https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=5000-year-leap-1st-principle
https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=5000-year-leap-part-1
http://www.kingwoodteaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf_5000yl_StudyGuide-f.pdf
https://dougdelp.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/5000-year-leap-lesson-intro-rulers-law-vs-peoples-law-1.pdf
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Monday, October 16, 2017
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:
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
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.
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
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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.
Monday, September 18, 2017
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
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
Saturday, July 8, 2017
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.
This looks like a fun website to help creative write.
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
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
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University of Purdue Writing Lab
BYUI
Check out
University of Purdue Writing Lab
Writing an Essay Tips
Unity and Focus
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Purdue Writing Lab Link
Comma's in writing link.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Run-On Sentences Quiz
Run-on Sentences Information from BYUI - Fundamental English
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFMhbxAv-Hkhttps://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.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
How To Communicate - Monson
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
https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/volume-11-number-3-2010/how-communicate-effectively-0
Friday, March 24, 2017
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
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
Thursday, March 16, 2017
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/
Sunday, February 26, 2017
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
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Diplomacy
What is Diplomacy?
di·plo·ma·cy
dəˈplōməsē/
noun
- 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
10 most embarassing diplomatic mistakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E60SAPbctL4
Monday, February 20, 2017
110 Civility Rules by George Washington
Saturday, February 11, 2017
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
Thursday, February 9, 2017
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
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