future – Oliver DeMille

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:00 AM PST

De Jouvenel said it all in one profound paragraph:

“From the twelfth to the eighteenth century governmental authority grew continuously. The process was understood by all who saw it happening; it stirred them to incessant protest and…reaction. In later times its growth has continued at an accelerated pace…And now we no longer understand the process, we no longer protest, we no longer react. This quiescence of ours is a new thing, for which Power has to thank the smoke-screen in which it has wrapped itself…Masked in anonymity, it claims to have no existence of its own, and to be but the impersonal and passionless instrument of the general will.”

Let’s break this down, point by point, to understand it better:

• “From the twelfth to the eighteenth century governmental authority grew continuously. The process was understood by all who saw it happening; it stirred them to incessant protest and…reaction.”

As kings, rulers, and aristocratic upper classes took more and more power to themselves, and increasingly more over the regular people, the regular people saw what was happening and tried to stop it.
This culminated in the American Revolution and French Revolution, which happened within a few years of each other.
The American Revolution focused on replacing the old monarchial-aristocracy with a new, constitutionally established government of freedom for all classes. In contrast, the French Revolution emphasized killing off the old — literally executing royals and aristocrats in the hope that with their demise the regular people would gain liberty.
The American method quickly proved more effective in promoting freedom.

• “In later times its growth has continued at an accelerated pace.”

Today’s regular citizen has less power than people did even a few generations ago, and our grandchildren will have even less — unless something changes very soon.

• “And now we no longer understand the process, we no longer protest, we no longer react. This quiescence of ours is a new thing, for which Power has to thank the smoke-screen in which it has wrapped itself…Masked in anonymity, it claims to have no existence of its own, and to be but the impersonal and passionless instrument of the general will.”

When those increasing their power were kings and aristocracies, the regular people knew what was happening.
Today, when the new ruling class is a nameless, faceless, unknown elite, the regular people do nothing. They don’t know who is taking away their freedoms, or what to do about it.
Yet power is being lost by the regular people — and gained by the ruling elite — at higher rates than ever before. The gap between the 90 percent and the 10 percent is drastically increasing, but not nearly as much as the gap between the 10 percent and the 1 percent. In fact, the power and wealth gap between the 1 percent and the .1 percent is widening even more rapidly than the others.
If current trends continue, a tiny, ultra-powerful elite will rule our formerly free nations in a way never known before in history — and hardly anyone knows who the new rulers are. They rule by policy, influence, spin, currency transfers, behind the scenes. But their power is still growing.
De Jouvenel wrote of this in 1945, and today the power of this ruling elite only increases. In the conclusion to his great book, On Power, he warned:

“We are the witnesses of a fundamental transformation of society, of a crowning expansion of power…A beneficent authority will watch over every man from the cradle to the grave…controlling his personal development and orienting him towards the most appropriate use of his faculties.
“By a necessary corollary, this authority will be the disposer of society’s entire resources, with a view to getting from them the highest possible return…Power takes over…the whole business of public and private happiness and…all possessions, all productive energies, and all liberties should be handed over to it…The business is one of setting up an immense patriarchy, or…a matriarchy, since we are now told that collective authority should be animated by maternal instincts.”

Today’s Americans are the recipients of this prophecy come true. Today’s newspaper of record, The New York Times, announces that the new “Health Care Law May Result in 2 Million Fewer Full-Time Workers.”
Because Obamacare requires much higher costs for employers to maintain full-time employees, there is a nationwide trend to downsizing employee workweeks. People are supposed to tighten their belts, make do on less income, and pay higher taxes. This is a massive shifting point for the economy.
Many corporations are avoiding the increased taxes and health care costs by moving their operations offshore, to other nations, citing less regulation and more business-friendly tax codes. It’s hard to blame them for seeking greener pastures and shores with more freedom.
Families that were once supported by one wage earner now can’t make ends meet with the incomes of both parents — so they go deeper into debt.
The American Dream is dying.
A new ruling class is rising behind the scenes.
A different future — a lowering standard of living — awaits our children and grandchildren.
Unless something changes.
Regular Americans walk past dusty books on shelves (full of real solutions for our current national problems), click on the television, and settle in for an evening of entertainment…
Somewhere there is a fading memory…of fiddling while Rome burns.

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 Oliver DeMille is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling co-author of LeaderShift: A Call for Americans to Finally Stand Up and Lead, the co-founder of theCenter for Social Leadership, and a co-creator of TJEd.
Among many other works, he is the author of A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the 21st Century, The Coming Aristocracy, and FreedomShift: 3 Choices to Reclaim America’s Destiny.
Oliver is dedicated to promoting freedom through leadership education. He and his wife Rachel are raising their eight children in Cedar City, Utah.

February Inspirements...updates 1/27

Apprentice Level…knowledge

Personal Leadership:

1. ?How Essential Skills: Select a chapter that you need to develop more within yourself. Share what you plan to focus on with a parent. Write about the chapter in your reflection journal and include what you can do to help yourself and at least 1 goal you plan to do during the month of February for this assignment.

Government:

1. Promises of the Constitution:  Read section 11.

Email Sister Allen significant points that you learned from section 11.  This needs to be a complete thought involving several sentences.  Like a whole paragraph.

2. The Constitution of the United States of America: Read the Preamble and all of Article 1. There are 10 sections within Article 1. Use the booklet you were given so that all students will be on the same page as we discuss this subject in class. Email Sister Allen what you learned about Article 1.

**Please note that there will be no reading assigned from TJED 4 Teens in February. Chapter 5 of this book will be assigned to Master Level this month.

**A guest speaker will meet with the youth at 10:30 on February 5th. Our guest is a member of Toastmasters and will present a short introduction to public speaking skills and impromptu speaking. Keep your fingers crossed.

Choose one of the following:

1. Color, draw, use an art medium to show how you can remember the Preamble.

2. Further research one section from Article 1 and create a presentation no longer than

     2-4 minutes.

3. Collect newspaper clippings on topics related to the Constitution. This can be any of the Articles but you can focus on Article 1 if you would like. Be able to explain the article without reading it word for word. 

4. Research in depth one of the 27 amendments and prepare a presentation. You can use power point, prezi, pictures you draw….be creative.

5. Come up with your own idea related to the reading assignments and call Sister Allen getting approval from her first.

Journeyman Level…understanding...discussion will take place in my car as we drive to our activity.

1. Before reading the below articles PLEASE email Sister Allen an answer to the following question: Q: "What is economics? Why is it important to study economics?"  Do not research these questions just answer as best you can, email your answer to me and then begin the reading assignments.

2. Read Whatever Happened To Penny Candy: pages 7-18 (this is the preface so if 
you don't have the book yet that is okay but try to borrow and read it.)

3. Read articles "A-D" of the following articles: Email Sister Allen a short summary of each article you read including what you learned, what you don’t understand, what you liked, and what you hope to learn by attending this class and reading Uncle Eric’s Whatever Happened to Penny Candy.

A. “The Wondrous Toy Story or Why Study Economics” by Bettina B. Greaves: can’t find on-line. I will send a copy of this to you..please ask me.

B. “Economics for Boys and Girls” by leonard Read: http://www.fee.org/files/doclib/20130707_EconomicsforBoysandGirlsCorrectOrderLeonardRead.pdf

C. “Letter to His Stepbrother” by Abraham Lincoln: http://www.lincolnlogcabin.org/education-kits/Abraham-Lincoln-Lesson-Plans/Lesson-1.pdf (scroll to page six)

D. "Start At The Beginning" by Robert Lefevre: http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/start-at-the-beginning#axzz2rdsbNSCF

The following are additional reading that I highly recommend for greater understanding:

E. “Letter To His Grandson” by Fred I. Kent: http://www.freemarketfoundation.com/publications/letter-to-his-grandson

F. “The Cow in the Apartment” by Burton Rascoe: http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/the-cow-in-the-apartment#axzz2qmUCQpSn

G.  “I, Pencil” by Leonard E. Read : http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html

Watch this youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBdgOR15dlc

H. "Free Market: Elementary, My Child" by Barbara Bryan: http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/free-market-elementary-my-child#axzz2rdsbNSCF

I. “Free Market Economics; A Reader” edited by Bettina Graves: http://mises.org/books/reader.pdf  

This pdf has almost all of the above articles and many many more for your learning and growth. I encourage you to read these this summer. I know I will. It is my plan to print this document into book form. If you’re interested please let me know.

Choose one of the following:

1. Search newspapers for articles related to economics of America and or other countries. Be prepared to summarize what the article is saying and what you think it means based on your current experience with economics.

2. Call several local high schools or colleges/universities. Ask the economics teachers on what school of economics their school text is based. (Keynesian, Monetarist, Austrian). Present on your findings.
3. This level will be using Uncle Eric’s Whatever Happened to Penny Candy during the March and April class.  I don’t think we will be able finish the book during this time. If buying the book is a hardship talk to Sister Allen about it. The above readings are to prepare our minds for Uncle Eric’s book on economics.  I encourage all of you to attend. 

4. Create your own inspirement related to one of the articles that you read. Do the research, come prepared to share while driving to our snowshoeing activity.

Master Level…intelligence

1. TJED 4 Teens: Read chapter 5 “Scholar Phase”.  Email Sister Allen a detailed summary of what you gained from this chapter. Include your thoughts what you are finding hard, what you have questions about, etc.  This will be a self-guided study. I will respond to your emails this time because we will be on a field trip.  Answer this question: How do you plan to improve your thinking skills?

**If you have any questions about assignments, please call Sister Allen before 9am of Monday February 3rd. 

**All emails must be in Sister Allen’s mailbox by 8am Wednesday morning of February 5th.  Email me: veronnicaallen@gmail.com

Feb. 5th 12:30-3:00PM

Snowshoeing

January 2014

Apprentice

Read and do the following 3 requirements:

1. ?How Essential Skills: Continue with selecting and working on a personal skill to help develop your liberty, your freedom, and your testimony. Report-in with your parents and let them know how it is going for you or email Sister Allen.
2. Promises of the Constitution:  Read Section 10. High light ideas that interest you. Email Sister Allen by 8pm 1/7/14 expressing what you gained from this section.
3. TJED for Teens: Read chapter 4. This is an interesting chapter, that requires some thought about what you want to do with your education and what your parents want you to do as well. After thinking about this chapter, please email at lest one or more questions you have about this chapter or questions you want to discuss in class by 8pm 1/7/14 to Sister Allen . Bring a copy of your questions to class

Choose one or more of the following to help expand your knowledge. Plan to share with the class:

• Prepare a Hero Report: include a picture printed or drawn by you. Add dates, name. Give an oral report that is 2-5minutes include why, what where, when , how about your hero.
• Research C.S. Lewis' The Inner Ring' read the paper he wrote and explain what you learned in a presentation about 2-5 minutes in length.
• What subjects of learning are you in love with right now? Email Sister Allen in an essay form what the subjects are, why you are excited about learning them, what you are doing to learn and examples of learning or experiences you have had. Email Sister Allen my 8pm 1/7/14.
• Create a presentation not longer then 5 minutes regarding what you have learned about government since reading Promises of the Constitution. Write this is essay form and give a copy to Sister Allen at class as you give your presentation on this subject.
• There are many things you can share about your learning from chapter 4 of TJED. Create a presentation that is 2-5 minutes and share it with the class.
  **If you do not like the choices, then create your own inspirements related to the required readings. Call Sister Allen with your plan to get her feedback.

Journeyman

Read the following assignments. Take notes and be prepared to contribute in class.

--1. Uncle Eric: Read Letters 23-31. This will conclude the book. Please write in one or more paragraphs what you gained, what you can take away, and your plan for using what Uncle Eric has shared with you. Email Sister Allen this answer by 8pm 1/7/14.


Choose one or create your own inspirement to share in Journeyman class:
-Make a list of all the things you want to learn before you go on a mission or turn 19. Email Sister Allen your list by 8pm 1/7/14.
--Create a research project using one of the letters in this group of required readings. Go in depth have fun finding out what it is you are seeking to learn. Email your planned research to Sister Allen asap.
--Explain in written form why Uncle Eric is sharing this knowledge with you? Explain what you want to do with this new information. Explain how you will make the information into knowledge and use it to serve you and increase your liberty. Present this to the group and give a copy to Sister Allen at class time.
--Research the number of people under 30 years of age unemployed in America and Europe. Present your findings to the class.
--Research Social Security and come prepared with a 2-5 minute presentation of your discoveries.
--Spend some time helping to write up the payments for bills with your parent. Ask to be shown how to write the checks out and do so for your parent. Report on the experience at class.
--Ask your parents what financial planning they are using. Help your parents to seek if their plan is safe over long time. Report on your findings to the class. How can you be more prepared?
If you do not like the choices, then create your own inspirements related to the required readings. Call Sister Allen with your plan to get her feedback.

Master

Read the following assignments. Take notes and be prepared to contribute in class.

--1. Read Section 1 Getting The Book Through You. Sister Allen will send this document to you. Please email her with your request. I will post link at Vanguard site too. When I figure it out.
--2. Read Education of a Wandering Man by the famous western author Louis L'Amour. 210 pages.

Do the following before reading the book by L'Amour:

--Read the article first.

--Research Louis L'Amour on the web or at the library. Spend no more then 60 minutes unless it's really got you searching then keep searching. Write in paragraph form what you learned about the man, his faith, his activities, his books, likes, dislike, service to nation motive....what ever you learn. Do this before reading the book. Email a copy to Sister Allen by 8pm 1/7/14

--Using your reflection journal for keeping track of words and look them up while you read the book. Come prepared to share the words you looked up.

--Also in your reflection journal write a summary of each chapter so you can recall what you learned or read from each chapter.

--Come prepared for a book discussion. Have questions you want to ask other students, have answers to questions you found after reading this book.

--Answer: Why did Mr. L'Amour write this for us to read??? 

November Inspirements for Leadership and Government

November 2013

Apprentice Level...knowledge

Read the following chapters and take notes. Come prepared to help your table create an impromptu presentation.

1. The Young Traveler's Gift: Book discussion to follow in class. Come prepared to discuss this book with the class.
2. ?How Essential Skills: Continue with selecting and working on a personal skill to help develop you and your testimony. Report-in with your parents and let them know how it is going for you.
3. Promises of the Constitution: Read Section 9. Take your reading to level 3 like it said in ch.2 of TJED.
4. TJED for Teens: Read chapter 3. This assignment covers 3 days. Please copy the forms in this chapter and follow what the authors say to do.

Choose one or more of the following to help expand your knowledge. Plan to share with the class:

• Prepare a Hero Report: include a picture printed or drawn by you. Add dates, name.
• Prepare and Present how you will go about learning the Seven Decisions For Success from The Young Traveler's Gift. This can be a poem, art work, a video, key sentences you want to use from each decision.
• Submit your own review of The Young Traveler's Gift to this site Teen Ink: http://teenink.com/reviews/book_reviews/article/524169/The-Young-Travelers-Gift-by-Andy-Andrews/ Turn in a copy or email your review to Sister Allen before class on the 6^th of Nov.
• Research the financial standing of America. Prepare a presentation to share in class. Write a report, you can use posters, graphs, find out how much many we are in debt to. Etc...
• Write a proposal to bring back the 17^th Amendment. Explain how and what you would seek to do.
• Present several ideas you learned from chapter 3 of TJED for Teens. Share what you feel are/is your mission(s) right now. You can sing, write, record, paint to get your message across to us.
• Share a time when you made a decision and share the side effects of that decision. Would you do it again? What have you learned?

Journeyman Level...understanding

Read the following assignments. Take notes and be prepared to contribute in class.

         1. Uncle Eric: Read letters 18-22
Choose one or more of the following to help expand your understanding: Plan to share with the class:

• Make a list of all the things you want to learn before you go on a mission or turn 19. This can be a written list, pictures from magazines, drawings/paintings, etc....
• Talk to an old person who was part of the “prosperous employee model” find out things based on letter 19 and come prepared to share in class.
• Discover how much money has been lost in the stock market crashes since 2000. Present finding in a report form. Using words, pictures, or grafts.
• Using Letter 22, prioritize the areas that Uncle Eric says we need to have experience with. Present your list at class.
• Seriously consider Letter 22 and pick 5 areas you want to learn about and gain experience in over the next 2-6 years. Which will be first? How will you make this happen? Share your list, why you have chosen these items, and how you are going to get going with your learning.
• Brainstorm some possible fund raisers Vanguard Youth could participate in to earn money for future activities. Come prepared with ideas, posters, video, anything to get your point across to other youth.

Master Level...wisdom

Print and Read the following assignments. Take notes. Be prepared to share while driving to our field trip presentation.

1. When Your Heart Tells You Things Your Mind Does Not Know by Pres. Lee http://www.lds.org/new-era/2002/06/when-your-heart-tells-you-things-your-mind-does-not-know
2. Two Contending Forces by President David O. McKay Print here: http://www.latterdayconservative.com/david-o-mckay/two-contending-forces/ Listen here:http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1066
3. Protecting Freedom-An Immediate Responsibility by E.T. Benson http://scriptures.byu.edu/gettalk.php?ID=1522

• Write down your thoughts from two of the three papers. Include concerns you have, questions you have, ideas you have. Send by email or give a copy to Sister Allen at class time. We also have a tour of a private collection today.

Making Heroes

This month you start adding a monthly hero report to your Apprentice level inpirements for Leadership.  This evening I read about a hero who is having a movie made from his experience after being taken hostage for 5 days at sea by Somali pirates. Capt. Richard Phillips of the merchant ship Maersk Alabama was somewhere east of Africa I believe when his ship and team was hijacked. In the interview  Phillips seems quite and not seeking of attention for his bravery. For example, he said, "One thing I learned is that you're stronger than you realize. I was afraid, but you've got to put that fear on the seat next to you and do what you have to do." Phillips said it was the Navy Seals who were the superheroes, the true titans of our age.

I like that Mr. Phillips seems so modest he said he was just doing his job and knew that pirates are in many places of the world like off the coast of China, South America, Africa, Vietnam and the Philippines. He knew something could happen and it finally did. He was glad that none of his crew died.  Phillips closes with this good advice which I needed to hear;

"Nothing is over until you choose to give up."

Do you have what it takes?...talking about being a hero
1. They abide by a moral code
2. They've been trained to take action
3. They're highly compassionate
4. They perform ordinary acts of kindness

October Inspirements for Journeyman Class

The October Journeyman class will work differently this month. We will meet from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm and then all the apprentice youth will be invited back to class for our guest speaker; Mrs. Pamela Openshaw. Pam will conclude her presentation at 2:00 pm.

Journeyman Level—Principles--The “What”--Understanding/Heart

Accomplish the following assignments. If you can mark in your books please do so using the color code system.

1. Uncle Eric: Personal, Career, and Financial Security: Read letters 9-17 (30 pages). As you read, relate what Uncle Eric is saying to situations in the Book of Mormon, relate to the gospel models we use. Can you see how circular reasoning, or cognitive dissonance is used in the Book of Mormon? Give an example.
   
   
2. SEEDFOLKS: Read the entire book (69 pages) It's an interesting and very quick read. Color code at lest 2 chapters of this book, using the color code and colored pencils you received at Vision Day. Prepare Character Studies of any two (2) persons in the novel. You have a form to help guide you. You will need external and internal descriptions. If you have questions just call or email Sister Allen.

CHOOSE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING INSPIREMENTS

1. Create the garden as you saw it in Seedfolks. This can be a painting, drawing, tri-fold presentation board, etc. Hint: Look on-line there are many ideas.
   
   
2. Continue writing the story of one of the characters in Seedfolks. Explain what happened before or after the garden experience for that character. Come dressed up as the character too if you want. Turn a copy of your writing in to Sister Allen.
   
   
3. Create your own project for Seedfolks. Watch this youtube for an idea:
   
   
4. Answer the following questions about Seedfolks in complete sentences, share in class, and give a copy of your writing to Sister Allen.
   -Why is the community garden so important to the characters in Seedfolks?
   -Picture this: what if the story were set in a different city? Or even a different country? How do you think a new setting would change this tale?
   -Why do you think the main characters only have first names? How would the story be different if they had last names, too?
   -Why is weather so important in this book?
   -Does Seedfolks have one main character? How would you pick who the main character is?
   -How is the community garden connected with the past? Does memory play a role in creating the garden? Or is the garden about starting fresh?
   -Take a look at the illustrations (by illustrator Judy Pederson) at the beginning of each chapter. -What do you think of these pictures? What is their purpose? Do they help you to know the characters better?
   
   
5. Having a hard time understanding Uncle Eric or Richard Maybury? Learn more about Richard and what he stand for at this link: http://www.richardmaybury.com/books-1personal.html After learning and watching youtubes involving Richard, write a paragraph or more about what you learned. Turn a copy in to Sister Allen.
   
   
6. From Uncle Eric's 16^th letter; draw your home/state and relate it to 14 different places in the world. You have fun with this...relate distance, degrees, cultural differences...you decide. Use a big map and sting or markers for indicators that you make. Have fun with it. Bring your project to class for display.
   
   
7. Uncle Eric has mentioned a lot about models or paradigms. He thinks most models start out as conscious efforts and slip into the unconscious. He calls this “developing a habit”. Take a good look at yourself, maybe get a mirror and look at yourself for a long while. Are you aware of how many models you have already adopted? Are they good models? After thinking about this, write in your Reflection Journal about your models and those you want to change, improve, or drop completely. Compare how or if you are being more aware of your thinking patterns as they relate to people, places, things since you started reading Uncle Eric.
   
   
8. Share a time when you had to change your model about some way of thinking or doing something. How hard was it to admit you needed to change or that you were wrong. Have you grown from the experience? What do you do now to make sure your models are correct and true?

If you have any questions feel free to call me at 801-850-6554 or email me at veronnicaallen@gmail.com

There will be no Master level class this month.

October 2nd Inspirements for Apprentice Level

October 2013 Leadership and Government Inspirements

Apprentice Level--Doctrine--The 'Why”--Knowledge/Mind

1. ?How Essential Skills for Living the Gospel: Choose 1 personal leadership skill for October. Read the section and decide how and in what ways you want to work on that skill during the month of October. Record in your Reflection Journal which skill you are working on and the ways you want to improve or change a habit. Keep track of your progress for the month. Include using your weekly student accountability sheet to remind you on a daily basis. In writing in your Reflection Journal or a personal journal, compare how you were before you started to how you are doing at the end of the month. Will you need to work on that skill longer than one month? You decide and record your experiences. You are welcome to share your experience from September in class.
   
   
2. Promises of the Constitution: Read Section 1 “Waiting” and Section 8 “Economic Freedom”. Choose a writing style and create what will help you to understand each vignette. You can write questions to ask the class or questions for Sister Allen (email Sister Allen your questions the Monday prior to class), you can use key words/pictures, or write a short story.
   **Mrs. Pamela Romney Openshaw will be speaking to you at 1pm on October 2 **, please come prepared with 1 question you can ask her about writing her book...if you would like, you can have more questions.
   
   
3. TJED for Teens Chapter 2: (23 pages) As you read this chapter go ahead and write thoughts in the margins (if the book belongs to you). How many books have you taken to level 3? Go ahead and fill in the chart if you can or copy the chart and mark the levels you have reached. How many books have you read as of today from this list. What do you plan to do with this list? Write you answers in your Reflection Journal.
   
   
4. Hero of the Month Report: Research a man or woman that you would like to spotlight as your hero for the month of October. Write a paper or an outline, include pictures...be creative...come dressed as your hero of the month. Come with a picture to place on the time line with important dates included. Explain why you chose this person, what makes him or her a hero to you, what did they do? If you need a book, Sister Allen has several in the Lending Library you can check out.
   
   
5. Jeopardy anyone? Email Sister Allen questions with answers that can be used in a game of jeopardy. I'll provide the speed timers you provide the easy, medium, and hard questions. Please email your Q/A's to Sister Allen by Tuesday evening the night before Leadership class. Tell me which level your questions belong to. These can be questions from our readings for October as well as September.

CHOOSE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING INSPIREMENTS:

1. Mark which level you have reached for any of the books on the 100 list found in chapter 2 of TJED for Teens AND share about one book that has really made you think differently and has changed your life since reading it. Compare how you were before reading the book to how you see yourself today. Come 
   prepared to share about the author, the book, history behind the book, and anything else you have learned.
   
   
2. Answer the following question: “Is wisdom a characteristic found only in educated people, or can it come from people of all backgrounds?” Write a few sentences, a few paragraphs or even a page explaining your answer. Give an example to back up your statements.
   
   
3. Complete a Word Study of 1 or 2 words you didn't understand in Promises of the Constitution, such as stewardship, inalienable, integrity or morality etc. You can use notes, pictures, a diagram...be creative, learn the roots of the word too.
   
   
4. Write a creative story as if you were an American colonist the day the newspapers announced that the United States had a new government. What would you be excited about? What would you be concerned about? What would some of your biggest questions be? Come prepared to share during your presentation time. You could dress up like a colonist too. Give a copy of your story to Sister Allen either by email or at class.
   
   
5. Vignette 8.2 asks for a 'faithful and wise” steward, or manager. Create a list of at least 5 characteristics that you think are required to be a faithful and wise steward over something or someone. You can add pictures to your words, you can write a story about these characteristics, you can act out the 5 characteristics. Include an example of a person from history that has these characteristics you are seeking as a wise steward. Or share how you have developed or are developing these characteristics that you listed.
   
   
6. Create a prezi presentation to share all that you learned for leadership this month. Call Sister Allen in advance so she can hopefully (cross your fingers) get the projector working. Learn more @ prezi.com
   
   
7. Write or type a paper about anything you learned or realized about yourself that you didn't know before reading chapter 2 of TJED for Teens. Are there changes you want to make to add more book to your reading list? Have you ever held a book club? What do you feel you should be doing regarding the books after reading this chapter?Share a copy of your writing with Sister Allen either by email or at class.
   
   
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   Imagine there is a youth your age living far away who has no books and learns by reading letters sent to him or her. Create a story to share with this youth about the books you have read this month for Leadership class and include your insights, your questions, your confusion over ideas,what got you excited to understand, how do you plan to make changes to help improve your leadership skills, reading skills, discussion skills.... Be creative as you like. You can include pictures, drawings, photos...

If you have any questions feel free to call me at 801-850-6554 or email me at veronnicaallen@gmail.com

Hey Youth...how was the first day for you?

A big thanks to all the youth for attending our first ever Vanguard day.  i thought it was great for not knowing what I was going to do and how to run something like this.  Three cheers for all of us!

Wow, there is a lot to learn. I'm totally ready for the experiences coming my way. How about you?

Thanks to all of you for your participation.

Loved what was shared in the Master classes... poems, title of liberty, haiku's   Check out the display wall next week. Send me those items I asked for...you know who you are.

Those in Journeyman who want to continue the "Happiness" research... Go FOR IT!  Bring your results next month.

Prepare great presentations for Eureka and you won't be bored next week.

 You get to inspire yourself to greater levels. The education ball is on your side of the court. Hit it strong and keep your eye on the ball.