Mt. Nebo Vanguard

Thursday, April 30, 2020

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

Thursday, April 9, 2020

"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)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8500830705

Meeting ID: 850 083 0705

Friday, March 27, 2020

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

Friday, February 28, 2020

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

Monday, February 10, 2020

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:

Why did Ji-li’s parents choose the name “Ji-li”? What does it mean?
Why did Ji-li wear a red scarf?
What are some of the reasons why Ji-li describes her life as “nearly perfect.”
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?
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?
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?
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.
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?
How does Ji-li Jiang explain why so many people went along with the Cultural Revolution?
What important lesson does Ji-li take away from her experience growing up during the Cultural Revolution?
What happens to Ji-li’s family after the Cultural Revolution?
Why does Ji-li decide to move to the United States?
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?