Harvard Business Professor on Religion and Democracy

Clay Christensen is a professor at harvard Business School and is well-respected TED speaker.  His books on "disruptive innovation" in the marketplace, formulates the idea that companies should not focus on customers' current needs, but instead invest time into innovation and technology to keep their company cutting edge. 

In this video, Mr Christensen talks about the role Religious freedom plays in a democratic society.  His explanation was prompted by a discussion he had with a Marxist economist from China.  

We must learn from those who live in a land without Religious Freedom.

also: 

https://thebrotherssabey.com/2017/10/02/failure-of-the-humanities/#more-3535

How can a scientist believe in God?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQVm8RokoBA

Google WMAP is a diagram of the universe.  It's a timeline.  NASA condensed knowledge of how the universe was created.  Each vertical line delineates years.

Gerald Schroeder is a scientist with over thirty years of experience in research and teaching. He earned his Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees all at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with his doctorate thesis being under the supervision of a physics professor.

Quest 3 Week 3 Assignments

This week we are going to focus on Christian philosophy.  

Our reading is the going to focus on the Christian sections of Understanding the Times book.  Remember that each section, ie., biology, sociology, has a section that is the Christian philosophy.  Remember the author is biased toward Christianity so be aware as you read.  

I would also like you to select a Christian Philosopher from your philosophy book this week to add to your Philosophers notebook.  Be prepared to discuss your findings on this individual in depth next week.    St. Augustine, etc... 

The second assignment is I'd like you to watch this youtube video with family and discuss it.  Dentist Says God Doesn't Exist

Dentist Says God Doesn't Exist Is God real? Got Questions? To chat about God and faith click here - https://www.messenger.com/t/whygodco/

I know some of you have seen God's Not Dead and God's not Dead II.  Both of these are recommended movies to watch during this section of study.  Both are available free on Youtube. 

We will be reviewing Rhetoric and the Rhetorical process next week.  Refamiliarize yourself with Ethos, Pathos, Logos and understand why one effective process of presenting arguments is called the Socratic method.  Google image the Socratic triangle and discover why it is one method to evaluate and analyze literature.  

Your vocabulary for this week is the following words:

Ethos,

Pathos

Logos,

Argument  -- not the one with your siblings, the philosophy one.  

Apologist

Sophist

Christian Theism 

Dualism

Monism

Skepticism

solipsism

Pick one of your assignments that you enjoyed and write your one page essay on that topic, the reading, the movie, the vocab, Socrates, rhetoric.  I can't wait to hear what you loved so much that you had to write about it.  

Empiricism

John Locke - Empiricist     Experience is how we come to True Knowledge

Historical background:
https://www.utm.edu/staff/jfieser/class/110/8-empiricism.htm

http://study.com/academy/lesson/john-lockes-theory-of-empiricism.html

Knowledge is based on experience  https://www.thoughtco.com/philosophical-empiricism-2670590

Capitalization

https://pathway.brightspace.com/content/enforced/30563-Pathway.2017.Spring.ENG106.1111/Course%20Files/Lesson%2013/Capitalization%20new.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=0BS2sbmtD26wGyIBq6ze7Oii4&ou=30563

Creative Writing Now .com

http://www.creative-writing-now.com/how-to-write-fiction.html

This looks like a fun website to help creative write.

Writing Opposing Viewpoints

https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/1157612/uiconf_id/33020032/entry_id/0_e4k8a8qo/embed/iframe?&flashvars[streamerType]=auto

BYUI

Check out

University of Purdue Writing Lab

Writing an Essay Tips

Unity and Focus

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Purdue Writing Lab Link

Comma's in writing link.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/

Run-On Sentences Quiz

Run-on Sentences                                     Information from BYUI - Fundamental English

VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFMhbxAv-Hk    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ARqUdCkdg   robot run-ons -- FANBOYS explanation


Quiz:   http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/comma_splices_ex1.htm


What is a Run-on Sentence?

 A run-on results when two independent sentences (called “clauses”) are run together without correct punctuation. Described below are the different types of run-ons and the various ways to correct them.

Comma Splice Run-ons When two independent sentences are separated by a comma instead of a period, the result is called a comma splice.

Comma Splice (Run-on): Swimming is good exercise, I do it every morning.

• Option # 1: Add a coordinating conjunction (also called a FANBOYS conjunction: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So), along with the comma, to join the sentences. A FANBOY conjunction and a comma must come together to separate two independence sentences. Correct Punctuation: Swimming is good exercise, so I do it every morning. (Notice that there is a comma and a FANBOYS conjunction [so]) 

Incorrect Punctuation (Run-on): I still haven’t figured out Spanish and I’ve been studying it for years.

Incorrect Punctuation (Run-on): I have been waiting here for one hour so I’m going home. (Notice that there is a FANBOYS conjunction but no comma; this does not work.) The clause following the conjunctions in each sentence (“I’ve been studying it for years” and “I’m going home”) could stand alone as complete sentences. Therefore, a comma must appear before the FANBOYS conjunction.

Correct Punctuation: I still haven’t figured out Spanish, and I’ve been studying it for years. Correct Punctuation: I have been waiting here for one hour, so I’m going home.

• Option #2: Separate the sentences with a period. Correct Punctuation: Swimming is good exercise. I do it every morning. Option #3: Use a semicolon to seperate the two sentences. (A semi-colon indicates a close relationship between the sentences.) Correct Punctuation: Swimming is good exercise; I do it every morning.

 Fused Sentence Run-ons Sometimes two independent sentences are run together without any punctuation or a conjunction. You can fix fused sentences using the same options described in the “comma splices” section above. No Punctuation (Run-on): I hope to go to the movies this weekend there is a new one in the dollar theater.

• Option #1: Add an appropriate word (like a conjunction) to join the sentences. Correct Punctuation: I hope to go to the movies this weekend because there is a new one in the dollar theater. 
• Option #2: Separate the sentences with a period. 2 Correct Punctuation: I hope to go to the movies this weekend. There is a new one in the dollar theater. 
• Option #3: Use a semicolon to indicate a close relationship between the two sentences. Correct Punctuation: I hope to go to the movies this weekend; there is a new one in the dollar theater.

Writing Fragments Quiz

Writing Fragments Quiz

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/5/18

How To Communicate - Monson

How to Communicate Effectively

President Thomas S. Monson

https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/volume-11-number-3-2010/how-communicate-effectively-0

This is a great essay for improving writing skills.  

https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/volume-11-number-3-2010/how-communicate-effectively-0

Inspiring Greatness in Others

Sample Research  for paper on Inspiring Greatness

Antonina Zabinski loved animals and they loved her.  She had a talent with them. You know, one of those people who can whisper to animals and they respond?  Antonina and her husband Jan lived in Poland, near Germany in the early 1900 and they accumulated animals.  penguins, wolves, hyenas, peacocks, rhinos, lions and even a baby elephant--the first to be born in a Polish zoo.

Fairly soon it was apparent that they needed to formalize their love relationship with animals and they began a zoo   All kinds of animals, lynx, bears, lions.  She ran a zoo in Warsaw Poland and shortly after the war began and all the Jews in Poland were moved to a central part called the ghetto.

https://www.endthekilling.ca/blog/2013/01/18/jan-and-antonia-zabinski-zookeepers

Nazi's began killing her animals, one by one, they were all killed, .
Antonina

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/exhibition-honors-polish-couple-who-saved-jews-warsaw-zoo


When she wanted to warn her charges that the Nazi's were visiting, she would play Go Go Go to Crete.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMWDB7TgVcI

https://www.geni.com/people/Antonina-%C5%BBabi%C5%84ska/6000000007311685130

Create a Prezi

https://prezi.com/5w17ge2jovyu/how-to-make-a-prezi-presentation/

Some of your presentations can be PREZI'd.  This is how great a Prezi can look.

https://prezi.com/ydys_km4hmbq/lesson-18-the-savior-ministered-in-the-spirit-world/

William Wilberforce Quiz Links

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6360000/newsid_6365300/6365399.stm

http://www.mylearning.org/william-wilberforce/quiz/

http://abolition.e2bn.org/people_24.html

https://flashcards.engrade.com/williamwilberforcequiz

Quotes:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/191362.William_Wilberforce

Slave Ship Links

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/slaveship.htm      

This is a document of an eyewitness account by a Reverend Robert Walsh
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUnOt7O99zc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3A-T5_LwW0  HBO Films   Middle Passage
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular_trade

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QUEST Scholar Challenge:  Amistad

http://www.history.com/news/the-amistad-slave-rebellion-175-years-ago

http://www.historynet.com/slave-mutiny-on-the-amistad.htm

Amistad:  the Movie     Steven Spielberg director

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb3txlrBZaE

Diplomacy

What is Diplomacy?

di·plo·ma·cy

dəˈplōməsē/

noun

1. the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.

   
   

   
   

   synonyms:

   statesmanship, statecraft, negotiation(s), discussion(s), talks, dialogue;

   • 
     
   • the art of dealing with people in a sensitive and effective way.

     
     

     
     

     synonyms:

     tact, tactfulness, sensitivity, discretion, subtlety, finesse, delicacy, savoir faire, politeness, thoughtfulness, care, judiciousness, prudence

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Video political definition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzEffcINzhA 

Diplomatic quotes:   http://www.quotationof.com/diplomacy.html

Interesting article - How Trolling Affects Diplomacy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-trolling-could-become-the-new-international-language-of-diplomacy/2015/05/15/5b092014-f9a0-11e4-a13c-193b1241d51a_story.html








Yes, Prime Minister:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQhgjl9qk2w

Yes, Prime Minister excerpt on diplomacy:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXDWt_Yp9Nk

6 Diplomatic options:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3zNCg55kiw




Diplomacy Movie Trailer   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xelVIWbjmAM


Video on Obama middle east diplomacy:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFsnaeQQfhc

Star Trek The Game:  improve diplomacy:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDERyVQ3Vo4


10 most embarassing diplomatic mistakes   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E60SAPbctL4

Civility video:

110 Civility Rules by George Washington

https:///watch?v=DmN9XCy4SAk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0bfn9_weWc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2QPfTcDO9Y

Q2 8th Habit -- Finding Your Voice

 The 8th Habit, 
Moving from Leadership to GREATNESS 

The 8th habit holds powerful insights that challenge us to find our voice and inspire others to find theirs.  The 8th Habit inspires us to thrive, innovate, and lead in order to move beyond effectiveness and into greatness.

This is a fun exercise for youth to help them discover their own latent worth and a vision of what the Lord may have in store for their life plan at this time.  

Draw this empty venn diagram.  As you discuss what each area may contain, the youth may begin to visualize a plan for themselves. 

Excerpt directly from Dr. Covey's book:  https://cbtworld.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/find-your-own-unique-voice-help-others-find-theirs/

Our intent at providing this exercise is to help the youth understand what their research project should be about at the end of this semester and to begin getting the creative and innovative juices flowing.



Image courtesy of Parabola Consulting


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufUlU1OYYp4    Video about the Eighth Habit



BODY         If you had a heart attack what would you change?       Act accordingly.

MIND          If your current job had a two year limit?  What would you change.  Act accordingly.

SPIRIT         If you had a monthly conversation with your creator?    Act accordingly

HEART

Speeches

Abortion botched speaker:   ethos, pathos, logos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOWMmx6eBjU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbEG1MNPkCY      senate testimony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF91bZqIzaU     On Glenn Beck

Chopin's speech

https://youtu.be/r9LCwI5iErE

<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/LEMI-Mentors-Association/conversations/topics/11276;_ylc=X3oDMTJzZ3R0OW5wBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzExMzIyMDM4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MjE3OARtc2dJZAMxMTI3NgRzZWMDZG1zZwRzbGsDdm1zZwRzdGltZQMxNDg2NTE5NDEw> 

Joan of Arc Colloquia

What are your weaknesses that God could make strengths?

How would he go about doing that?  How did he do that for Joan? 

What helped her do all the hard things she had to face? 

Why was she given so many miracles?  

What does it mean that she won, but winning doesn't necessarily mean alive. 

Image:  http://www.biographyonline.net/women/joan-of-arc.html

The Five Miracles of Joan    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnPyS6BCrdg


Quizzes:  http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/biographies/joan_of_arc/quiz3868.html





1. Who is "The Sieur Louis de Comte?" What is his status at the beginning of the story? Where do we
find him at the end?

2. Describe life in Domremy. How did this peasant community help prepare Joan for her mission in life?

3. Describe the first public wrongful accusation against Joan? How did she get out of it?

4. Who are Joan's "Voices?" From whom does Joan receive her orders?

5. How long was the public part of Joan's career?

6. What was so extraordinary about Joan receiving an escort of soldiers from the Commandant of
Vaucouleurs?

7. What was so extraordinary about Joan raising the French Army during this period of history?

8. How did Joan identify the true King the first time she met him?

9. How many English soldiers did Joan kill?

10. Describe the Dauphin's character.

11. How was Joan ultimately "stopped" and placed under trial?

12. Describe Joan's captivity and Bishop Cauchon, her captor.

13. How did Cauchon ultimately achieve Joan's condemnation?

14. Why did the King fail to come to Joan's aid?

15. How did Joan win her martyrdom?


Questions from free source, Chesterton Academy blog

As St. Paul says, “God chose the weak things of the world to build them strong.”

1 Corinthians 1:27   27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.