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Month #3 2020-2021 Overview

Theme: Security and Having Safe Boundaries

 Geography Study: Southeast Asia

Focus: Ancient India and China

Scripture:

"Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."

-Matthew 25:40

Memorization:

"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."      

- Abigail Van Buren

Movies to watch this month:

Mulan

Jungle Book

Kung Fu Panda

Kubo and the Two Strings

Oct. 15 Field Trip/Activity Day

On Thurs. Oct 15 we will be having our Field Trip/Activity Day.  Please plan to meet at the new park in Spanish Fork at 2PM.  (The park is at 1321 E Canyon Rd Spanish Fork)  Here is information about the new park for anyone interested.  

Let's meet at the tree circled in red below.  

We will play at the park for a while and then have our book discussion on "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise McGraw.  (This is your only homework that week, so make sure you finish it.)  Come prepared to discuss principles you found and use the 5 Types of Questions from the VG Tool Box.  Also think about these questions to prepare for the discussion:

• If you were Ranofer, would you have tried to catch Gebu in crime before he did? Why or why not?
• Do you think Gebu was a nasty person before he found out he had to take care of Ranofer or after? What makes you think that?
• Discuss Ranofer's honesty.  Even though he's not the one stealing the gold how does he take measures to not be involved in it anymore, in any way?  How is his life affected by his decision?  Even after his life drastically changes, does he still think he did the right thing?
• Discuss the relationship between Ranofer and Heqet.  What does Heqet want? What does Ranofer want?  How are they still able to be friends?
• Courage isn't feeling fear, but doing what be done in spite of the fear.  How does Ranofer show courage in this book?  What motivates him to have this courage?
• Describe Ranofer's character.  How does he get such character?  How does he hold on to his good moral character ever while living with his brother who doesn't have a great character?  
• What is important to Ranofer?  What does he want?  What could he have asked the queen for when she offered to reward him?  What did he ask for?  What does this tell us about Ranofer's character.
• What principles did you see lived in this book?  What principles were not lived?  How did it affect the characters?
• Where else do we see the evidence of these principles in our lives or other works of literature?

We'll return to the Martin's home around 4:30PM where we will work on fire starting until dinner at 6:30PM.  Then we will be carving and star gazing until 1AM.  

This is a Vanguard activity until dinner time and then younger siblings and other family members are invited to join us for dinner and for the rest of the evening.  Dinner will be hot dogs roasted over the fires the youth start and pot luck side dishes.

Please bring the following that day:

• pocket knife for carving
• pot luck side dish to go with hot dogs (1 per family)
• jacket (once the sun goes down, it will get cold)
• bug spray
• sun screen
• water bottle
• blanket to lay on to look at the stars
• anything you have to start a fire with (i.e. flint & steel, magnifying glass, magnesium fire starter, etc.  NO lighters, matches or lighter fluid please.)

***If it's cloudy that night and we can't see the stars, we'll end quite a bit earlier.

Month #2 2020-2021 Overview

Theme: Patience

Geography Study: Egypt

Focus: Ancient Egypt

Scripture:

"...We glory in tribulations...knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 

and patience, experience; and experience, hope."

- Romans 5:3-4

Memorization:

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

- Helen Keller

Movies to watch this month:

Prince of Egypt

Joseph: King of Dreams

Month #1 2020-2021 Overview

Theme: Honor

Geography Study: the Middle East

Focus: The Very Beginning

Scripture:

"Therefore, what manner of men ought ye to be?  

Verily I say unto you, even as I am." 

- 3 Nephi 27:27

Memorization:

"Reputation is what men and women think of us. 

Character is what God and the angels know of us." 

- Thomas Paine

Movies to watch this month:

Land Before Time

Disney's Dinosaur

Ice Age

The Croods

Vision Day 2020!

 

Vision Day is a great opportunity for us to gather as a Vanguard group, welcome the new youth and discover our vision for the year as a group and as individuals.

Vision Day will be held this year on Thurs & Fri August 27-28.  (Scroll down for the schedule)

This year's theme is:

“Therefore, what manner of men ought ye to be?  Verily I say unto you, even as I am.” --- 3 Nephi 27:27

“Worthy character will strengthen your capacity to respond obediently to the direction of the Spirit as you make vital decisions. Righteous character is what you are becoming. It is more important than what you own, what you have learned, or what goals you have accomplished. It allows you to be trusted. Righteous character provides the foundation of spiritual strength. It enables you in times of trial and testing to make difficult, extremely important decisions correctly even when they seem overpowering.”

-- Richard G. Scott (Oct 2007)

Please save the date and plan to join us all day, both days.  

Please do the following to prepare for Vision Day.  These assignments are due first thing Thurs. Aug. 27th.

DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Bring your own commonplace book (CPB).  We suggest a 1-1.5 inch 3 ring binder with 5 dividers (one for each class) and lined paper.  
2. Watch this video on How to Mark a Book.  This is the way we like you to mark your books to come prepared for book discussions.  If you've watched this before, it's ok... do it anyway... it's great to have a refresher. ;)
3. Read the book, 12 Pillars by Jim Rohn & Chris Widener.  Please mark the passages you like and take notes on the 12 Pillars for a book discussion.  Ask yourself the 5 Types of Questions as you read.  
4. There are many unexplained phenomenons in the history of the world.  We are sometimes given the impression that the people of the ancient civilizations were primitive cave men or barbarians who were only smart enough to kill food to survive.  But the people of the ancient world were very smart people who did amazing things.  Such amazing things that even with our modern genius and sophisticated technology, we still can't explain how they did what they did.  Here is a list of history's mysteries.  Choose one to research and come prepared with a 2-3 minute presentation to share with the class. (You can present a speech, a skit, write a song or poem, use Prezi or another online slide show, do a simulation, etc.  Use your imagination and do not bore us.)  Sign up on this google doc so we don't overlap.  

• Easter Island, Chili
• Gobekli Tepe
• Lost City of Atlantis
• The Antikythera Mechanism
• The Lost City of Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan
• El Mirador, Guatemala
• Underground Churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia
• Teotihuacan, Mexico (The Pyramid of the Sun)
• Leshan Giant Buddha, China
• Chand Baori, India
• Tiwanacu and Puma Punku
  
• Nazca lines 
• Sacsayhuaman
• Stonehenge
• Costa Rica Stone Spheres
• Trilithon at Baalbeck
• Great Pyramid of Giza
• Enormous Conehead of Paracas, Peru
• Lost Labyrinth of Ancient Egypt
• The Unknown Burial Place of Alexander the Great
• The Plain of Megalithic Jars

Here's a look at the schedule for Vision Days.  

Thurs. Aug. 27 - 

• Meet at the Martin's at 8:45AM
• Take Yearbook photos
• Games
• Skit Preparation
• Presentations
• Lens Overviews
• LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED
  
• After lunch we will be canoeing at Salem Pond.  Bring everything you will need to get wet and be outside all afternoon.

• Please bring appropriate clothing/changes of clothing to get you through the day’s activities.  Don’t forget:

  • Sunscreen

  • Water bottle 

• 6:00PM - Family Dinner & Skits

Fri. Aug 28 - 

• Meet at the Jessee's at 8:45AM

• We'll be working our way through the character traits we'll be learning about this year as we learn how ancients did things like forge metal, haul water, make ropes, make pottery and grow and gather food.
• LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED
• After lunch we'll be going to the Maurer's for a service project and light dinner.  
• Please be prepared to be outside ALL DAY.  
• water bottle
• sunscreen
• hat (if needed)

• For Service at Roxanna’s, please bring:

  • Protective eye wear

  • Shovels

  • Work gloves

  • Rakes

  • Weed wacker

  • Wheelbarrows 

  • Plan to get wet at the end of the project. Please bring a towel.

We look forward to meeting with you and learning with you and are excited for a great Vanguard year!

2020-2021 YEARLY THEME

“Therefore, what manner of men ought ye to be?  

Verily I say unto you, even as I am.” 

--- 3 Nephi 27:27

“Worthy character will strengthen your capacity to respond obediently to the direction of the Spirit as you make vital decisions. Righteous character is what you are becoming. It is more important than what you own, what you have learned, or what goals you have accomplished. It allows you to be trusted. Righteous character provides the foundation of spiritual strength. It enables you in times of trial and testing to make difficult, extremely important decisions correctly even when they seem overpowering.”

-- Richard G. Scott (Oct 2007)

End of Year Presentations! Yay!

It's my favorite time of year!!!  End of year presentations!!!

This has been a year like no other and none of us will ever forget it.  I'm kind of feeling a bit like this little guy.  How about you?

But we have so much to celebrate!  I can't wait to hear about how you've grown and changed over the last 8 months, not only in Vanguard, but in every part of your life.

Here are our standard instructions and ideas for end of year presentations.

Here are a few changes this year:

• You will be doing a video presentation.
• Please upload it to the YouTube channel before Weds. at 3PM
• Please keep your video presentation between 5-7 minutes.
• We will all watch the videos before class time and will spend our class time (Thurs. at 9:30am) doing something really fun from your presentations.  (This is why we need the presentations uploaded early.  We need time to prepare the really fun thing.)
• If you've had a great idea for a presentation all year and it's not something that can be done in a video, please let Sis. Fontano know ASAP so that we can arrange zoom meeting time for you to present.  (But please, if at all possible, make  a video.  You have lots of options and have seen many great video presentations throughout the year for ideas.)
• Log into the Zoom meeting with these credentials:
• Topic: End of Year Presentations
• Time: May 7, 2020 09:30 AM 
• Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8500830705
• Meeting ID: 850 083 0705

"The Chosen" book discussion

Jen Cloward is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: "The Chosen" Book disussion
Time: Apr 9, 2020 09:30 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 850 083 0705

April 2020 Overview

Theme:

 Geography Study: North America

Focus:

Scripture:

“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.”

Ecclesiastes 4:9

Memorization:

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

- Aristotle 

Movies to watch this month:

Julie & Julia

March 2020 Overview

Theme:

Geography Study: Africa

Focus:

Scripture:

“... incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding”

Proverbs 2:2

Memorization:

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered, the point is to discover them.”

- Galileo 

Movies to watch this month:

Hotel Rwanda

Invictus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020 FIELD TRIP

For our Feb. 27, 2020 Field Trip day, please read "The Red Scarf Girl" by Ji-Li Jiang about the Cultural Revolution in China.

Consider the following as you read and ask yourself the 5 Types of Questions:

1. Why did Ji-li’s parents choose the name “Ji-li”? What does it mean?
2. Why did Ji-li wear a red scarf?
   
3. What are some of the reasons why Ji-li describes her life as “nearly perfect.”
4. What were the “Four Olds”? Why did Chairman Mao want the Four Olds to be destroyed? What examples does Ji-li give of destroying the Four Olds?
5. Humiliation is a theme in this memoir. Find an example of a moment when someone was being humiliated. Who was being humiliated? By whom? For what reason?  Has this tactic been used by anyone else in history to get their way?
6. What is a da-zi-bao? What conflict did Ji-li confront when she was asked to write a da-zi-bao? What did she do?
7. On page 126, Ji-li shares, “In the three months since the Cultural Revolution had started, changes had been so constant that I often felt lost.” What are some changes that Ji-li has experienced since the start of the Cultural Revolution.
8. Describe the policy of confession promoted by the Red Guards and those in charge of the Cultural Revolution. Who is asked to confess? About what crimes are they confessing? What is done to encourage people to confess? Has this tactic been used by anyone else in history to get their way?
9. How does Ji-li Jiang explain why so many people went along with the Cultural Revolution?
10. What important lesson does Ji-li take away from her experience growing up during the Cultural Revolution?
11. What happens to Ji-li’s family after the Cultural Revolution?
12. Why does Ji-li decide to move to the United States?
13. In the final line of the epilogue, Ji-li writes, “I hope this book will be part of that mission.” What is the mission she refers to in this quotation?

February 2020 Overview

Theme:

Geography Study: Australia

Focus:

Scripture:

“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”

Matthew 7:12

Memorization:

“We have committed the Golden Rule to memory - let us now commit it to life.”

- Edwin Markham

Movies to watch this month:

The Iron Lady (Margaret Thatcher)

Mother Teresa: In the Name of God’s Poor