Friday, May 24, 2013

2009-2012 Lens Record Overview

Link for more downloadable/edit-able version:
Lens Record

Vanguard Youth by Lens (Thanks, Marni, for pooling this info together!)


THEMES

2009-2010
September – Life and Pursuit of Happiness
October – Liberty
November – Property
December-Pursuit of Happiness
January – Worshipping God
February – Leadership
March – Society – security vs. freedom:  Where to draw the line?
April – Citizenship

2010-2011
September – Meaningful Life and Pursuit of Happiness
October – Liberty
November – Property – value of work and ownership
January – God – Duty to God, Finding Your Mission
February – Leadership
March – Society – what is the government responsible for and what are the people responsible for?
April - Citizenship

2011-2012
September – Meaningful Life and Pursuit of Happiness
October – Role of “natural law” and God in society
November – Property – lessons learned through work
January – Service-Oriented Leadership
February – Liberty – What is true freedom? Who decides that?
March – Society
April – Citizenship – role of a good citizen


LEADERSHIP
(numbers listed are principles from “5000 Year Leap,” books were mentioned in the inspirements)

2009-2010
September – MLK, Jr., “Life’s Pathway,” Elder Eyring’s April 2009 message, “Door in the Wall”
October – Thomas Jefferson, “Red Scarf Girl”
November – Lincoln, “Little Britches”
December-Pres. Hinckley, “Seven Wonders of Sassafrass Springs”
January – Joseph Smith, #4, “Boy in Striped Pajamas”
February – George Washington, #3,  “The Whipping Boy”
March – #12, 13, 16-18, 19, 21, “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine, Bastiat’s “The Law” and “Essays on Political Economy”
April - #10, 11, “Who is responsible to determine what is right, and how can they do what needs to be done?”  Esther, David, Moroni, etc., “

2010-2011
September – Hellen Keller, Anne Sullivan, Nathaniel Bowditch, #1, 6-8, 22-24, 28
October – Olaudah Equiano, #2, 8, 9, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
November – Handel, #7, 14, 15, 27, “Up from Slavery” by Booker T. Washington
January – Mother Theresa, #4, 5, “The Alchemist”
February – Gandhi, #3, “Autobiography of Gandhi”
March – Hannah Szenes, #10, 13, 19, “Proper Role of Government,” Bastiat’s “The Law” and “Essays on Political Economy”
April – Harriet Tubman, #11, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

2011-2012
September – Mormon
October – Socrates, #4, “The Apology”
November - Alexander
January – Confucius, #3, “Core and Crust of Leadership”
February – Buddha, “Jataka Tales”
March – Jesus Christ, #13
April – Augustine of Hippo, #10, “Confessions of Saint Augustine”


MATH/SCIENCE

2009-2010
September – Pythagorus
October – Archimedes
November – Sir Isaac Newton
December-Beginner’s Guide-Universe Ch. 1
January – Hypatia
February – Amalie Emmy Noether and Algebra
March – Evariste Galois - algebra
April – John Napier

2010-2011
September – Fermat, Andrew Wiles
October – Marie Curie, Galen, Pasteur
November – Edison, Franklin
January – Eratosthenes
February – Da Vinci, Sarah Flannery
March – Da Vinci
April - Pascal

2011-2012
September – Archimedes
October – Thales and the Egyptians
November – Pythagoras and early Greeks
January – Ancient roots of math – abacus, Lui Hui, Brahmagupta, Arabhata I
February – Zhang Heng
March – Mayan Mathematics
April - Aristotle


HISTORY

2009-2010
September – South America: Inca/Aztec/Maya
October – Buddha (Asia)
November – Native American tribes (North America)
December-Mansa Musa (Africa)
January – Romans (Europe)
February – Joan of Arc (Europe)
March –James Cook (Oceania)
April – Ernest Shackleton (Antarctica)

2010-2011
September – Simon Bolivar, Jose De San Martin
October – Egyptian Pharaoh
November – Lewis and Clark
January – Chinese Dynasty
February – Celts, Franks
March – Russian Czars (lots of “Greats” and “Terribles”)
April – James Cook

2011-2012
September – Ether
October – Battle of Troy and the Olympics
November – Caesar, Mark Anthony, Augustus Caesar, Ciscero
January – Shi Huangdi and the Qin Dynasty
February – David
March – 3 and 4 Nephi
April – Joseph of Egypt


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