One of the LIGHTS Vanguard mentors handed out a paper with definitions to all of the youth in Vanguard
yesterday and asked them to make sure they kept it in their folders all
year to reference. Here is a link to that same paper: http://timpfest.org/stories-
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Friday, September 25, 2015
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Ways to afford books for Vanguard
Hi everyone,
These are some ideas someone posted in another group about how to help families buy or get the books they need. I just thought I would post it here, in case it could help you. Use it if it does :)...
These are some ideas someone posted in another group about how to help families buy or get the books they need. I just thought I would post it here, in case it could help you. Use it if it does :)...
Ideas to Afford Books for Vanguard
- Start by praying that Heavenly Father will open a way and guide you how to get the books
- Library – Check early and put them on hold
- Buy used books online (Amazon or other used sites have them starting around $4 including shipping). On Amazon check the fine print under the regular price.
- E-books are often cheaper than paper books
- Take your book list to the DI or other thrift stores. If you see extra copies pick them up and offer the deal to others
- Sell pizza cards or another fund raiser that allows you to use the funds for education. Ashley Baird sells them from Papa Murphy’s. You can buy them for $1 and sell them for whatever price you want, like $7 or $10.
- Sign up for an Amazon credit card (and then you can cancel it later) – they give you an instant $50 of books free
- When there’s a choice of buying or using a free online book, choose the free one
- Have your teen get a part-time job to help earn money for books (paper route, bagging groceries)
- Put the word out using email or Facebook to family and friends to see if they have certain books that you can borrow
- Ask another family in Vanguard if you can share books – maybe switch books mid-week
- Sign up for Harmony Education or MyTechHigh or another “charter school” that helps with homeschool costs. Harmony gives $300-400 reimbursement per student plus other reimbursement for curricula, and a lending library.
- See if your husband can pick up a few extra hours at work
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Marni Hall from the Kaysville Vanguard group offered another great website where she loves to find used books at great deals! - One more...
Book trading. I've been using this site for years and get a lot of my books this way. There are several of this year's books available for the taking.Here is the info about it...If you're a reader, you know how books can accumulate after you have read them. They pile up and gather dust, and you know you won't read them again. You can try to sell them to used-book stores, but you wont get very much for them, even if they are in perfect condition. PaperBackSwap is a better way!
All you have to do is create an account for FREE, list your books that you are ready to share, and send them out to other members when they are requested. Yes, you pay the postage to send your books out (between 2 and 3 dollars for an average-sized book), BUT you get a Book Credit for sending each book (each Book Credit is good for one book - you can order from any member in the club), AND when you request books for yourself, the senders pay the postage to send those books to you.
It costs nothing to participate, except for postage - there are no membership fees. You even get 2 startup Book Credits free if you are the first account at your household - you can use those credits to order 2 books for yourself, right away!
Give your books a better life - no more languishing on dusty bookshelves! Find new readers for them and get new books for yourself. Send a book, get a book. It's easy and it's free!
Jen is a good friend to let you in on this! If you do sign up, please use the following link:
http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php?r_by=clowardjen% 40hotmail.com
If you use the link above to join and you become an active member, Jen will get a free Book Credit for referring you to the club!
For more information about PaperBackSwap, you can visit our Help Center by clicking the link below:
http://www.paperbackswap.com/help/help_index.php
Best Regards,
The PaperBackSwap Team
www.PaperBackSwap.com
Monday, June 3, 2013
Life and the Pursuit of Happiness
What does it take to have life? It is one of the basic "rights" our founding fathers claimed everyone should possess.
What did they mean by "the pursuit of happiness"? What truths can we learn--from history, from others, from our own lives--about what makes a meaningful life? How can we effectively "pursue happiness"?
The following are some quotes and resources that you can use to explore this concept on your own, teach to others, or add to as you come across other things. They are in no particular order of importance to me. I included them here, rather than on the resource blog, for clarification of this concept.
"When we accept duties willingly and faithfully, we find happiness. Those who make happiness the chief objective of life are bound to fail, for happiness is a by-product rather than an end in itself. Happiness comes form doing one's duty and knowing that his life is in harmony wiith God an His commandments..." (Joseph B. Wirthlin)
Books:
"Charlie's Monument"
"Carry On, Mr. Bowditch"
"The Secret Garden"
"The Door in the Wall"
Movies:
"The Ultimate Gift"
Scriptures and poems may be found on the "Poem" list post.
Children's books (one of my favorite teaching mediums):
"The Sugar Child" by Monique De.Varennes- an incredible book about a girl made of sugar (kind of like the idea of the gingerbread man) and her parents, knowing that any kind of bad weather or crying will make her sugar melt, protects her from the weather and from grief. However, it turns out that it is by crying for the sickness of a friend, that the girl find out that her tears do indeed melt the sugar away and transform her into a real girl. A powerful parable about how a meaningful life and one full of happiness is not found in protecting us from sorrow or pain, but from experiencing the good and the sad... "A time to weep, a time to mourn..." Eccles. 3:1-8
Article by Marlin K Jensen: http://www.lds.org/new-era/1999/08/how-to-be-happy?lang=eng
What did they mean by "the pursuit of happiness"? What truths can we learn--from history, from others, from our own lives--about what makes a meaningful life? How can we effectively "pursue happiness"?
The following are some quotes and resources that you can use to explore this concept on your own, teach to others, or add to as you come across other things. They are in no particular order of importance to me. I included them here, rather than on the resource blog, for clarification of this concept.
"When we accept duties willingly and faithfully, we find happiness. Those who make happiness the chief objective of life are bound to fail, for happiness is a by-product rather than an end in itself. Happiness comes form doing one's duty and knowing that his life is in harmony wiith God an His commandments..." (Joseph B. Wirthlin)
Books:
"Charlie's Monument"
"Carry On, Mr. Bowditch"
"The Secret Garden"
"The Door in the Wall"
Movies:
"The Ultimate Gift"
Scriptures and poems may be found on the "Poem" list post.
Children's books (one of my favorite teaching mediums):
"The Sugar Child" by Monique De.Varennes- an incredible book about a girl made of sugar (kind of like the idea of the gingerbread man) and her parents, knowing that any kind of bad weather or crying will make her sugar melt, protects her from the weather and from grief. However, it turns out that it is by crying for the sickness of a friend, that the girl find out that her tears do indeed melt the sugar away and transform her into a real girl. A powerful parable about how a meaningful life and one full of happiness is not found in protecting us from sorrow or pain, but from experiencing the good and the sad... "A time to weep, a time to mourn..." Eccles. 3:1-8
Article by Marlin K Jensen: http://www.lds.org/new-era/1999/08/how-to-be-happy?lang=eng
Monday, May 27, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Tips and Questions for book discussions
1) invite the Spirit
2) ask "open ended questions" (ones that don't require a "yes" or "no" answer) as much as possible
3) try to incorporate something visual or active at some point in the discussion (i.e. we built our own little monument for our book discussion on "Charlie's Monument," each taking a turn to add a stone while we answered questions like: "what is a way I have served or been served that was meaningful to me," or "what could I say is a stone that I either would like to have in my own monument of life or already do")
4) make sure you are bringing out the principle of the month. Reading the opening article of the newsletter gives you a glimpse, or the corresponding section of the 5,000 year leap that you see going through on the Constitution journeyman assignment the first week
Marni Hall found a great site for book discussion questions:
reading comprehension article/questions
Here is a basic sum-up:
Essential Reading Comprehens
Before
we begin a new novel, watch a movie or read an article on our favorite
blog, most adults have already started tapping into a vast collection of
knowledge about what they already know or think about the “text” they
are about to engage with.
The ability to tap into our schema and seek out patterns to make sense of new information is an essential reading comprehension skill. It’s also a skill we can teach our students simply by posing strategic questions.
We’ve been reading Judi Moreillon’s book Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension and would like to share a series of questions you can ask students to help them build connections between:
One of the best ways to model text-to-self connections is by using think-aloud questions. The following questions focus on three areas of text-to-self connection: feelings experiences, and ideas:
Students often do not understand or enjoy readings because they do not see immediate connections between the text and other materials they have already read and enjoyed. To help them make connections between texts, try asking the following questions:
When students are able to stretch their thinking and see how a text connects to issues beyond what they are reading, it is much easier for them to invest in this new experience. To help your students make connections from the text to social, historical and contemporary issues, pose some of the following questions:
2) ask "open ended questions" (ones that don't require a "yes" or "no" answer) as much as possible
3) try to incorporate something visual or active at some point in the discussion (i.e. we built our own little monument for our book discussion on "Charlie's Monument," each taking a turn to add a stone while we answered questions like: "what is a way I have served or been served that was meaningful to me," or "what could I say is a stone that I either would like to have in my own monument of life or already do")
4) make sure you are bringing out the principle of the month. Reading the opening article of the newsletter gives you a glimpse, or the corresponding section of the 5,000 year leap that you see going through on the Constitution journeyman assignment the first week
Marni Hall found a great site for book discussion questions:
reading comprehension article/questions
Here is a basic sum-up:
Essential Reading Comprehens
Before
we begin a new novel, watch a movie or read an article on our favorite
blog, most adults have already started tapping into a vast collection of
knowledge about what they already know or think about the “text” they
are about to engage with. The ability to tap into our schema and seek out patterns to make sense of new information is an essential reading comprehension skill. It’s also a skill we can teach our students simply by posing strategic questions.
We’ve been reading Judi Moreillon’s book Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension and would like to share a series of questions you can ask students to help them build connections between:
- Themselves and the text
- Multiple texts
- Texts and the world
One of the best ways to model text-to-self connections is by using think-aloud questions. The following questions focus on three areas of text-to-self connection: feelings experiences, and ideas:
- Have you ever felt like the character(s) in this story? Describe what happened and how you felt
- Have you had a similar experience? Compare your experience to that of the character(s)
- Have you heard or read this information before? What does this information mean to you?
- How does connecting a story or information to your own life experiences help you better understand it?
Students often do not understand or enjoy readings because they do not see immediate connections between the text and other materials they have already read and enjoyed. To help them make connections between texts, try asking the following questions:
- Have you ever read another book or seen a movie in which a story element (setting, plot, conflict, theme, or style) is similar to the one in this story? Describe how they are the same
- Have you read another book or seen a movie in which the writer used language or text structure similar to that in this story? Describe how these texts are similar.
- How does making connections to familiar texts help you comprehend the new text?
When students are able to stretch their thinking and see how a text connects to issues beyond what they are reading, it is much easier for them to invest in this new experience. To help your students make connections from the text to social, historical and contemporary issues, pose some of the following questions:
- What do you think the author’s message or purpose was in writing this story or presenting this information?
- Did the author suggest a message that connects with bigger ideas about the way things are in the world? What do you already know about these issues?
- What do you think was the author’s opinion or perspective on the big ideas in this text? Do you agree? Why or why not?
- How does making connections to larger issues help you comprehend the text?
Role of the Creator--books, articles, etc.
Worshipping God and the place of morals in society
Articles
"Moral courage: an inquiry into the hearts of kings" by Andrew Groft
http://newsletter.gw.edu/archive/FeaturedArticle/2
People to study
Joan of Arc
Mother Theresa
Joseph Smith
George Washington
Ghandi
Buddha
Books
"The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" by Boyne
"The Alchemist" by Coehlo
"I am David" by Anne Holm
"Monkey" or "Journey to the West" Yu
"The Scarlett Letter" by Hawthorne
"The Screwtape Letters" by Lewis
"Mere Christianity" by Lewis
"Les Miserables" by Hugo
Articles
"Moral courage: an inquiry into the hearts of kings" by Andrew Groft
http://newsletter.gw.edu/archive/FeaturedArticle/2
People to study
Joan of Arc
Mother Theresa
Joseph Smith
George Washington
Ghandi
Buddha
Books
"The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" by Boyne
"The Alchemist" by Coehlo
"I am David" by Anne Holm
"Monkey" or "Journey to the West" Yu
"The Scarlett Letter" by Hawthorne
"The Screwtape Letters" by Lewis
"Mere Christianity" by Lewis
"Les Miserables" by Hugo
Service-Oriented Leadership--books, articles, etc.
Books
"The Lost Prince" by Burnett
"The Tempest" by Shakespeare
"The Lord of the Rings" by Tolkien
"The Apple-Pip Princess" by Jane Ray
"The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein
"The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
People
George Washington
Articles
"The Renaissance of Kings" by Andrew Groft
http://www.wattpad.com/73687-a-renaissance-of-kings#!p=1
Movies
"Ghandi"
"Lagaan" (Cool Indian movie!)
"The Lost Prince" by Burnett
"The Tempest" by Shakespeare
"The Lord of the Rings" by Tolkien
"The Apple-Pip Princess" by Jane Ray
"The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein
"The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
People
George Washington
Articles
"The Renaissance of Kings" by Andrew Groft
http://www.wattpad.com/73687-a-renaissance-of-kings#!p=1
Movies
"Ghandi"
"Lagaan" (Cool Indian movie!)
Scientists, Mathematicians and Eureka books
This page is continually being updated. PLEASE add to it, either as an author or in the reply section to benefit other groups.
Books and Websites for finding people to study:
-Mathematicians are People, too Vol. 1 and 2
-The Math Book
-Go Figure!
-Fermat's Enigma
-Engineers: http://heritage.imeche.org/peopleevents
-Dr. Posin's Giants: out of print but amazing.
-"Great Scientists" from the DK Eyewitness Books series: It is more just a quick overview of each scientist with some of their more notable achievements. It only includes 30 scientists from Aristotle to Stephen Hawking and each get a two page spread. So it isn't complete but I thought it would be easy to give a quick overview, take only about 5 minutes to read everything on the two pages. But it would create a common groundwork for everyone to build on. It also has a nice variation of scientists - ie biology, chemistry, physics focuses.
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Mathematicians/Scientists/Concepts by "era"
Ancient World (beginning-300 ad)
Aristotle
Thales
Pythagoras
Archimedes
Hypatia
Hebrew (can be used any time period, obviously :).)
Euclid (330 bc) geometry
Medieval Times (300 ad-1200 ad)
-Omar Khayyam, 11th century Persian mathematician and astronomer: http://www.okonlife.com/poems/page3.htm poet, with several great themes, amongst which, God as the potter, choosing one's path...)
Books and Websites for finding people to study:
-Mathematicians are People, too Vol. 1 and 2
-The Math Book
-Go Figure!
-Fermat's Enigma
-Engineers: http://heritage.imeche.org/peopleevents
-Dr. Posin's Giants: out of print but amazing.
-"Great Scientists" from the DK Eyewitness Books series: It is more just a quick overview of each scientist with some of their more notable achievements. It only includes 30 scientists from Aristotle to Stephen Hawking and each get a two page spread. So it isn't complete but I thought it would be easy to give a quick overview, take only about 5 minutes to read everything on the two pages. But it would create a common groundwork for everyone to build on. It also has a nice variation of scientists - ie biology, chemistry, physics focuses.
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Mathematicians/Scientists/Concepts by "era"
Ancient World (beginning-300 ad)
Aristotle
Thales
Pythagoras
Archimedes
Hypatia
Hebrew (can be used any time period, obviously :).)
Euclid (330 bc) geometry
Medieval Times (300 ad-1200 ad)
-Omar Khayyam, 11th century Persian mathematician and astronomer: http://www.okonlife.com/poems/page3.htm poet, with several great themes, amongst which, God as the potter, choosing one's path...)
(From the Layton Vanguard group)
Watch the following link: Occam's Razor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XEA3k_QIKo
-Medieval Translators and Measurements:
Boethius http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Boethius.html
Adelard of Bath http://www.adelard.com/about/original_adelard.html
Gherard of Cremona http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Gherard.html
Thomas Bradwardine http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Bradwardine.html
The Journey of Al & Gebra to the Land of Algebra
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Bendick
Fascinating Fibonacci's by Trudi Hammel Garland (Leonard of Pisa or Fibonacci-Italy 1180)
Bhaskara (1114 a.d.) first systematic explanation of arabic figures
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Early Modern Times (1300-1750) Age of Exploration
-Application of the compass in the western world and beginning of study of electromagnetism
-Madhava of Sangmagrama: (1340 India) pi and infinite series; founder of school of astronomy and mathematics
-Newton (1642 England) motion, gravitation, light, color, calculus (an interesting contrasting classic to this might be "Gulliver's Travels," which is something of a satire on Newton's "Principia"
-Napier (1550 Scotland)-trigonometry, logarithms, "mathemagician" magic :)
-Galileo (1564 Italy) astronomer; scientific method
-Pi (The Math Book, pg 110) fun to do in March with Pi Day, 3/14
-Pascal (1623 France) religious, mathematics, physics and science; pascal's triangle
-Euler (1707 Swiss) geometry, analysis (he was blind--amazing mental math!), topology (konigsburg bridge dilemma)
-Gerolamo Cardano (Italian 1501): mathematician, physician, astrologer; negative/imaginary numbers; probability
-René Descartes (1596 France)-mathematical connections, links in nature, geometry
-Fermat- (1601 France) layer, hobby of mathematics, geometry, proof, games, probability "Fermat's Enigma"
-Leeuwenhoek (1632 Dutch) lens maker, made first microscope, discovered microbes, persisted to work on his passion while employed in other occupations (De Kruif's "Microbe Hunters")
-Spallanzani (1729 Italy)-asked lots of questions, examined things, patiently proved that the concept of "spontaneous generation" was false, "Spallanzani was triumphant, but then he did the curious thing that only born scientists ever do--he tried to beat his own idea, his darling theory--by experiments he honestly and shrewdly planned to defeat himself. That is science! That is the strange self-forgetting spirit of a few rare men, those curious men to whom truth is more dear than their own cherished whims and wishes." (ibid, pg 37) Another great quote, "I have proved that there is a law and order int he science of animals, just as there is in the working of the stars." (pg 42) He went on expeditions collecting natural specimen.
-Treviso Arithmetic: European arithmetic text that discusses economics, shows need for a common economic denominator in coinage, currency, interest, and measurements. (The Math Book pg 108)
-Golden Ratio: so cool!
-Copernicus
-1714 Faranheit and the mercury thermometer
-"The Longitude Prize" a book about inventors and sea-navigation/clocks
-Mendeleyev:
Leads
the reader on a delightful and absorbing journey through the ages, on
the trail of the elements of the Periodic Table as we know them today.
He introduces the young reader to people like Von Helmont, Boyle, Stahl,
Priestly, Cavendish, Lavoisier, and many others, all incredibly diverse
in personality and approach, who have laid the groundwork for a search
that is still unfolding to this day. The first part of Wiker's witty and
solidly instructive presentation is most suitable to middle school age,
while the later chapters are designed for ages 12-13 and up, with a
final chapter somewhat more advanced.
1750-1900
-Lagrange (1736-France)
-Maria Agnesi (1718- Italy) abstract mathematics, made calculus textbook, dedicated to service to others--so much that it superceded her love of mathematics, importance of women getting an education,
-Benjamin Banneker (1731 African-American mathematician)-compiled almanacs, did surveying (great one to go with George Washington, also a surveyor)
-Biographies from "Brave Companions" by McCullough
-Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of Earth's natural history. He grew up in Switzerland and became a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel. Later, he accepted a professorship at Harvard University in the United States.
-Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (
listen (help·info); September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859) was a Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography.
Between 1799 and 1804, Humboldt travelled extensively in Latin America, exploring and describing it for the first time in a manner generally considered to be a modern scientific point of view. His description of the journey was written up and published in an enormous set of volumes over 21 years. He was one of the first to propose that the lands bordering the Atlantic Ocean were once joined (South America and Africa in particular).
-Faraday (1831)
-Kepler (See Whitehead's "Intro to Mathematics" page 28-30)
-Galvani (1780) and Volta (1792) study of electricity
1900-present
Biographies from "Brave Companions" by McCullough:
"Long-Distance Vision" is about the experiences and literary works of several early aviators, including Charles Lindbergh, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, and Beryl Markham.
"Steam Road to El Dorado" is about the construction of the original Panama Railway in the 1850s.
"The Builders" concerns the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in the 1870s, and particularly the life of engineer John A. Roebling and his son, Washington Roebling.
"The Treasure from the Carpentry Shop" concerns the rediscovery of the original plans for the Brooklyn Bridge in 1969.
"The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man", written in 1969, concerns the destructive environmental impact of strip mining in eastern Kentucky, and profiles Harry M. Caudill, local author and anti-strip mining political activist.
"Miriam Rothschild" is about the English zoologist and entomologist Miriam Rothschild.
BOOKS not mentioned above:
"String, Straight Edge and Shadow"
"Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe"
"Go Figure!" (read it all carefully!)
"Mathematicians are People, too" vol. 1 and 2
Free Choice (and any other approved reading—through mentor)
"The Phantom Tollbooth"
"Archimedes Door of Science"
"My Side of the Mountain"
The Warlord series (counts as 1): do the expts.
"Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis
"Brave Companions" by McCullough
"Microbe Hunters"
"Life of Fred" (any in series)
"Men and Mathematics" by Bell
"Elegant Universe"-video
"Flatland" "Fermat's Enigma"
"Evolution: is it science or faith?"
"On Numbers" by Asimov
"Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Latham
"The Disappearing Spoon"
"Time"
"Introduction to Mathematics" by Whitehead
"Number Devil"
"Cosmos"--video...
"All mimzy were the borrogoves"
"A Swiftly tilting planet"
"Hatchet"
"Scientific Discoveries that Strengthen Faith"
Complete any Saxon Math book
"Donald Duck in Mathematic land"
"E=mc2" video (see Jordan for details)
"The Number Devil"
"The Longitude Prize"
"Microbe Hunter"
"The Mystery of the Periodic Table"
Watch the following link: Occam's Razor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XEA3k_QIKo
-Medieval Translators and Measurements:
Boethius http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Boethius.html
Adelard of Bath http://www.adelard.com/about/original_adelard.html
Gherard of Cremona http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Gherard.html
Thomas Bradwardine http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Bradwardine.html
The Journey of Al & Gebra to the Land of Algebra
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Bendick
Fascinating Fibonacci's by Trudi Hammel Garland (Leonard of Pisa or Fibonacci-Italy 1180)
Bhaskara (1114 a.d.) first systematic explanation of arabic figures
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Early Modern Times (1300-1750) Age of Exploration
-Application of the compass in the western world and beginning of study of electromagnetism
-Madhava of Sangmagrama: (1340 India) pi and infinite series; founder of school of astronomy and mathematics
-Newton (1642 England) motion, gravitation, light, color, calculus (an interesting contrasting classic to this might be "Gulliver's Travels," which is something of a satire on Newton's "Principia"
-Napier (1550 Scotland)-trigonometry, logarithms, "mathemagician" magic :)
-Galileo (1564 Italy) astronomer; scientific method
-Pi (The Math Book, pg 110) fun to do in March with Pi Day, 3/14
-Pascal (1623 France) religious, mathematics, physics and science; pascal's triangle
-Euler (1707 Swiss) geometry, analysis (he was blind--amazing mental math!), topology (konigsburg bridge dilemma)
-Gerolamo Cardano (Italian 1501): mathematician, physician, astrologer; negative/imaginary numbers; probability
-René Descartes (1596 France)-mathematical connections, links in nature, geometry
-Fermat- (1601 France) layer, hobby of mathematics, geometry, proof, games, probability "Fermat's Enigma"
-Leeuwenhoek (1632 Dutch) lens maker, made first microscope, discovered microbes, persisted to work on his passion while employed in other occupations (De Kruif's "Microbe Hunters")
-Spallanzani (1729 Italy)-asked lots of questions, examined things, patiently proved that the concept of "spontaneous generation" was false, "Spallanzani was triumphant, but then he did the curious thing that only born scientists ever do--he tried to beat his own idea, his darling theory--by experiments he honestly and shrewdly planned to defeat himself. That is science! That is the strange self-forgetting spirit of a few rare men, those curious men to whom truth is more dear than their own cherished whims and wishes." (ibid, pg 37) Another great quote, "I have proved that there is a law and order int he science of animals, just as there is in the working of the stars." (pg 42) He went on expeditions collecting natural specimen.
-Treviso Arithmetic: European arithmetic text that discusses economics, shows need for a common economic denominator in coinage, currency, interest, and measurements. (The Math Book pg 108)
-Golden Ratio: so cool!
-Copernicus
-1714 Faranheit and the mercury thermometer
-"The Longitude Prize" a book about inventors and sea-navigation/clocks
-Mendeleyev:
--Mystery of the Periodic Table [Kindle Edition]
Benjamin Wiker (Author), Jeanne Bendick (Illustrator)1750-1900
-Lagrange (1736-France)
-Maria Agnesi (1718- Italy) abstract mathematics, made calculus textbook, dedicated to service to others--so much that it superceded her love of mathematics, importance of women getting an education,
-Benjamin Banneker (1731 African-American mathematician)-compiled almanacs, did surveying (great one to go with George Washington, also a surveyor)
-Biographies from "Brave Companions" by McCullough
-Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of Earth's natural history. He grew up in Switzerland and became a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel. Later, he accepted a professorship at Harvard University in the United States.
-Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (
listen (help·info); September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859) was a Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography.Between 1799 and 1804, Humboldt travelled extensively in Latin America, exploring and describing it for the first time in a manner generally considered to be a modern scientific point of view. His description of the journey was written up and published in an enormous set of volumes over 21 years. He was one of the first to propose that the lands bordering the Atlantic Ocean were once joined (South America and Africa in particular).
-Faraday (1831)
-Kepler (See Whitehead's "Intro to Mathematics" page 28-30)
-Galvani (1780) and Volta (1792) study of electricity
-Linnaeus-Naturalist $40 to education himself
-Hugh Miller: apprentice to stone mason--great geologist
-George Stevenson: civil engineer: coal miner
-James Watt: Sickly
1900-present
Biographies from "Brave Companions" by McCullough:
"Long-Distance Vision" is about the experiences and literary works of several early aviators, including Charles Lindbergh, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, and Beryl Markham.
"Steam Road to El Dorado" is about the construction of the original Panama Railway in the 1850s.
"The Builders" concerns the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in the 1870s, and particularly the life of engineer John A. Roebling and his son, Washington Roebling.
"The Treasure from the Carpentry Shop" concerns the rediscovery of the original plans for the Brooklyn Bridge in 1969.
"The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man", written in 1969, concerns the destructive environmental impact of strip mining in eastern Kentucky, and profiles Harry M. Caudill, local author and anti-strip mining political activist.
"Miriam Rothschild" is about the English zoologist and entomologist Miriam Rothschild.
BOOKS not mentioned above:
"String, Straight Edge and Shadow"
"Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe"
"Go Figure!" (read it all carefully!)
"Mathematicians are People, too" vol. 1 and 2
Free Choice (and any other approved reading—through mentor)
"The Phantom Tollbooth"
"Archimedes Door of Science"
"My Side of the Mountain"
The Warlord series (counts as 1): do the expts.
"Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis
"Brave Companions" by McCullough
"Microbe Hunters"
"Life of Fred" (any in series)
"Men and Mathematics" by Bell
"Elegant Universe"-video
"Flatland" "Fermat's Enigma"
"Evolution: is it science or faith?"
"On Numbers" by Asimov
"Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Latham
"The Disappearing Spoon"
"Time"
"Introduction to Mathematics" by Whitehead
"Number Devil"
"Cosmos"--video...
"All mimzy were the borrogoves"
"A Swiftly tilting planet"
"Hatchet"
"Scientific Discoveries that Strengthen Faith"
Complete any Saxon Math book
"Donald Duck in Mathematic land"
"E=mc2" video (see Jordan for details)
"The Number Devil"
"The Longitude Prize"
"Microbe Hunter"
"The Mystery of the Periodic Table"
Friday, May 24, 2013
Overview of the Year 2010-2011
Overview
of Year Concepts
2010-2011
Sept.:
LIFE & PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 5,000
Year Leap Principles #1,6-8,22-24,28
What does
it take to make a meaningful life? What is “true happiness”, and are we
entitled to it or just the pursuit of it?
CONTINENT:
SOUTH AMERICA
F2F bio:
Biography:
Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan
BOOK:
"Carry On, Mr. Bowditch"
SCRIPTURE:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
MOVIE: "The Ultimate Gift"
October:
LIBERTY
5,000
Year Leap Principles #2, 8-9, 22,26
What is
true freedom? Who decides that?
CONTINENT:
AFRICA
Art:
Freedom/Scribble art/variety
F2F bio:
Biography:
Equiano—Slave ships
BOOK:
Equiano: "The Kidnapped Prince"
SCRIPTURE:
2 Timothy 1:7
GAME
NIGHT: Fugitive!
November:
PROPERTY
5,000
Year Leap Principles #7,14,15,27
What is
the value of work and ownership?
CONTINENT:
NORTH AMERICA
Art:
Music
F2F bio:
Biography: Handel
BOOK:
"Miracles on Maple Hill"
SCRIPTURE:
Doctrine & Covenants 58: 26-27
OUTDOOR
ACTIVITY: Geo-caching
GAME
NIGHT: “The Farming Game”/ Settlers
MOVIE:
"Snowball Express"
December:
No Vanguard!
Family Activity/Service:
TBA
January:
GOD
5,000
Year Leap Principles #4,5
What is
the role of "natural law" and God in society?
CONTINENT:
ASIA
Art:
Inspiring Art
F2F bio:
Eratosthenes
Biography:
Mother Theresa
BOOK:
"The Alchemist"
SCRIPTURE:
Proverbs 3:5-6
OUTDOOR:
Snowshoeing
MOVIE:
"Inn of the Sixth Happiness"
February:
LEADERSHIP
5,000
Year Leap Principles #3,20
Ego-centric
versus service-oriented?
CONTINENT:
WESTERN EUROPE
F2F
bio:DaVinci part II
Biography: Ghandi
BOOK:
"The Lost Prince": Burnett
SCRIPTURE:
Doctrine & Covenants 6:8
GAME
NIGHT: Risk
FAMILY
NIGHT: Leadership/cooperation games
March:
SOCIETY
5,000
Year Leap Principles #12,13,16-18,19,21
Security
versus freedom: where to draw the line?
CONTINENT:
CENTRAL/EASTERN EUROPE
F2F bio:
DaVinci part II
Biography: Hannah Szenes
BOOK:
"Angel on the Square"
SCRIPTURE:
2 Kings 6:16
MOVIE:
"Lagaan"
April:
CITIZENSHIP
5,000
Year Leap Principles #10,11
Who is
responsible to determine what is right, and how can they do what needs to be
done?
CONTINENT:
AUSTRALIA & ANTARTICA
F2F bio:
Biography: Harriet Tubman
BOOK:
“Princess Academy”
SCRIPTURE:
Joshua 1:9
GAME
NIGHT: Game choice night
May: End
of Year Summaries!
Oral
Presentations & Elections for new Presidency
Backpacking
Trip
Family
Cultural Dinner
List of Childhood of Famous Americans and World Citizens
Christopher Columbus: Young Explorer
Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in
1451. His father was a weaver, but like most young men living near a seaport,
Columbus looked to the sea to...
$5.99
Leonardo Da Vinci: Young Artist, Writer, and Inventor
Leonardo Da Vinci is best known as the
Renaissance painter who created the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. he also made
great contributions as a...
$5.99
Marie Curie: Young Scientist
Marie Curie was a world-renowned scientist who
made many important discoveries, as well as a great teacher and a mother, but
her accomplishments...
$5.99
Gandhi: Young Nation Builder
The man we remember simply as Gandhi was born
Mohandas Gandhi in India in 1869. From an early age he was made keenly aware of
the rigid Hindu caste...
$5.9
Mother Teresa: Friend to the Poor
Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910, Mother
Teresa grew up in a small war-torn town in Macedonia. The youngest of three
children, Mother Teresa was...
$5.99
Pope John Paul II: Young Man of the Church
Pope John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla on
May 18, 1920, in Poland. As a child Karol excelled in school -- especially in
religion and literature. He...
$5.99
Anne Frank: Young Diarist
In 1933, at the age of four, Anne Frank and
her family fled from the Nazis in Germany and sought safe haven in Amsterdam,
the Netherlands. In 1940,...
$5.99
Lady Diana, Princess of Wales: Young Royalty
Diana Spencer grew up to be the princess of
Wales. But when she was a little girl, she did not dream she would become a
princess. When she was still...
Childhood of Famous
Americans
*
Henry Ford: Young Man with Ideas
*
John Jacob Astor
* John Deere
* John Smith
* Patrick Henry
* Meriwether Lewis: Boy Explorer
* Allan Pinkerton: Young Detective
* Harry Houdini: Young Magician
* Eugene Field
* Dan Morgan: Wilderness Boy
* George Gershwin
* Lucretia Mott: Girl of Old Nantucket
* Jed Smith: Young
Western Explorer
* John Alden: Young Puritan
* John Wanamaker: Boy Merchant
* Luther Burbank: Boy Wizard
* The Ringling Brothers: Circus Boys
* Osceola Young Seminole Indian
* Robert Peary: Boy of the North
* Black Hawk, Young Sauk Warrior
* John Hancock New England Boy
* Herbert Hoover Boy Engineer
* Elias Howe Inventive Boy
* Babe Didrikson: Girl
Athlete
* Jeff Davis: Confederate Boy
* Cyrus McCormick Farmer Boy
* Lee DeForest
* Abner Doubleday: Young Baseball Pioneer
* George Westinghouse:
Young Inventor
* Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
* John Burrough: Boy of Field and Stream
* John Fitzgerald Kennedy: America's Youngest
President
* Rachel Jackson: Tennessee Girl
* Tom Edison: Boy Inventor
* Albert Einstein: Young Thinker
* A. P. Giannini: Boy of San Francisco
* Will and Charlie Mayo: Boy Doctors
* Andrew Carnegie: Young Steelmaker
* Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor
* George Eastman: Young Photographer
* Robert Fulton: Boy Craftsman
* Alec Hamilton: The Little Lion
* Juliette Low: Girl Scout
* Noah Webster: Boy of Words
* Stephen Foster: Boy Minstrel
* Walter Reed: Boy Who Wanted To Know
* Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator
* Dwight D. Eisenhower: Young Military Leader
* Harry S. Truman: Missouri Farm Boy
* Brigham Young: Covered Wagon Boy
* David Farragut: Boy Midshipman
* Douglas MacArthur: Young Protector
* George Dewey: Vermont Boy
* Oliver Hazard Perry: Boy of the Sea
* John Peter Zenger: Young Defender of a
Free Press
* Dan Beard: Boy Scout
* Frances Willard: Girl Crusader
* Kate Douglas Wiggin: The Little
Schoolteacher
* John Audubon: Boy Naturalist
* Mark Twain: Boy of Old Missouri
* Mary Mapes Dodge: Jolly Girl
* William Penn: Friendly Boy
* Dorothea Dix: Girl Reformer
* Maria Mitchell: Girl Astronomer
* Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial
Patriots
* Martin Luther King, Jr.: Young Man with a
Dream
* James Whitcomb Riley: Young Poet
* Robert E. Lee: Young Confederate
* Dolly Madison: Quaker Girl
* Henry Clay: Young Kentucky Orator
* John Marshall: Boy of Young America
* Susan B. Anthony: Champion of Women's
Rights
* Tom Jackson: Young Stonewall
* Tom Jefferson: Third President of the
United States
* Woodrow Wilson: Boy President
* J. Sterling Morton: Arbor Day Boy
* Robert Goddard: Pioneer Rocket Boy
* F. W. Woolworth: Five and Ten Boy
* George Pullman: Young Sleeping Car Builder
* Katherine Lee Bates: Girl Poet
* Carl Ben Eielson Young Alaskan Pilot
* Cecil B. DeMille
* Vilhjalmur Stefansson: Young Artic
Explorer
* Liliuokalani: Young Hawaiian Queen
* Gail Borden
* Bedford Forest: Boy on Horseback
* Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman
* James Oglethorpe: Young Defender
* Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider
* Nathaniel Greene
* Pontiac and the Indian Uprising
* William Henry Harrison: Young Tippecanoe
* Lotta Crabtree: Gold Rush Girl
* Lew Wallace
* Matthew Calbraith
Perry
* Bird Girl: Sacagawea
* Pocahontas: Brave Girl
* Dan Webster: Union Boy
* Stephen Decatur: Gallant Boy
* William Bradford: Pilgrim Boy
* Eli Whitney: Boy Mechanic
* John Paul Jones: Salt-Water Boy
* Raphael Semmes: Tidewater Boy
* Samuel Morse
* Sequoyah: Young Cherokee Guide
* Francis Marion: Young Swamp Fox
* John Sevier: Pioneer Boy
* Abe Lincoln: Frontier Boy
* Andy Jackson: Boy Soldier
* Anthony Wayne: Daring Boy
* Ben Franklin: Boy Printer
* Booker T. Washington: Ambitious Boy
* Buffalo Bill: Boy of the Plains
* Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red
Cross
* Daniel Boone: Young Hunter and Tracker
* Francis Scott Key: Maryland Boy
* George Carver: Boy Scientist
* George Custer: Boy of Action
* George Washington: Young Leader
* Israel Putnam: Fearless Boy
* John Fitch: Steamboat Boy
* Kit Carson: Boy Trapper
* Molly Pitcher: Girl Patriot
* Myles Standish: Adventurous Boy
* Nancy Hanks: Kentucky Girl
* Nathan Hale: Puritan Boy
* Paul Revere: Boy of Old Boston
* P. T. Barnum: Circus Boy
* Sam Houston: Boy Chiefton
* Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy
* Squanto: Young Indian Hunter
* Tecumseh: Shawnee Boy
* U. S. Grant: Young Horseman
* Virginia Dare: Mystery Girl
* Wilbur and Orville Wright: Boy with Wings
* Zeb Pike: Boy Traveler
* Babe Ruth: One of Baseball's Greatest
* Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion
* Knute Rockne: Young Athlete
* Lou Gehrig: One of Baseball's Greatest
* Richard Byrd: Boy of the South Pole
* Will Rogers, Jr.: Young Cowboy
* Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days
* Jane Addams: Little Lame Girl
* Jessie Fremont: Girl of Capitol Hill
* Julia Ward Howe: Girl of Old New York
* Louisa Alcott: Girl of Old Boston
* Martha Washington: America's First First
Lady
* Narcissa Whitman: Pioneer Girl
* Joel Chandler Harris: Young Storyteller
* Walter Chrysler: Boy Machinist
* Betsy Ross: Designer of Our Flag
* Eleanor Roosevelt: Fighter for Social
Justice
* Franklin Roosevelt: Boy of the Four
Freedoms
* John Philip Sousa: Marching Boy
* John Quincy Adams: Boy Patriot
* Aleck Bell: Ingenious Boy
* DeWitt Clinton
Harriet Beecher Stowe:
Connecticut Girl
James Monroe: Good
Neighbor Boy
* Peter Stuyvesant: Boy with Wooden Shoes
* Washington Irving:
Boy of Old New York
* Clyde Beatty: Boy Animal Trainer
* George Rogers Clark: Boy of the Old
Northwest
* Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph
* Mary Todd Lincoln: Girl of the Bluegrass
* Simon Kenton: Young Trail Blazer
* Will Clark: Boy in Buckskins
* William Fargo: Boy Mail Carrier
* Zack Taylor: Young Rough and Ready
* Ernie Pyle: Boy From Back Home
* Ethan Allen
* James Fenimore Cooper: Leatherstocking
Boy
* Jeb Stuart: Boy in the Saddle
* Jim Bowie: Boy with a Hunting Knife
• Jim Bridger
Awesome "basic" book questions
AWESOME BOOK QUESTIONS
1. Is God a part of this book?
How or why not?
2. List some of your favorite quotes.
3. What parallels or similarities do you see between characters or
events in this book and your experiences in life?
4. What is the message(s) of this book? Does the author present it effectively? Why
or why not?
5. How would you describe this book: helpful? riveting?
thought-provoking? disturbing? boring? powerful? a waste of time?...WHY?
6. What did this book make you think about in your life?
7. Did this book change your view (“reconstruct your brain
bridges”) in your mind?
8. Did you like the ending?
Why or why not? How would you
have changed it?
9. What does this book make you want to do (if anything)?
10. What would you say if you could write a letter to the author
if you knew they would carefully consider what you said?
11. Would you recommend this book?
Why or why not?
12. Who is your favorite character? Why?
13. Who is your least favorite character? Why?
14. What character (if any) changes the most? For the “good” or “bad”?
15. Why do you think this book is included in the Vanguard Youth
reading? Would you recommend it for next
year? Is there a book that better conveys
the message in your experience? Defend
your opinion ☺.
Master Class suggested book ideas
The Real Thomas Jefferson
The Real George Washington
1984 (preview for appropriateness for age level or editing)
The Real George Washington
1984 (preview for appropriateness for age level or editing)
Up from Slavery
War and Peace
Count of Monte Cristo
Aristotle
Locke
Plato
Bastiat
Adam Smith "Wealth of Nations"
Les Miserables
Jane Eyre
Do Hard Things
The Fourth Turning
Left to Tell
To Destroy you is no Loss
Wild Swans
Cellist of Sarajevo
The Great Books list (Marx, Machievelli: The Prince)
The Apology
The Illiad
The Abolition of Man
Alas, Babylon
Please feel free to include your ideas for more books in the reply section :)!
Please feel free to include your ideas for more books in the reply section :)!
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