Nov. 2019 Leadership

APPRENTICE:

The Success Principles for Teens:
Read chapters 6-8

Ch. 6: Using the chart on p. 67, rewrite at least two of your goals to be more empowering,
as defined in section 6.1.  

Ch. 7: Look at your goals and write down any negative thoughts you have as you think
about achieving them. Rewrite each of those statements as positive affirmations that you
can say to yourself to help you stay positive as you work to accomplish your goals.  

Ch. 8: Update your vision board (or make one if you haven’t got one yet) to reflect your
current goals. Spend a few minutes each day visualizing yourself achieving the goals,
putting as much detail as you can into your visual movie. Bring a picture of your vision
board to show us.

Read the following:

• Abraham 1:1-16
• Moses 1:1-28

Choose one of the following and bring it to class to share:

- Artistically Prepare a quote to share by Dale Carnegie
- Prepare a FHE lesson from one of the recent General Conference talks or President
Nelsons Gathering of Israel talk regarding beginning with the end in mind. Choose
opening hymn and closing hymn as well.

- Come prepared to share a vision board experience. Share with us what you choose.
Why you choose it. What did you think to say to yourself when you saw it.
What occurred in order for your vision to become a reality? Share the experience
of receiving what you envisioned.

Accountability: We will ask to see the written work and a picture of your vision board.

JOURNEYMAN

Read The Tuttle Twins: Creature from Jekyll Island  

Watch this Video called What Is Inflation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGPBTEugNnI

Answer the following questions:

1. Why do we use money? 

2. How does inflation harm people who depend on their savings, such as retired senior citizens?
3. Could you obtain everything you needed strictly by bartering with others? Could you do it for
a single week? 

4. Why does the government mandate that everybody use its fiat currency? 

5. Would fiat currency be used if it was subject to competition by other currencies that people
voluntarily chose to instead use in their exchanges? 

6. What would the world be like if things cost the same today that they did for your grandparents? 

7. How can each of us fight the creature to protect our hard-earned savings?

Read the Tuttle Twins: Food Truck Fiasco

Do the following activity:

Mayor for a Day

Imagine that you were elected Mayor of the city or town in which you live. Let’s even

pretend that the city council was willing to vote for whatever law you proposed! Think of

five laws that you would pass, and explain to a sibling or parent why you think they’re a

good idea.

Maybe they have to do with garbage collection, or fireworks, or swimming pools, or

lemonade stands, or speed limits. Perhaps you want to change the law about owning

chickens or the minimum wage.

But be careful! You should have a very good reason why you think your idea should be

a law. Will it hurt anybody? Is it a fair law? Write down your answers to these questions.

Come prepared to discuss the following questions:

1. Why does competition need to be fair?

2. What are other historical or modern examples of

protectionist laws that favor one industry or business

over another?

3. Why are people tempted to get the government

to pass laws that help their business?

4. What can we do to help make sure that the

law treats all business fairly?

5. What types of stories do reporters like to highlight?

6. Should the police officers have enforced the

unfair law that required the food trucks to leave?

7. Is it okay to violate an unfair law?

8. What types of businesses can teenagers

or your adults start with only a small

amount of capital?

MASTERS

Study/Learn



1 - Read: “Stargirl” by Jerry Spinelli.  Mark passages that you like and would like to remember.

2 - Research the author, Jerry Spinelli.  (See “tools” on the blog).  How has your interpretation of the book changed by knowing about the author?  Did it change your understanding at all?  Be prepared to share what you learned with the class.

Know/Understand

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

• In “Stargirl” we have many characters who begin with the end in mind and live true to themselves and many characters who do not.  Pick a character that is living begin with the end in mind and one who is not and compare and contrast them.  Think about the following questions:  Is this person happy?  Would they be more or less happy if they we/weren't being/not being true to themselves?  How would their life have been different if they did/didn't live that way? Etc.  Journal about the differences in personality and what you have learned from analyzing these characters.  

• Who do you think is the happiest person in this novel?  Why?  Journal for 20 minutes on what makes that person happy and how you can find more happiness in your own life by emulating some of that person's characteristics.  

We will be reading novels for Master class for the rest of the year.  They are all lengthy (but worth it!) and you won't want to wait until the last minute to read them.  Here is a list of what we'll be reading so you can use your Christmas break to get ahead.  Mark your book well and you will remember what you read, even if it's months in advance.

• January 2020 - "Laddie" by Gene Stratton Porter (401 pages)
• February 2020 - "Gifted Hands" by Ben Carson (224 pages)
• March 2020 - "Christy" by Catherine Marshall (512 pages)
• April 2020 - "The Lonesome Gods" by Louis L'Amour (576 pages)

OCTOBER 10, 2019

LEADERSHIP

APPRENTICE

Assignment:

Success Principles--Read Ch. 1-5, Do exercises 3.7, 3.8, 4.5, 4.6

JOURNEYMAN

Tuttle Twins--Read The Law and The Miraculous Pencil (2 books)

 Go here: https://libertasutah.org/books/the_law.pdf (The actual version of The Law)

Choose 3 headings and summarize those sections in your own words

Choose anything in your world (a man-made object) and draw its family tree such
as those shown on pages 17-19 of The Miraculous Pencil. You can use words instead
of pictures, or if you'd like to have fun with it, find some pictures.  

MASTERS

Take a sheet of paper and divide it into 4 squares. Write the words Spiritual, Social, Physical and Intellectual, one in each box, like on the center page of the new Children and Youth books handed out last Sunday. While listening to Conference this weekend, listen for some ideas or promptings that you hear that might help you in setting your goals in each of those areas and write them in the boxes, or, so you don't miss what else they are saying, you could write down the name of the speaker and go back later and fill in the quotes. We will discuss your thoughts in class.

April 2019 Leadership

Apprentice

Your assignment for Apprentice this week is to go back through all of your Leadership Class notes and review the things we have done this year. Write down at least 5 gold nuggets that you got from the class. (Gold nuggets: aha moments, lessons learned, etc.) Bring the list to class. [If this feels similar to an assignment for last month, it is. Sister Barber couldn't be there and she wants to hear them. :) ] Come  prepared to participate and have fun!
 

Journeyman

Read p. 259 to the end of the book. It's only about 35 pages worth of reading. Then, using your book mark if you still have it, or the table of contents that lists the 28 principles, read them over and see if you can summarize what each one means. If you can't remember, go to that chapter and review the principle so that you could tell someone about it in a couple of sentences. 









Masters

Read: 



Become familiar with the 21 speaking techniques taught in the book. We will practice using them in class. 

March 2019 Leadership

***Important!  The book for April's Leadership class is Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln. You  might want to order it soon to make sure you have it on time. 

https://www.amazon.com/Speak-Like-Churchill-Stand-Lincoln-ebook/dp/B002ZFGJJY

Apprentice:

Read 3 General Conference talks that you feel deal with leadership principles we have discussed this year and write down the highlights in your Commonplace book.  Come prepared to share.  This assignment is in preparation for the class activity.

Journeyman:

Read pp. 218-257.  There are 6 principles (chapters) in these pages. On a piece of paper, write down each of the principles and a short summary (can be 3-5 sentences, if you can say that succinctly) of what they are, showing that you understand them.  You do not need to prepare a presentation this week.  We'll be using your summaries in class.

Masters:

Write a one page summary telling us what skills you have learned in Leadership that you are putting into practice.  If you aren't putting any of them into practice, write about some of the skills we have talked about and what you think you could do to start implementing some of them.

February 2019 Leadership

***Important Note: Your homework will be your admittance ticket to each class. We would love to have everyone attend all the classes, so please come prepared and ready to contribute to the discussions.***  ♥♥♥

Apprentice

1.  Watch this video and choose 5 of the 10 Lessons the Admiral talks about and write down how you could see yourself benefiting from applying them in your life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70


















Transcript: https://news.utexas.edu/2014/05/16/mcraven-urges-graduates-to-find-courage-to-change-the-world/


2.  Read the article 100: Don't Just Endure, Make a List and Thrive.  We will discuss it in class.

https://magazine.byu.edu/article/100-list/

3.  Watch How to Make a Vision Board
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kglfoVdJXg4

4.  We will be making vision boards in class.  We'll supply the poster board.  Please take some time to think about what you would like your future to look like and bring some pictures that you could use to illustrate that on your board.  (Magazines, printed off the internet, or drawn by you.)  Bring markers to be able to decorate it with.


Journeyman

Read pages 163-215 in The 5000 Year Leap, and  prepare a short 3-5 minute presentation teaching us something that you learned and/or found interesting from the reading.

 



Masters

Please read "The Fourth Missionary" by Lawrence Corbridge. Take some time to think about your life right now and the way that you respond to the different responsibilities you have (family member, student, employee, etc.).  Write a paragraph explaining what you can do now to become a fourth missionary type of person.  

https://annathemissionary.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/lawrence-corbridge-the-fourth-missionary.pdf

    

January 2019 Leadership

January 2019 Leadership

January 3, 2019

 

Apprentice 

1. Watch Fiddler on the Roof.  Pick a theme brought out in the film and come prepared to discuss what you think the film was trying to say about it and whether or not you agree with the film's take on it.

2.  Read or listen to the following talk and take notes. Be prepared to discuss the differences between The United Order and Socialism.

Socialism and the United Order by Marion G. Romney

Audio: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/marion-g-romney_socialism-united-order/

PDF: https://www.utahsrepublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Socialism-is-not-the-United-Order-by-Marion-G-Romney.pdf

Journeyman

Read pages 115-161 in The 5000 Year Leap and prepare a short 3-5 minute presentation teaching us something that you learned and/or found interesting from the reading.

Masters Class

If you make it to Journeyman this month, you are automatically invited to come to Masters Class. We are preparing some activities, so just be prepared to take part. [Merry Christmas!] :)

November 15, 2018

Hello Everyone! 
  We are super excited about this month's Leadership Class!  We will be discussing things that can be life changing, if you let them.  Please make the time to do the assignments so you can join us in this journey.  ♥♥♥

Apprentice

Study/Learn

1. Read The Miracle Morning OR The Miracle Morning for College Students by Hal Elrod


                  OR            


2.  Watch Be of Good Cheer by Hank Smith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnfLss8WBGY

Know/Understand:

Define the following terms as used in the The Miracle Morning:

1. Silence

2. Affirmation

3. Visualization

4. Exercise

5. Reading

6. Scribing

Look for at least three examples from the scriptures where someone used positive language to turn their thoughts from negative to positive.  Look for times where either negative thoughts or negative people could have caused discouragement, but the person was able to maintain their attitude by staying positive.

One example is in 2 Nephi 4, where Nephi was feeling weighed down because of his brothers, but he pulls himself back up by declaring:  "Awake my soul! No longer droop in sin!" and "I know in whom I have trusted."  

See if you can find more similar examples.

Do the following while watching Be of Good Cheer:

Define:

1. Center of the Universe Syndrome

2. Accentuate the Positive

Fill in the blanks:

The one thing that will take away from cheerfulness is ____________________.

Research shows that only ____ percent of your happiness has anything to do with your circumstances.

"No misfortune is so bad that _________  _____ __ won't make it worse."

The Lord deplores ___________________. 

We should speak of one another's _____________ more than we speak of one another's _________.

Don't allow your _________to be _______________by _______ _______.

The future is as bright as your ____________.

What does Hank Smith say is the primary difference between Nephi and Laman? 

Become/Serve

Journal about your thoughts and impressions as you read/watched the book and talk.

JOURNEYMAN

Read pages 58-113.

Know/Understand

Choose one principle or concept discussed in the reading and come to class prepared to teach it. Try to make your presentation as interesting as possible with a diagram, short video, etc. These presentations should only be about 5 minutes long. Do a good job, but don't stress yourself out over it.

Become/Serve

As you read, think about the ways that you see these principles being applied or ignored in our country today.  Write them in your Commonplace book.


MASTERS CLASS

Huzzah Hope of Israel!!

My faaaaaavorite book of 2017!!!!!

As a matter of fact, I still listen to it for comic relief! 😜

The Great Divorce by CS Lewis 

Here’s a link so you can listen to this great story. It is free on YouTube. It’s about 2 hours long. Part of why I listened to it so much is because I enjoy the presentation. I hope you come to enjoy it as much as I do!(Thank♥️You Sis Barber for finding the link!)

https://youtu.be/rzpyRL3gto8

Come prepared to discuss...

   What is the book about?

   What ways did the characters' thinking either bless or hinder their progress. What about their choices made it so?

   What is a tragedian?

 

   Which character did you like or relate to? Is there a character that was frustrating? Or sad to read about?  What would you suggest they do differently to change their circumstances?    

Who inspired you?

If you had the chance to ride the excursion bus, what would you do to get on it? 

What would you do when you arrived at the new land? Would you want to look around and explore like the narrator?

If you had the chance to stay in the new land what would you do to claim that opportunity?

Are there any scriptures stories that come to mind as you listen?

I’m looking forward to our discussion!

Your devoted,

Sis Maurer 🌺