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This week we will seek to Open minds Make connections Be inspired through the lens of Geo-Conquest as we study the principle of  "A good leader has good character" As we look around the world, we can see examples of people demonstrating the character of good leadership not only in many countries but in many different ways.  This week, think about the examples of leadership you find in our study of Africa, it's history and people and add another column to your T-chart! To kick-off this week, let's get our brains thinking Africa  and leadership : Church Video on Digging Wells in Africa link OPEN YOUR MIND & MAKE CONNECTIONS! Continent for the month: Africa Book for the week: "A Long Walk To Water" 1. PROJECTS:   Choose any of the following (do as many as you'd like!) to enhance your learning. * Draw an outline of Africa * Tell a folktale, fable or legend from Africa * Take the Seterra challenge and master one of...

This week we will seek to Open minds Make connections Be inspired through the lens of Leadership Academy as we study the principle of " A good leader has good character " Reporter: "What is the worst disease that you know of?"  Mother Theresa: "Loneliness" OPEN YOUR MIND  What is a leader? More importantly, what makes up the character of a good  leader? (if you have time, check out the fundamental, short essay: "The Core and Crust of Leadership" by Timothy Clarke here ) Watch this video and ask yourself the following questions: Is this woman a leader? If so, how? What did she learn of leadership from Mother Theresa? This week we don't have a lot of time to study so let's make this quick! MAKE CONNECTIONS! Learn what you can about Mother Theresa and make a T-chart.  Your's will look a little different from the one below, so hang on for a second!  Instead of just two columns, you are going turn...

Khyrum:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R46J-GjbRWA

This week we will seek to Open minds Make connections Be inspired through the lens of Imaginative Arts to bring ourselves to a beautiful conclusion for this "month"! Check out this video to kick off this week! OPEN YOUR MIND! I remember hearing the story when I was a kid about a girl that went to take her daddy his lunch.  He was digging in a hole so deep she couldn't see him.  She dropped her lunch down to him, but when he asked her to jump down to him, she was scared.  He told her that she could trust him, even though she couldn't see him.  He could see that she was terrified but encouraged her and she did it.  She jumped.  The story was told beautifully, capturing what faith it took the girl to jump into the darkness. Faith and love can help us do some beautiful things... ...things that are scary, things that save, things that comfort.  And it is our spiritual connection with God that can make this happen. It...

Hyrum:   Finished the book, discussed it and thought about names he gives himself. He also did other riddles: "One of them worked the way they said it and the way I said it, even though they were different.  I learned that there can be multiple ways to answer questions.  It was pretty satisfying." Puzzles in relationships: "Yesterday when Hava was babysitting the younger kids and I was home, I acted like she was older than me and I tried thinking about what I would do if she was older than me and something that I did was I asked her if I could help more, I think.  And when I did that, it went pretty well and we didn't really argue at all that I know of."  "I also did the questionnaire for fun facts about myself." Hyrum also filled out a detailed map of South America and it's major physical features. Piper:  Piper found the following quote that was really great and then recorded other info on this page: a map, names that she wants for hers...

Back and up again!!! Yay!!! Thanks for carrying on without me :D. I am excited to get going again! For this week we will start off with a discussion of "Ugly One."   Pay attention to the truths you learn; the truths the characters learned and how it affected their lives!  We will be playing 2 truths and a lie so start thinking about interesting things about yourselves. We will also be talking about names that we give ourselves-- mother, sister, friend, daughter, ugly, happy, athletic, shy --and the power they give over us. Inspirements for this book could be: -draw a picture of a scene in which truth is revealed or discovered -find a favorite quote and share it -act out a scene for your family and share what it taught you about truth. -study more about this culture and share three interesting truths that you discover! -come up with your own! Please do one thing and then share it with us this week as part of our book discussion! I would like you all to watch ...

This week we will be exploring elements of Budapest and Hungary as we discuss our findings in The Good Master.   To get the most out of our discussion, please come having read the book, and bring your inspirements to our Vanguard meeting!  I can't wait to learn from you all!