February Journeymen Class
YOU ARE FORMALLY INVITED TO THE VANGUARD PARODY PARTY!!!
PLEASE BRING A SONG TO SING, A SNACK TO SHARE, AND COME HAVE FUN!
OKAY!!! So, we have A LOT of work to do and knowledge to learn! But, I'll try to make it fun! :) In order to finish the book by the end of the year we have to double up on a couple chapters.
Study/Learn
1. Read chapter 4 of The 7 Miracles That Saved America (The Miracle of Our Constitution)
(So, in order to finish the entire book by the vanguard year, we have to double up on chapters sometimes, and this is one of those times.)
2. Watch these SHORT videos:
500 Miles Bill of Rights (Wasn't that like the BEST thing EVER?!? Sorry it's stuck in your head now! I gotta learn this song!)
CONSTITUTION despacito (I know the world JUST got Despacito OUT of our heads, but this teaches a lot! This guy is good!)
The Great Compromise Hotline Bling (It talks about this in the book so pay attention!)
3. Read chapter 5 of The 7 Miracles That Saved America (The miracle of Abraham Lincoln and the battle of Gettysburg)
4. Watch these SHORT videos about the civil war:
Dred Scott decision Just a Friend
North and South Sides Cheap Trills
South has Seceded Hooked on a Feeling!
WOW! I am so impressed with this guy. Mr. Betts. He has hundreds of videos all about American and World history. They are SO SO SO good, funny, and make it easy to understand! I sat here and watched tons! And then proceeded to sing them all. A LOT. Are they all stuck in your head too? My favorite is the bill of rights one!
('Cause I don't trust your constitution and I think it needs something more! Haha! I love it!)
Know/Understand
OK! The fun part! (As if those videos weren't SUPER fun already!) For Know and Understand YOU are going to make a parody! We are having a Vanguard Parody Party at Journeymen! You each need to write your own parody (a popular well known song that has different words to it. In this case teaches us history.)
I've constructed a "How to write a Parody" list for you:
1. Come up with a song.
2. Write different words to the song, but keep the same tune. (These can be about the constitution or civil war, or ANYTHING we've learned about this year. Or, if you'd rather not do a historical parody, then do one about what Vanguard means to you.)
3. Practice parody. (Wear a costume! Make it fun!)
4. Make or buy healthy or non-healthy snack to share for Mack's Journeymen class.
5. Put snack and costume in backpack. (Unless you wish to wear costume during apprentice- in which case come dressed in costume) And then make sure costume and snack are in backpack!
6. Practice parody one more time.
7. Bring backpack to Vanguard on Thursday.
8. Come to Mack's Journeymen class 'cause Journeymen is the best.
9. Come sing parody at our Vanguard Parody concert! Wow everyone with your mad skills! Come sing, eat snacks, and have a party.
If you ABSOLUTELY do NOT want to ever sing in front of us then you can either just say your parody as a poem or print out a few copies of your parody and we'll all sing with you. BUT, the more people singing the better- we won't laugh at you or think you're off tune, I promise. Parodies are meant to be funny NOT PERFECT. Don't stress!
Bring a costume and an instrument if you want to and can play one. If you can't play an instrument or don't want to play to go along with your parody then please don't feel like you must bring one. :) Make it fun!!!
If you have no ideas you can email me at bethedingledody@gmail.com and I can help. Or on Mr. Betts website he has TONS! Or someone like Weird Al. Just google Mr. Betts if you need ideas and thoughts on parodies.
Become/Serve
Journal about this in commonplace book:
Why are Abraham Lincoln and the Constitution MIRACLES that SAVED America?
