Spell, Write, Read http://www.bhibooks.net/swr.html
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Overton Window by Glen Beck
Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
June 22, 2012
June 4, 2012
Dynamic Discussion Questions
As book group members, we are going to start writing questions as we read. The Socratic method of asking thought provoking questions helps us to dig deeper and find more meaning in our studying. Please create a list of questions that you are willing to ask our group at our meetings. The following is a list of ideas to help us with this process:
1. Knowledge - What is going on?
2. Understanding - Why did this happen?
3. Principles - look at outcomes. What behaviors lead to the consequences?
4. Application - How did the characters live or break these principles?
5. Interdisciplinary - Compare two characters from different sources? example: compare Mr. Bennett (from Pride and Prejudice) with Mr. Stratton (from Laddie).
Keep in mind that the main purpose of continuing our education is to seek out WISDOM and VIRTUE through reading the classics.
1. Knowledge - What is going on?
2. Understanding - Why did this happen?
3. Principles - look at outcomes. What behaviors lead to the consequences?
4. Application - How did the characters live or break these principles?
5. Interdisciplinary - Compare two characters from different sources? example: compare Mr. Bennett (from Pride and Prejudice) with Mr. Stratton (from Laddie).
Keep in mind that the main purpose of continuing our education is to seek out WISDOM and VIRTUE through reading the classics.
May 19, 2012
The Moral Fiber of Huck Finn
"All right, then I'll go to hell" -- and tore it up.
"It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming. I shoved the whole thing out of my head, and said I would take up wickedness again, which was in my line, being brung up to it, and the other warn't. And for a starter I would go to work and steal Jim out of slavery again; and if I could think up anything worse, I would do that, too; because as long as I was in, and in for good, I might as well go the whole hog."
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By Mark Twain.
pg. 206 (Bantam Books)
"It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming. I shoved the whole thing out of my head, and said I would take up wickedness again, which was in my line, being brung up to it, and the other warn't. And for a starter I would go to work and steal Jim out of slavery again; and if I could think up anything worse, I would do that, too; because as long as I was in, and in for good, I might as well go the whole hog."
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By Mark Twain.
pg. 206 (Bantam Books)
May 18, 2012
May's Title Swap
Stop Stealing Dreams - Seth Godin
The Holy Temple - Boyd K. Packer
A Patriot's Handbook CD set - Caroline Kennedy
Teach Your Own - John Holt
The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
http://leadershipeducationacademy.com/
The Holy Temple - Boyd K. Packer
A Patriot's Handbook CD set - Caroline Kennedy
Teach Your Own - John Holt
The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
http://leadershipeducationacademy.com/
April 22, 2012
April's Title Swap
Bringing Up Bebe' - Pamela Druckerman
50 Veteran Homeschoolers Share ..."Things We Wish We'd Known." - Diana Waring
Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands - Dr. Laura
Proper Card and Feeding of Marriage - Dr. Laura
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter Sweet - Jamie Ford
Dancing Under the Red Star - Margaret Werner
50 Veteran Homeschoolers Share ..."Things We Wish We'd Known." - Diana Waring
Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands - Dr. Laura
Proper Card and Feeding of Marriage - Dr. Laura
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter Sweet - Jamie Ford
Dancing Under the Red Star - Margaret Werner
March 30, 2012
The Hunger Games of the 1860's on Americian Soil
If you wanted to watch a movie in the theaters right now, "The Hunger Games" would be consider THE MOVIE to go to! Although I have not seen it yet, I do plan to go next week with my husband. I was sucked into Suzanne Collins' trilogy that the movie is based on, and read it in less than a week. These books have crossed all generational boundaries with it's plot and underlying themes.
As "The Hunger Games" hit the theaters this last night month, the theology behind the story as become very controversial, with many speaking out against it's violence and oppressive tactics. But using hunger and depriving a people of their basic needs to suppress them is not a new tactic. This became startling clear to me has I read "Gone With the Wind" by Margret Mitchell.
During the American Civil War in the 1860's, the main reason the North was able to beat the South was the blockading, burning and pillaging that the Union troops did to the common citizens of the Confederate families. The North basically played a huge "Hunger Game" with the South. The Union left the Confederates so starved, depleted, and without any resources to met their basic needs that they had no strength left to fight. This war almost wiped out a complete generation of Southern men.
Yet when we talk about the American Civil War in our history classes and books, we do not feel that starving the Confederates into submission was inappropriate at all. We had to do whatever it took to bring the South down on it's knees to free the black slaves. We as Americans, give our stamp of approval to the "Hunger Games" that were played on the Confederate Southern citizens.
Reading "Gone With the Wind" also brought to light how difficult the reconstruction of the South was. The North striped all Confederates citizens of their rights - to vote, to protect their families, to hold professional jobs and the right to have a fair trial in a court of law. The actual "Hunger Games" continued well into the following decades after the war was officially over. The North wanted to make sure that the South stayed down on its knees for years to come - and it work, they did.
If we do not learn from of our nation's past mistakes, history has a way of repeating itself. Why does this modern fiction of "The Hunger Games" cross all generational boundaries today? Because our current society in America is on a collision course to a major crisis. We all feel it at some level. What are we going to do when it hits? Will our freedoms prevail? Or are we destined to relive the horror that the South experienced in the 1860's. What will our own "Hunger Games" look like? Are you ready....
As "The Hunger Games" hit the theaters this last night month, the theology behind the story as become very controversial, with many speaking out against it's violence and oppressive tactics. But using hunger and depriving a people of their basic needs to suppress them is not a new tactic. This became startling clear to me has I read "Gone With the Wind" by Margret Mitchell.
During the American Civil War in the 1860's, the main reason the North was able to beat the South was the blockading, burning and pillaging that the Union troops did to the common citizens of the Confederate families. The North basically played a huge "Hunger Game" with the South. The Union left the Confederates so starved, depleted, and without any resources to met their basic needs that they had no strength left to fight. This war almost wiped out a complete generation of Southern men.
Yet when we talk about the American Civil War in our history classes and books, we do not feel that starving the Confederates into submission was inappropriate at all. We had to do whatever it took to bring the South down on it's knees to free the black slaves. We as Americans, give our stamp of approval to the "Hunger Games" that were played on the Confederate Southern citizens.
Reading "Gone With the Wind" also brought to light how difficult the reconstruction of the South was. The North striped all Confederates citizens of their rights - to vote, to protect their families, to hold professional jobs and the right to have a fair trial in a court of law. The actual "Hunger Games" continued well into the following decades after the war was officially over. The North wanted to make sure that the South stayed down on its knees for years to come - and it work, they did.
If we do not learn from of our nation's past mistakes, history has a way of repeating itself. Why does this modern fiction of "The Hunger Games" cross all generational boundaries today? Because our current society in America is on a collision course to a major crisis. We all feel it at some level. What are we going to do when it hits? Will our freedoms prevail? Or are we destined to relive the horror that the South experienced in the 1860's. What will our own "Hunger Games" look like? Are you ready....
March's Title Swap
Between Parent and Child - Dr. Haim G. GinottHow to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk - Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
How to Talk so Kids can Learn at Home and School - Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
The Courage of Sarah Noble - Alice Dalgliesh
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain - Alice Dalgliesh
Sounder - William H. Armstrong
DIY Projects for the Self- Sufficient Homeowner
Lost Laysen - Margaret Mitchell
Becoming George Washington - Glenn Beck
The Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov
How to Talk so Kids can Learn at Home and School - Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
The Courage of Sarah Noble - Alice Dalgliesh
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain - Alice Dalgliesh
Sounder - William H. Armstrong
DIY Projects for the Self- Sufficient Homeowner
Lost Laysen - Margaret Mitchell
Becoming George Washington - Glenn Beck
The Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov
February 21, 2012
Outliers: The Story of Success
"Superstar lawyers and math whizzes and software entrepreneurs appear at first blush to lie outside ordinary experience. But they don't. They are products of history and community, of opportunity and legacy. Their success is not execptional or mysterious. It is grounded in a web of advatages and inhertiances, some deserved, some not, some earned, some just plain lucky - but all criticial to making them who they are. The outlier, in the end, is not an outlier at all."
pg. 285
pg. 285
January 25, 2012
Salt Lake City 2012 Thomas Jefferson Education Family Forum
Come to the Salt Lake City 2012 Thomas Jefferson Education Family Forum. Click here for more information.
I am putting together a group who are attending the conference. If you are interested in carpooling down and/or sharing a hotel, let me know.
I am putting together a group who are attending the conference. If you are interested in carpooling down and/or sharing a hotel, let me know.
January 21, 2012
January's Title Swap
The Fourth Turning - William Strauss and Neil Howe
Financial Peace - Dave Ramsey
Royal Path of Life - T. L. Haines and L. W. Yaggy
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
The 5 Love Languages of Children - Gary D. Chapman,Ross Campbell
Democracy in America, part 2 - Alexis de Tocqueville
Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life - Timothy Ryback
The Read -Aloud Handbook - Jim Trelease
Carnival of the Animals (music) - Saint Saens
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (music) - Britten
The Christmas Card (dvd)
http://www.criticalthinking.com/index.jsp
Financial Peace - Dave Ramsey
Royal Path of Life - T. L. Haines and L. W. Yaggy
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
The 5 Love Languages of Children - Gary D. Chapman,Ross Campbell
Democracy in America, part 2 - Alexis de Tocqueville
Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life - Timothy Ryback
The Read -Aloud Handbook - Jim Trelease
Carnival of the Animals (music) - Saint Saens
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (music) - Britten
The Christmas Card (dvd)
http://www.criticalthinking.com/index.jsp
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