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Friday, May 24, 2013

A few class and inspirement writing thought-provokers

I found these articles on BYU's Center for Teaching and Learning website.  There are several other articles that are also interesting on there, but wanted to point out these especially.

Developing Learning Outcomes
http://ctl.byu.edu/collections/developing-learning-outcomes

Active Learning Ideas
http://ctl.byu.edu/content/active-learning-ideas


Leadership Academy - Book and Biography Ideas

BOOK IDEAS
From Angie Moore: "Perhaps in Core we could study great and important people, events and civil discourse/communication.  (I have a great little book I love on civil discourse.  It would be fun to role play and learn).  Then in journeyman we would study the constitution, some of the Uncle Eric books and do some simulations or something to make it more real to them:  Here is the Uncle Eric books in The Law and Politics set
Evaluating Books: What Would Thomas Jefferson Think About This? (Revolutionary War period or Early Modern Age period)

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens
TJEd for Teens
"The Element" by Ken Robinson

BIOGRAPHY IDEAS
Thanks, Marni, for putting the following together:
I put this together for my own benefit, but thought others could use it as well.  Feel free to give suggestions for more!  I got some excellent ideas and information using the book "Lessons from Great Lives" by Sterling Sill (the older version with no co-author has several more biographies than the newer version).  Elbert Hubbard's "Little Journeys into the Homes of Great..." series seems to have some great information as well, but I haven't had a chance to read about very many people there.  Another great source is "10 Great Souls I Want to Meet in Heaven" by S. Michael Wilcox.  In planning for the presentation I've gone to other sources as well, of course.

The dates listed are when they were used in the original Vanguard group.  The first two years we didn't use the history periods, but I'm over Leadership Academy for the Kaysville, UT branch, and we decided that under the Leadership Lens it was less important to have someone from the history period than it is to have someone that is a great example of the principle.  Still, it's nice to have it organized this way.

As you'll see, the Middle Ages are pretty sparse!  Help?  :)  When I was creating this, it was because I was studying all these great people and didn't want to forget about them as Vanguard possibilities.  Apparently I need to study about more people in the Middle Ages.


ANCIENT HISTORY (to the 5TH Century)

Citizenship –
  Esther, David, Moroni (Apr. 2010)
  Augustine of Hippo (Apr. 2012)

God –
 Socrates (Oct. 2011)

Jesus Christ (leadership, meaningful life, happiness...everything :)?)
Apostles

Liberty –
  Buddha (Feb. 2012)

Leadership –
 Confucius (Jan. 2012)

Meaningful Life/Happiness –
  Job (also work/property)
  Mormon (Sept. 2011)

Society –
  Shiprah and Puah (midwives in the Bible, in "Women of the OT" book)
  Daughters of Zelophehad (in Bible, in "Women of the OT" book), also liberty
  Sons of Mosiah (security vs. freedom for others)
  Jesus (Mar. 2012), also leadership

Work/Property -
 Alexander (Nov. 2011)
 



MIDDLE AGES (5TH to the 15TH Centuries)

Citizenship –Mormon (also leadership), Sir Thomas More


God –Sir Thomas More
 Joan of Arc (also citizenship, liberty)

Martin Luther


Liberty –Christopher Columbus: (exploration)


Leadership –Pope Gregory I (or Gregory the Great) (like all people, he had his imperfections, yet his goal in leadership was not selfish, which captures the spirit of this month); Sir Thomas More
 

Meaningful Life/Happiness –Moroni (of the end of the Book of Mormon)

Da Vinci


Society –Sir Thomas More

Muhammad (also Meaningful Life/Happiness)


Work/Property -Tyndale and the translation of the Bible



EARLY MODERN TIMES (about 1500-1850)
(Sir Thomas More was in the 1500's so could work here or the previous unit)...see Ensign Feb 2013, with focus on integrity. Citizenship – 
  Ben Franklin (also liberty, life/happiness)


God –


Liberty –
  Regulas the Roman

Leadership –
 Horatio Nelson (also citizenship)
  Napoleon Bonaparte

Meaningful Life/Happiness –
 Nathanial Bowditch (Sept. 2010)

Society –
 George Washington (also leadership)

Work/Property -
 Antonio Stratavari (Keith Henderson makes violins)
  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  Handel (Nov. 2010), also God

 Sir Isaac Newton


MODERN AGE (about 1850 to the present)

Citizenship –
  Winston Churchill (liberty, leadership, work)
  Baden-Powell (leadership)
  Harriet Tubman (Apr. 2011) 

  Chiune Sugihara

God –
  Corrie Ten Boom
  Joseph Smith (Jan. 2010)
  Mother Theresa (Jan. 2011)

Chiune Sugihara
 
Liberty –
  Abraham Lincoln (leadership, life/happiness - Sept. 2009)
  Booker T. Washington (work, security vs. freedom)
  Olaudah Equiano (Oct. 2010)


Leadership –
  John Wooden
  Sir Ernest Shackleton
  Gandhi (Feb. 2011), also God, liberty, citizenship

Meaningful Life/Happiness –
  Sterling Sill
  Hellen Keller and Anne Sullivan (Sept. 2010)
  Gladys Aylward

Society –
  Hannah Szenes (Mar. 2011)
  Irena Sendler

Dr. Livingstone

Work/Property -
  Madame Curie
  John Audobon
  Jacques Cousteau
  John Muir

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