AUGUST
"Kick-off class!"
August 31: 1-4 (more info)
MARY'S HOUSE (location of all classes)
Come enjoy getting to know your fellow geniuses as we get our brains and hearts warmed up to start this part of our Heroes Journey together. We will be loading up our tool belt with concepts, terms, tools and activities that we will be using through the semester. Check out the link above for the THREE things you need to do to get prepped for this awesome first day of class!
"SEPTEMBER"
Month One: “Be a Builder”
September 7: 1-4 pm
WEEK 1: Leadership Lens
Core: Word Study- “Build/builder” (20 minutes)
Read Chapter 2 of “7 Habits of Highly Effective Habits for Teens” or watch <5 minute video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwP6BYo9miA
Brief Bios: Frank Lloyd Wright and Ghandi
Crust: Develop analysis skills--Venn Diagrams
Organizational skills—Building a plan for yourself and your week
Context: Discussion and Activity combining all the above
Connection: “What do Frank Lloyd Wright, Ghandi and you have in common?”
Team building/leadership games
September 14: 1-4 pm
WEEK 2: Math and Science Lenses
Core: History of Math
Look at famous engineers & concepts
Crust: Fractals
Elements of Engineering
Context: Fun with Mind-bending Math Concepts
Impact of Basic Additive Math and Engineering
Connection: “How can learning about principles of mathematics and engineering help me build up
myself and others around me?
Math and Engineering group activities and challenges (building and games)
September 21: no class!
Feel free to use this week to get ahead in reading "Charlie's Monument"...less than 100 pages!
September 28: 1-4 pm
WEEK 3: History and Geography Lens
Core: Builders through history—of economics, societies, nations, families
Famous buildings
Crust: Geographic review of a continent
Timeline awareness
Context: Cultural project and immersion activity (student or mentor-led)
Presentations
Connections: “How does my learning about buildings and builders help me become both a better world citizen?”
Model UN Introduction and Simulation
October 5: 1-4 pm
WEEK 4: Imaginative Arts Lens
Core: Read “Charlie's Monument” by Blaine Yorgason (95 medium print pages)
“Good Timber” poem
What is art? Picasso quote and video study
Rock Art and Rock Stacking (rockstellstories.com and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mdXaiL9AXA
Crust: 3D art and perspective drawing lesson
Penmanship
Context: Create rock art-gather rocks the week before or that week
Discuss “Charlie's Monument”
Connections: “How does everything I have learned this month inspire me to be more proactive in building up myself and those around me in positive ways?”
Group Game/Simulation
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