Today was our first day of Hero Project. We started out with a fun sample of popular music thru the decades of the 20th century. It's called "Evolution of Music - Pentatonix" on YouTube if you'd like to go look it up.
We talked about class requirements -- see next blog post or the FILA website.
LECTURE: "Heroes & Your Generation -- Preparing Yourselves."
Started out with the song "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel. After discussing "What is the fire?" we decided that "the fire" was human nature/natural man.
Reviewed the cycles of history and the 4 turnings. Reviewed the Hero generation's role.
Things millenials can do to prepare for their generation's role:
- values -- return to classic virtues
- pay attention & heed community norms
- build personal relationships of all kinds
- learn & practice teamwork
- develop/maintain good family relations -- immediate and extended family
- be self reliant
- varied education & skills. Trade AND a Profession?? Broad education.
- learn to work. learn to work hard
- learn and practice initiative
- public virture
ACTIVITY: Simulation -- students were members of the English parliament.
JOURNAL PROMPT: Make a list of all the heroes you can think of.
HERO STORY: Nadezhda Popova -- WWII Night Witch
- Russian FEMALE bomber pilot who flew 852 missions
- Any German pilot who downed a "witch" was awarded the Iron Cross
- called "Night Witches" because thewhooshing noise their plywood and canvas airplanes made reminded the Gremans of the sound of a witch flying on a broom.
- flew only in the dark, with no parachutes, guns, radios, or radar. They only had maps and compasses.
HOMEWORK:
- WRITING: What is a hero? Write your own definition of a hero.
- READING: "Children of the Dust Bowl" is due next week.
- INDIVIDUAL HERO PROJECT: Don't forget to get started on your individual hero projects. You don't have to decide on your medium just yet, but you should at least start researching personal heroes.
See you all next week!
~Superheroes Lisa & Paige :-)
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