October Journeyman

“What is the answer to the dilemma that surrounds us?  The answer is to love our Founders, our country, our founding document, and the God that gave them to us.  We must teach that love to our children, pray for our leaders and plead for help.  The answer is to get involved.” - Pam Openshaw, author of “Promises of the Constitution”

Study/Learn

1 – Hero Study: Research and take notes on a person you admire from this time period (1850 to 1945). This could include someone from your family history, an inventor, musician, religious leader, author, government leader or someone else you admire and want to learn more about. Find information from a library book or other reputable source.  (Note: Wikipedia is not allowed. Copying and pasting is not allowed. This needs to be in your own words.) Here are some ideas of thing you could include in your notes: your hero’s life and experiences, how you think they filled the mission God sent them to live, how their hard work, education, talents, and even life challenges helped them become a better person and do something worthwhile, how you can see God's hand in his or her life, and what Christlike characteristics that person had that you admire. Be sure to take notes about your hero and hand in your notes. At the end of your notes, list the heroic qualities and principles you admire about your hero.

2 – Read: “Promises of the Constitution.”  p. 125-157.  Write one or more sentences at the end of each mini chapter that summarizes the main point.

3 – If you haven’t already, see if you can memorize the Preamble to the US Constitution. This “School House Rock” song makes it easy. The song left out one phrase.  Tell us what it is.



Know/Understand

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Watch these two videos (part 1 and part 2 are 15 minutes combined) that explain the Constitution. Take notes as you watch. Come prepared to share your notes with us.

                     Part 1
                     Part 2

• Do your own research to better understand the Constitution.  Write a paper to summarize what you learned.  Come prepared to read the paper to the class.  Or create a graphic summary, Power Point, poster or prezi of what you learned about the Constitution. 

• Search for and record ten different quotes or scriptures that you think relate to the Constitution. Find a creative way to display them and come ready to share them with the class. 

• Answer the following questions from Promises of the Constitution in your notebook and come prepared to share what you learned with the class. 

- What ways are people are supposed to be equal and ways they aren’t (p. 150-151).
- Draw a diagram of government’s horizontal powers and vertical powers (p. 148-149).
- Explain the what, why, and who of the Federalist Papers (p. 126-127).
- List the rights God has given us on (pages 142-143).


Become/Serve
(If you are doing more than 1 level of class this week, just choose ONE Become/serve for the whole week.)

• What heroic qualities did you most admire about the hero you studied? For 24 hours do your best to act out that quality. Record what you did. For example, if the heroic quality you admire is courage, write down ways you were courageous in your day, like “I had the courage to try a new dinner my mom made. I had courage to call and make an appointment for myself, to do my chores without being reminded, and to speak calmly to my sister when she was mad and I was tempted to yell. I was tempted to tell a lie but I had the courage to tell the truth.”