November Apprentice Class

November Apprentice Class

Study/Learn

1 - Read: “21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader” Chapter 16: Responsibility

2 - Read: “The Young Traveler's Gift” Chapter 3: The Buck Stops Here

3 – Read: 2 Nephi 2:27

4 - Do a Hero Study.  Instructions found in the tool box.


5 - Read the article "On the Responsible Self".  Print out the article and practice marking it like you learned how to mark a book last month. (Because this is an article you will want to mark quotes you like and try to find principles.)

6 - As mentors, we want you to feel comfortable sharing your inspirements and the things you are learning with the class.  Read through this information about how to give a presentation.  Use the things you learn and prepare a 2 minute presentation on the hero you studied this week.  We will all be sharing our hero presentations in class.

7 - Read: “Little Britches” by Ralph Moody Chapters 1-7.

Know/Understand

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TO DO:

- After reading the article "On the Responsible Self", choose one of the following questions and journal on it for 20 minutes.  How can you use what you learned to take better responsibility in your own life?

          1. How has an attitude of blame affected society at large? 

              How can it affect our interpersonal relationships?

          2. How are the concepts of individual freedom and personal responsibility 

              related to the Atonement?

          3. How does obeying the commandments help preserve our freedom?

- Reread Gilbert Arland's advice on page 115 in “21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader”.  Answer the questions in the paragraph after the quote on p. 116 and evaluate yourself on how responsible you are.  Journal about what you discover in yourself and set a goal to become better.

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.”

November Journeyman Class

November Journeyman Class

“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 – Read: “Promises of the Constitution.”  p. 173-199.  Write one or more sentences at the end of each mini chapter that summarizes the main point.

2 – Read the article "The Law of the Harvest" by Pres. Howard W Hunter found here.

3 - Do a word study on "balance" as it applies to "an equal distribution or weight or importance" or "equality on all sides"

Know/Understand

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

- In "Promises of the Constitution" 9.1 the author describes six claims to the right of self-government (which are found in the Preamble to the Constitution).  Of those six, which is the most important to you personally, and why?  Find a creative way to teach the class about that claim and why it's so important to you and what you can do to defend it.  Bring it to class to share.

- We read this month in "Promises of the Constitution" about the importance of having balance in government.  Create an acrostic (find out how, here) for the word balance.  Use what you learned from your word study to help you.  Bring it to class to share.

- In "Promises of the Constitution" 9.10 we learn about our government borrowing money.  "It is our constitutional birthright to enjoy a sound economy and a stable money system.  Our personal actions can help.  Each of us can discipline ourselves, eliminate personal debt, and demand legislative accountability.  We can petition God's help to reduce our indebtedness.  We need not do this alone." The author describes being in debt as being "in bondage" or "in chains".  Find 5 quotes from General Authorities and 5 scriptures that talk to us about being in debt.  Is debt a good thing or a bad thing?  Do you agree that debt is "bondage"?  Journal your answer for 10 minutes.  Bring your quotes, scriptures and opinion to class to share.

- Answer the following questions from "Promises of the Constitution":

          --In the original Constitution which was the only branch of government 

             authorized to create laws?  Is that the way it is today? 

          --In what year were several amendments added to the Constitution 

             that changed the structure of power and money in our national government? 

          --Explain the before and after of the 17th Amendment.  

             What negative side effects has it caused? 

          --Explain the before and after of the 16th Amendment. 

          --Before 1913 Congress coined and regulated money. To whom did 

             they give that power? What things happened because of that change? 

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

Think over your own life.  How can you see the "law of the harvest" at work in your life?  Choose one area in your life that you want to improve and set some goals that will bring the end result you would like and then go to work and watch the "law of the harvest" work for you.

November Master Class

November Master Class

Study/Learn

1 - Read: “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens.  You can find it free here.   It's in the public domain, so I'm sure it's other places, too.  Mark passages that you like and would like to remember.

Know/Understand

DO THE FOLLOWING:

As you are reading, make note of every time Ebeneezer Scrooge makes an excuse for himself or tries to justify his behavior.   Who does he blame?  Does he take personal responsibility for himself?

Become/Serve 

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

Which character in "A Christmas Carol" are you most like?  Is that good or bad?  Evaluate yourself and choose something you would like to improve upon in yourself and work on it this week.