February History

February 2018 Apprentice

"Let Your Light so Shine"
Early America and the Revolution

Study/Learn

1 - Read in "The Story of the World: Vol. 3" Ch. 22 and 23
2- Write down 3 of your favorite things that you learned from each chapter.

3- Remember the 13 original colonies?  Memorize them again!  

4- Memorize the Preamble!  Remember we did this in American Leadership week, but I didn't come!  Keep working on it!

5- OPTIONAL:  Start Memorizing this poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  It's a fantastic poem that you could be proud of memorizing!

We will not actually be going over this stuff in class because we will be going to the printing press with the Vanguard students.  Unfortunately, the fee will not be covered for Vanguard Jr. because I have need of those funds for other activities this year.  It is $5/person.  The good news is, there will not be any other Vanguard Jr. Fees!

Become/Serve

-The theme for Vanguard this year is light. We will be going on a field trip to the Historic Crandall Printing Museum.  In that museum you will see examples of three different printing presses.  Each of these presses brought forth more light in the world. Gutenberg, by putting books and especially the scriptures into the hands of the people. The press that the Declaration of Independence was printed on, by bringing more light to the world with the beginning of the United States and the first republic.  And then the press the Book of Mormon was printed on, bringing the light of the restored gospel back to earth.  These are only three examples of an invention that has brought forth more light to the world.  What are some other things that have brought more light into the world. Journal for 10 minutes.

January Imaginative arts

                                                        Imaginative Arts


1.  Learn 3 things about Mozart, write them down in your book.

2.  Practice playing Mary Had a Little Lamb, and any other songs from  this instructional video on your recorders.

3. Listen to Mozart!  I love Mozart, tell me what you think!

4.  Wear clothes that you can paint in.  We will be doing a really cool art project!

                                                  

January American Leadership

American Leadership

1. Learn 3 things about John Adams and write them down.

2.  Learn 3 things about Molly Pitcher and write them down.

3.  Write out the preamble of the Constitution in your book.  Start memorizing it!  Whoever has the most memorized will get a treat in class!

Become/Serve

The Constitution—A Glorious Standard, April, 1976

Ezra Taft Benson, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

you can watch or read:

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1976/04/the-constitution-a-glorious-standard?lang=eng

Sorry it's up so late!

January Eureka

                                                                         Eureka

1. Pull out the ancient calculating device.  Bring your abacus to class, please!

Beginner Abacus Students: 


Continue practicing by filling out any worksheet from this PDF File.  Just do the level that you are at.   Also, we will go over this in class, and answer any questions.  Remember, this will get really useful with bigger numbers!

To learn the next step in adding, watch this video with your abacus in hand, and work the problems with her.

2.  Here are some neat inventions that were created a long time ago.  We still use both of them today!  Which one do you think is the most useful?  You can go learn more about them if you want to know some awesome stuff!

HOT AIR BALLOON Joseph (1740-1810) and Jacques Etienne (1745-1799) Montgolfier were two French brothers from Vidalon-les-Annonay, near Lyons, who made the first successful hot-air balloon. Their first balloon was launched in December, 1782, and ascended to an altitude of 985 ft (300 m). This type of hot-air balloon was called the Montgolfiére; it was made of paper and used air heated by burning wool and moist straw. The first passengers in a hot-air balloon were a rooster, a sheep, and a duck, whom the Montgolfier brothers sent up to an altitude of 1,640 ft (500 m) on September 19, 1783 (the trip lasted for 8 minutes); the animals survived the landing. This event was observed by King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France.

PARACHUTE A parachute is a device for slowing down one's descent while falling to the ground. Parachutes are used to skydive from airplanes, to jump from very high places, and to help slow down the descent of spacecraft. Parachutes are also used to slow down some race cars. The early parachutes were made from canvas (a strong cotton cloth). Light-weight (but very strong) silk cloth was then introduced for parachutes. Modern-day parachutes use nylon fabric. The idea of using a parachute to fall gently to the ground was written about by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). The first parachute was demonstrated by Louis-Sébastien Lenormand in 1783 of France - he jumped from a very tall tree carrying two parasols (umbrellas). A few years later, some adventurous people jumped from hot-air balloons using primitive parachutes. The first person to jump from a flying airplane (and survive the fall) was Captain Albert Berry, who jumped from a U.S. Army plane in 1912. Parachutes were first used in war towards the end of World War 1.

3.  Learn 5 things about ONE of these people and come prepared to share what you learned.

Sir Isaac Newton 1643-1727

James Gregory (1638-1675)

Christian Huygens (1629-1695)

Blaise Pascal 1623-1662

Know/Understand

Do 1 of the following, or both if you want.

1. Create an invention

Just use materials you have around your house for your invention.

If you need ideas, go to https://jam.com/auth Sign in with this info: 

nick name: koolky 

password: Happy12345  -- 

caps and lowercase matters!

You can use any of these inventions, or maybe they'll spur a new idea. 

Bring your invention to class to show off!

OR

2. Solve this Krypto:  Here are 5 numbers:

2, 4, 6, 7, 9

Your Target number is....67

Bring in your answer in correct mathematic equation form.

Rules: Using each of the 5 numbers ONLY ONCE, you may use any combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to manipulate the 5 numbers in any order to reach the target number.

Example: if you had the 5 numbers: "8,4,1,6,3", you could reach the target number of 11 by doing: 3 x 4 + 1 - (8 - 6) 

There is always a way, usually more than 1, to reach the target number.

Use your commonplace book to record your trial and error. Record your equation and bring it to class!