Monday, September 30, 2013

CANDY CHALLENGE - Sept 30

CANDY CHALLENGE

For All Those Who Have FINISHED our next book selection:

LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS



THURSDAY!!!








Colony Quiz Game

EARN YOUR KEY,  Heritage Award Game - Check it Out!  Online Matching quiz game for the colony placement.

http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/13_colonies_map/

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Lesson 3 Unalienable Rights

Apprentice Scholar Challenge



Intriguing article about rights:

http://www.thesocialleader.com/2010/07/differences-unalienable-civil-rights/


Great definition of Unalienable:

http://www.unalienable.com/


Un vs. In



INALIENABLE. A word denoting the condition of those things the property in which cannot be lawfully transferred from one person to another. Public highways and rivers are inalienable. There are also many rights which are inalienable, as the rights of liberty or of speech.
UNALIENABLE. Incapable of being transferred. Things which are not in commerce, as, public roads, are in their nature unalienable. Some things are unalienable in consequence of particular provisions of the law forbidding their sale or transfer; as, pensions granted by the government. The natural rights of life and liberty are unalienable.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Apprentice Scholar Challenge

Apprentice Scholar Challenge

BYU Founding Fathers Devotional

Listen to last weeks devotional at BYU and think on this question:

Which of these three great points of  Leadership--

Compromise,    Cooperation, and   Forbearance,

demonstrated by our Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention--can you strengthen in your own life?

This speaker is most concerned about the constitutional ramifications of our current poltical system and he goes on to discuss members of the constitutional convention and their contribution at

http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=2139

His wewest book was released in May.

Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776


...the drama played out between Sept 1774 and July 4, 1776 when America's leaders met in secret to debate and eventually declare freedom for America.

He is a historian, has written seven books on Revolutionary Era, Fullbright Professor.
One of his books, Plain Honest Men won the Geo. Washington Book Award.
He annotated the Declaration and Constitution for Penguin Books in Aug 2010.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Just for Fun: Test your Knowledge Game


US Naturalization Test

I went through ten rounds and only missed two answers total!  HOW DID YOU DO?

Tell us how many rounds you got through without missing even one question and we will see who is the winner!


Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Book Reading and Discussion Calendar


Colonists joining us for Key of Liberty will be following this:


BEGIN READING:           BOOK
________________        ___________________________________________

August 12, 2013               Red Scarf Girl     by JiLi Jiang  

September 12, 2013         Landing of the Pilgrims  by  James Daugherty

October 3, 2013               John Adams, the Reluctant Patriot of the Revolution

October 24, 2013             George Washington: An illustrated Biography by David Adler

December 12, 2013          Freedom Factor   by Gerald Lund

January 9, 2013                Fifty-Five Fathers  by Selma Williams

February 6, 2013              The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz

March 13, 2013                The Proper Role of Government by Ezra Taft Benson   or
                                          The Law by  Fredrick Bastiat   (to be announced)

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Key of Liberty Annual Calendar

**TENTATIVE



September 12, 2013  Class begins  8:30 a.m.

Thanksgiving - no classes

December 12, 2013  -  Class ends, winter break begins,

Class begins:  January 12, 2013

**Jan-May   (to be announced)   Field Trip Senate in Session:   Oklahoma City OK

**June 2013   Constitution Bowl