ALL TIME CARDS

US Constitution Ratified

2 groups of pioneers moved from New England & Massachusetts to settle Ohio territory

George Washington President


Mission Santa Cruz established

Eli Whitney invents cotton gin

Eli Whitney invents interchangeable parts for muskets

Mission San Jose established

John Adams President

Thomas Jefferson President

Louisiana Purchase

Mission Santa Ynez established

Lewis & Clark begin expedition

Lewis & Clark return from the west

Robert Fulton invents regular steamboat service on the Hudson River

Britain outlaws slave trade

US outlaws slave trade

James Madison President

US Declares war on Britain

Mission San Rafael established

James Monroe President

Industrial Revolution begins in U.S.

Mexico becomes independent

Mexico becomes a republic

John Quincy Adams President

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad chartered

Andrew Jackson President

Indian removal Act

Boston & Providence Railroad incorporated

Cochise leads band in fight with Mexicans on Gila River

Santa Anna declares himself dictator of Mexico

2nd Seminole War begins in Florida

Texas declares independence

Samuel Morse invents telegraph

Battle of the Alamo

Cochise participates in a peace treaty at Arizpe, Sonora in Mexico

Martin Van Buren President

Cochise befriends Americans, hoping they will help fight Mexico

Cherokee Trail of Tears

William Henry Harrison President

John Tyler President

Elias How invents sewing machine

The Oregon Trail – Simmons-Bush Party leaves Missouri for Oregon Territory

Texas joins the U.S.

James Polk President

Donner Party leaves Springfield, IL headed for California – over half of their party died when they were trapped in mountains by snow and ran out of food & other supplies

British give up their claim to Oregon Territory

Mormon Battalion, the only religious-based military unit moved west from Iowa to San Diego (2000 miles)

Mexican-American War

Brigham Young leads Mormons westward to Salt Lake Valley

California Gold Rush

Oregon become US Territory

Zachary Taylor President

California becomes 31st state

Milliard Fillmore President

B&O’s westward route reaches the Ohio River – first eastern seaboard railroad to do so

Harriott Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin

James Buchanan President

Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President

US Civil War begins

Genius Shapes History

                                         The girls were focused, determined and quiet!

 It is fun to watch each of their systems for the cards.  Yet another way to see how each students genius operates!

                                              They were hard at work on those cards.....

           Gabe won the time card race and earned a cold stone gift card!  Keep up the good work

     Ammon had a great President report on Andrew Jackson.  There were A LOT of interesting facts!

                                                    Matthew also brought in his quote

                                                  Gabe had a great pledge and quote! 

We started with the pledge and quote by Gabe and Matthew.  Then we moved onto time cards.  The students all need to do the time cards in under 10 minutes.  Keep practicing!


We recapped the time period between 1793 – 1860 with a matching game using their time card knowledge.
We talked about how the genius of different individuals had the power to shape and change history.  We used examples of what life would be like without certain people in it.  Hopefully the students realized the power that each individual (including themselves) has to change the world.

Below are the people we used as examples to show how the world would be different without them.  We discussed how each of them had a mission and questioned if they thought they each fulfilled their personal missions.
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Eli Whitney
Lewis and Clark
William Wilberforce
Cochise
Santa Ana
Brigham Young
Harriet Beecher Stowe

We also watched a short video on Justice Marshall and how he changed the Judicial Branch of the gov’t.  The legislative Branch wasn’t supposed to make laws but after Board v Brown of Education it changed the checks and balances in the government.  Those changes still effect us today.

Video on Justice Marshall
http://www.biography.com/people/thurgood-marshall-9400241?page=3

We also discussed how Brown vs Board of Education came about and the emotions used in a case to sway a decision.  We showed a copy of a video made to duplicate the video shown in the court case.   It had a profound effect on any that saw it what was your favorite part about thanksgiving but we discussed whether the courts should focus on facts or emotions and how that simple distinction could alter our decisions. 

Doll Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybDa0gSuAcg

After talking about all of the genius some leaders in history exhibited we talked about their indivisual geniuses.  We asked the following questions which would be great to ask your students again to see if they have continued to think about it.

What do you think your genius may be? How might your individual talents
affect others? Discuss the need for different genius. Why does God distribute
talents in a way that makes us so different? Discuss the need to work together to
create a whole society.

We then took a personality Test that is found in TJYC for Teens.  Have your student show you their tests.

After finishing their tests on their personal mission and genius we challenged them to really think about what their mission is here and what they need to do to prepare daily to accomplish that mission.  

It was a great class!  We were impressed with how the students really pondered their mission and the examples of those with strong missions who paved the way so they have the freedom to accomplish their personal missions.

We love teaching your students!

Sister Tollestrup & Sister DeGuzman

HOMEWORK

President Report - Nadya
Quote and Pledge  - Preston

Inventor Reports!  10-15 minute

11/29
Kensi
Meridian
Nicolas
Matthew
Lamoni

12/6
Nadya
Preston
Gabe
Ammon
Kaden

Time Cards - done in under 10 minutes!

Finish up any outstanding assignments you need to turn in and study for the final!

Where is your treasure?

Wow this blog is a hit...74 comments on the last class update..AMAZ-ING!

This week we a pretty sweet class if I do say so myself. By sweet I mean lots of sugar filled treats :) We started off with our morning exercises of pledge and prayer. (*NOTE: Matthew & Gabe have this assignment next week). We spent more time then planned on the timeline cards.

 Everyone is doing amazing work on their studies. Good job! We tried to see how fast we could progress in 5 minutes.

No one completed it but quite a few got close. The final cards were given today so STUDY STUDY STUDY!

We continued with a discussion on the GOLD RUSH..We didn't have time to watch a documentry so here is a brief overview to watch at home.

We discussed the scripture "For Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." (Matthew 6:21)

For our activity this week we had a Treasure hunt.  What were they searching for? They werent quite sure either but it was our version of Gold.

They got excited. We gave them a map with a clue on where they could find the treasure and off they went.

They were on the search and boy did they get treasure fever as they searched frantocally in some moments.

 Some found quite a large loot and didn't share and others shared with friends. It made for an interesting conversation on what probably happened during the gold fever era. Some didn't want to share with others. We discussed the American Dream..How was it altered by the gold rush? Where do you think their allegiance was? Do people still have gold fever? Well that was answered with the activity today. Is it evil to seek for riches?

We had a presentation by Kensington on President John Adams. She did an awesome job. Her power point was very creative. The best part were her fun facts.

Everyone listened and asked questions when they had them. The kisses at the end were a nice pay off. :0)

We ended our class with a great discussion on the Trap of Gold by Louis L'Amour. Take a moment parents and ask your scholar what they enjoyed or learned from that story.

Homework this week:

1. Watch gold rush documentary.
2. Study time line cards
3. Work on inventor presentation

Class Plans:
Parents we are looking into having a movie afternoon or night. possibly this Tuesday or next Sat. WE will watch the mask of Zorro.
We also are in the works of our end of semester activity. We would like to do lunch and a trip to the Mormon Battalion. We are hoping to complete it on Friday 12/14. Please let us know if that wont work for you or your family. We hope all will work hard in order to attend as a group and have a fun afternoon together. More info to come...

U.S President PRESENTATIONS:

•  11/15 Andrew Jackson - AMMON
  11/29 James Buchanan - NADYA
  12/6   Millard Fillmore - NICOLAS
  12/13 Martin Van Buren - LAMONI

Inventor PRESENTATIONS: 
11/29

• Kensi
• Meridian
• Nicholas
• Matthew
• Lamoni

12/6

• Nadya
• PReston
• Gabe
• Ammon
• Kaden

All Timeline cards have been assigned. Please reference your class folder for the full list. 

Map of 1860

 

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/historical.html 

This is a great map for the students to study for their map requirements.  The link above will help as well.

Stifling Genius

Class Was very exciting today. 9:30 seems to come so fast that it gets hard to get everyone in their seats on time. Once we got things rolling we started off with our morning exercises ran by Meridian who Had Nadya give the opening prAyer.

She followed That with a Patriotic message and the flag Salute.

 We had 2 very awesome U.S Presidential reports. The fIrst one was by Matthew Behymer on George Washington. Did you know that he wrote over 4000 letterS in his lifetime. He was known as a peacemaker and was much taller then the average man.

We also heard from Kaden but he did his opening a little different we had to guess who his report was on. Who was the shortest president? weighed only 100 pounds? Who was the first presidential couple to serve Ice Cream in the white house? Ask your scholars to inform you theY will know. He served sOme ice Cream to end his project. The class went wild!

 We discUssed The types of government: Republic, Democracy, Aristocracy, OliGarchy, Tyranny & Dictatorship. We talked about what happens to people in good governments versus bad government. We discussed how leaders can influEnce and shape a nation. What kind of government creates an environment for Genius? I love having these discussions with your scholars. They are AMAZ-ING. I could tell thee was a little Halloween Hangover happeNing. :0)

We asked the scholars to bring in 10 captures from the book In the shadow of the Alamo. Those who finished the book and had the captUres had a treat to fill their tummies.

It was a great diScussion on the book. We split into groups and each group was assigned a character to find their traits, figure out if they were a good or bad person? and mostly what was their Genius.

We ran out of time for the timeline cards so here are the new ones for this week.

Mexico becomes Independent
Mexico becomes a republic
Santa Anna declares himself dictator of Mexico
Texas declares Independence
Battle of the Alamo
Martin Van Buren President
William Henry Harrison President
John Tyler PResident
James Polk President
Texas joins the US
Mexican-American War


Note Cards ORDER

US Constitution Ratified (1787)
2 groups of pioneers moved from New England & Massachusetts to settle Ohio territory (1787-1788)
George Washington President (1789-1797)
Mission Santa Cruz established (1791)
Eli Whitney invents cotton gin (1793)
Eli Whitney invents interchangeable parts for muskets (1797)
Mission San Jose established (1797)
John Adams President (1797-1801)
Thomas Jefferson President (1801-1809)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Mission Santa Inez established (1804)
Lewis & Clark begin expedition (1804)
Lewis & Clark return from the west (1806)
Robert Fulton invents regular steamboat service on the Hudson River (1807)
Britain outlaws slave trade (1807)
US outlaws slave trade (1808)
James Madison President (1809-1817)
US Declares war on Britain (1812)
Mission San Rafael Arcangel established (1817)
James Monroe President (1817-1825)
Industrial Revolution begins in U.S. (1820)
Mexico becomes Independent
Mexico becomes a republic
John Quincy Adams President (1825-1829)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad chartered (1827)
Andrew Jackson President (1829-1837)
Indian removal Act (1830)
Boston & Providence Railroad incorporated (1831)
Cochise leads band in fight with Mexicans on Gila River (1832)
Santa Anna declares himself dictator of Mexico
2 Seminole War begins in Florida (1835)
Texas declares Independence
Samuel Morse invents telegraph (1836)
Battle of the Alamo
Cochise participates in a peace treaty at Arizpe, Sonora in Mexico (1836)
Martin Van Buren President
Cochise befriends Americans, hoping they will help fight Mexico (1839)
Cherokee Trail of Tears (1839)
William Henry Harrison President
John Tyler PResident
Elias Howe invents sewing machine (1844)
The Oregon Trail – Simmons-Bush Party leaves Missouri for Oregon Territory (1844)
Texas joins the US
James Polk President
Donner Party leaves Springfield, IL headed for California – over half of their party died when they were trapped in mountains by snow and ran out of food & other supplies (1846)
British give up their claim to Oregon Territory (1846)
Mormon Battalion, the only religious-based military unit moved west from Iowa to San Diego (2000 miles)(1846-1847)
Mexican-American War
Brigham Young leads Mormons westward to Salt Lake Valley (1847)
Oregon become US Territory (1849)
B&O’s westward route reaches the Ohio River – first eastern seaboard railroad to do so (1852)
Harriott Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
Abraham Lincoln becomes 16 President (1861)
US Civil War begins (1861)


HOMEWORK:

Read Trap of Gold by Louis L'Amour Discussion next week ( will have PDF in your inbox by Monday)
Research Inventor for Inventor PResentation
Study Timeline cards(lunch last day for all who can put them in order)
find my hidden question on this blog and answer it in the comments..good luck it's a challenge.