Oct Journeyman

October Journeyman Class

"Never before have I fully appreciated the intellectual muscle and the quantum of solid character required to produce the first modern REPUBLIC. I have gained a warm affection for the Founders. I have learned to see them as men imbued with all of our common weaknesses called "human nature," and yet capable of becoming victorious at a task which would have decimated weaker men."

--- W. Cleon Skousen 

"The Five Thousand Year Leap" (Preface, iii)

Study/Learn


1. Read " The 7 Tipping Points that Saved the World" Chapter 2 

2.   Go to this link: www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/leonidas

Read the article. 

3.  Watch the first 20 minutes of this video:  https://youtu.be/0pkbKSvoGH4

4.  Write notecards for:

         Sparta

         Persian Empire

        Athens

        Herodotus

       Battle of Salamis*

        Battle of Thermopylae*

* Not in Dictionary of Cultural Literacy! Just write a short definition in your own words. :D 

5. Read "The Declaration of Independence" and answer these questions in your commonplace book
                     
                     Why was/is the Declaration of Independence so important?
                       By signing the Declaration, what were these men saying?
               Why do you think these men signed the Declaration of Independence? 

Know/Understand

Get your notecards ready. Glue the picture of the signer in, so that we can get started right away! :D (If you don't know what I mean by notecards, and pictures of the signer's, then just come with out it, and I will explain to you after class!)

 Choose one of the following signers of the Declaration of Independence to do a 3-5 minute oral report on:

FROM RHODE ISLAND -

- Elbridge Gerry Paige 

- Stephen Hopkins Sis Cloward

- William Ellery

FROM CONNECTICUT

- Roger Sherman

- Samuel Huntington  Jessica
- William Williams    Hannah

- Oliver Wolcott

FROM NEW JERSEY -

- Abraham Clark : Tara

(E-mail Mack at bethedingledody@gmail.com your choice so we don't double up.)

Become/Serve

In the 7 Tipping Points that Saved the World, Demaratus the traitor talks of the Spartan Army. He says,  "Sparta will NEVER accept your terms... Even if all of Greece were to lie down before your army, the spartans would stand and fight. It matters not how many or how few. If only a thousand should take to battle before your army of a million, they will stand and fight... They will stand and fight you there is but one Spartan warrior left. It is there law. It is there honor. It is the reason they were born. "


1. Read this talk by Sheri Dew, " You were born to lead, your were born for glory .


We are the VANGUARD! What does Vanguard mean? The Vanguard is the forefront of an army. If we are the Vanguard, we are the best warriors, the ones that are put in the front. The ones that bring fear to the wicked and the enemy because of how strong and powerful they are. The Spartans.  The Vanguard.

2.  Journal about what it means to be born for Glory. What does it mean to be "The Vanguard."
How can we be leaders of an army? And how can we be like Spartan warriors, and NEVER accept the adversary's terms. Always standing, and always fighting.

We are the VANGUARD!!! It is our law. Our honor. It is the reason WE were born.