November IA

Apprentice

Study/learn

Get your Cultural Literacy Book out and write these onto notecards or in your CPB:

Don Giovanni
french horn
Gregorian chant
Hallelujah Chorus
Handel, George Frederick
harmony
Haydn, Franz Josef
key

Opera

Take a look at this video, here.  It's a pretty good overview of how opera came to be and how it evolved.  It comes in two parts so make sure to watch both.  (The second video that goes with it is here.  Just in case you can't find it.)  She talks a lot about what operas to view.  I went to her website hoping there were links to click on, but there wasn't.  I'm not really sure which ones are appropriate but I know there're some parents that know some good ones.  If you have suggestions please share!  This is an area where I'm learning just as much as our youth.

View at least one opera.   

Make a note in your CPB of what you saw and your opinion on it.  We're going to discuss our opinions in class.

In your CPB, write down a quick overview of the history of opera, putting in facts as you see fit.

Handel

Read "Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers."  Pages 13-34, which contains the Preface, Bach, and Handel.


Here's a link to watch Messiah here.  It's super long, so I don't expect you to watch the whole thing, but if you do you'll think it was worth your time.  It's beautiful.

Write your opinion of Messiah, and Handel.  Do you think he was inspired to write Messiah?



Know/understand

Here're a couple of awesome videos to look at just for fun:

2 Cellos

Jenny Oaks Baker

TPG and Lindsey Sterling

TPG

Pretty much anything by The Piano Guys is amazing!  I have too many favorites to post here, so just look them up.

Also keep listening to all of the classical music that I had posted on Octobers post.  This class is all about listening and seeing beautiful music and amazing artists perform.

How many hours do you think it takes to become the amazing artists these people are?

Write in you CPB, about what you've heard and seen since starting this class.



Become/serve

This week I want you to share something that you've discovered while studying music this week.  It could be anything that you feel like you want to share.

Two examples are: A video that you found that you love to listen/see that you want to share, or something that you've come to realize while learning and studying music.






Journeyman

Journeyman will be presented in two parts.  One is the study of an artist, and the other is our work on sketching.


Study/learn

Learn about Leonardo da Vinci here.

Now that we've learned about him, here's a link with a list of facts. Right here. What a fascinating man!

Glue his picture into your CPB and write a summary of his life, and facts about him as you see fit.   (If you don't have his picture go to the October post and print it from the google doc I provided.)

Sketching

I know that some of you have really good skills in drawing, and I know that some of you have just started out.  The videos below I think will help with all of us no matter the skill level.

Here's one on how to get the proportions right- here.
Here's a do's and don'ts on drawing a face- here.

Draw a face!  You can draw it from a picture (that's what I'm going to do) or not but draw a face. Don't expect it to be perfect.  We have to sit up before we can walk.  It goes the same for drawing. Just do your best!  The more faces you draw and incorporate the techniques from the videos, the better you'll get.

If you're still into drawing eyes (I am!)  Here's another really good video here.

Also, another thing about art; if you're not really interested in drawing faces or eyes, then draw whatever you're interested in.
The sketching I'm having you do is to stretch you're skills and add more depth to your drawings. Mainly what I've found out about art is it's hard to do anything you're not interested, so take the skills that your learn here, and add them to whatever you like to do.  


Know/understand

Obviously Leonardo was a lot more than just an artist, but we're going to focus on his art.  The two most famous paintings of his are the Mona Lisa, and The Last Supper.

Take a close look at these and really study them.  We'll have a discussion about them in class.

Sketching

It's amazing the brain power and skill that it takes to make a beautiful picture.  Take a moment to journal in your CPB about what your experience has been learning to sketch a face.



Become/serve

Come prepared to present your drawings!

Also, come prepared to discuss Leonardo da Vinci, and his paintings.

Sis. Millington is going to teach us to do a Mona Lisa with torn paper.  Fun!!




Master

Study/learn

Read: "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Learn about Nathaniel Hawthorne here.

Copy and paste the image of him and print it off to put into your CPB.



Know/understand

Write a mini biography about his life under his picture.

Talk to your parents, friends, whoever about what you've read. Make notes and/or write questions down in your CPB to use in our discussion.

Become/serve

In class we're going to have a discussion about what we learned.  Be ready to take notes during our discussion.

Come to Vanguard wearing "The Scarlet Letter" to class.

Bring a snack to share!

October IA

New year 2017-18  Welcome my friends!

Since we're studying the Renaissance this year we're going to put our focus on music and art history.   And then we're going to take it even further and see/hear some of these great works.  There's also some other things we're going to study to get well rounded on, but I'm entirely excited to see/hear and study some of this stuff!!



Apprentice

The first thing we're going to do is an overview.  But for fun look at this first.

Joshua Bell, Yankee Doodle

Isn't he so good?!  I love it!

Here's another good one.

Carrot clarinet

Go to this google doc here, and print off the Periods of music, and the pictures of the composers.
Cut out and glue the periods of music into your Commonplace book, making space for notes that we might take in class.

Below is the order of the composers we're studying this year.  Some more than others. The first link is a video, but the rest is music.  I don't expect you to listen to all of it, but get familiar with it because we're going to play a game in class to see if you remember what composer goes with what music.


Timeline

Middle Ages 500-1400
Guido of Arezzo- Do Re Mi

Renaissance 1400-1600
Desprez- Humble beginnings
Palestrina- Can you picture sitting in a catholic church listening to the monks?

Baroque 1600-1750
Monteverdi- This was revolutionary for his time.
Couperin- Definitely more evolved since the 1400's.
Vivaldi- Oh so this is who wrote this music!
Bach- I've been told some of his music is extremely hard to play.
Handel- In addition to this, he wrote "Messiah."

Classical 1750-1820
Haydn- Interesting hearing how the music evolves.
Mozart- You've probably heard some of this.
Beethoven- Everyone has heard of him.
Schubert- He loved Beethoven's music.
Mendelssohn- Very famous for his violin concertos.

Try to listen to at least 10 minutes of each recording.

Cut out each picture and look up three interesting facts about Guido, Desprez, and Palestrina and write them down in your commonplace book. Save the rest of the pictures for the year.


Get your Cultural Literacy book out and look up these words and record them into your commonplace book:


a cappella
alto
Bach, Johann Sebastian
ballad
baritone
baroque
bass
Beethoven, Ludwig van
chamber music
concerto

My suggestion to you is while you're studying this week, listen to the music.  It's great stuff for studying!


One last thing!!  Take a look at this here.  If you already know how to do it great, if not practice and we'll do it together during class!  Sorry parents for the noise. Haha!




Journeyman

If you've made it this far you're awesome!
For Journeyman this year we're going to study famous artists and some of their art.

First thing I want you to do is start drawing, painting, whatever!  If you have an art book to draw in then use it.  Or if you don't, just get some paper or anything and just start drawing whatever inspires you.

Here's a timeline to print here.  Before you print it, make sure you shrink it down so that it'll fit into your commonplace books.  I shrunk mine down to 60%.  Then you can either just tape each page into your book, or tape them together to make an accordion.

Go to this google doc here and print off the artists we're going to study this year.  Cut them out and glue Michelangelo into your commonplace book.  Save the other pictures of artists for later.

Go to this website here.  Click on Michelangelo and read about his life and work.
Note to parents:  Some of Michelangelo's art and sculptures on this page have male anatomy so be aware if you're not comfortable having your kids see these images.
Write down three interesting facts about him under his picture in your commonplace book.

Michelangelo was really into realistic art, and the anatomy of the body.  So take look at these examples of realistic art today.

Realistic eye
ipad art
Photo editing
Charcoal drawing

We have some amazing artists today that have been inspired by the greats of the past!

Look up these words in your cultural literacy book and record them into your commonplace book:

abstract art
bas- relief
expressionism
Giotto
Greco, El

Now take a look at this video here.  I want you to draw a picture of an eye, and make it as realistic as you can. Bring it to class to share your work.



We're going to work on drawing and painting a portrait in class.  If you have your own paints and brushes, feel free to bring them to class.












Master

Now that we've learned about music, and art; I want you to write down your thoughts and opinions on everything that we've learned this far.  Did you like listening to the music?  How did it make you feel?  Do you think it's important to know about this stuff?  What about the art and artists, did you like learning about it and them? Was drawing fun, or something that you just did to just get it done? Has doing all this work changed your perspective?  Write down anything that comes to you, even if it's negative.  We're going to have a discussion on all the work we've done.




Also this month we're reading "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Click here to learn more about the author.  Copy a small picture of him and glue it into your commonplace book, and then write down some interesting facts about him that you want to remember.  We'll discuss him during our discussion of his book.

Imaginative Arts- Judaism

Can you believe this is the last week of Vanguard??? What a fun year we have had.  I am so glad you have all chosen to be a Vanguardian!

This week we will only be having Apprentice class.  Everyone will be staying all day.   In the morning will do our regular Vanguard stuff. Then weather permitting, we will head to the Springville Reservoir for some fun kayaking.  Please have clothes you can get wet (no swimming suits) but also a sweatshirt or warm clothes to put on if you do get wet and cold.  Bring a sack lunch!

Here is what you need to do to be prepared...

Read The Bronze Bow.  Come ready to discuss.  I want everyone participating in this discussion!

Watch the movie Ben Hur. The old one with Charlton Heston. 1959 version not the new one.

Watch the movie Fiddler on the Roof.

Study your notecards.  We will be racing and this may or may not include bubblegum.  You have been warned;)

Journal in your commonplace book about the movies and what you have learned this month about Judaism.  Focus on traditions and/or forgiveness vs revenge.

Optional:
Finish reading Fishers of Men or the whole series.

Study for the Constitution Bee.  This will be held on Thursday morning.

Good Luck! I hope you can handle 2 movies in one week!

March Journeyman

Sorry this is up late.

Read the next 20 pages in "Put a Cherry on Top"

Do the next chapter in the "Drawing Textbook"

Bring your sweet drawing skills to class for a fun and hilarious drawing game!

Apprentice- Asia

Read the book A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park.  This is our Apprentice book of the month. Come ready to discuss.  I realize the blog was not updated for the monthly book so this reading will be your work for Apprentice class.

Use this time to get reading Fishers of Men by Gerald Lund.  I hope you take on this challenge.  It is well worth it and the prizes will be good also;)

Spend time with your notecards and BRING THEM! We will be playing games with them.

You will have a little more time to work in your cultural groups in class.  Then it will be time to present!  Remember this should be a presentation and should be engaging.  Do not bore me!  I expect more than just describing the artifact.  I want a presentation about the culture.  You might have holes that you need to guess but please be respectful of the work people put into their artifacts.

Everyone will be staying until 2. Pack a lunch and let your ride know.  We will be presenting the cultures after lunch. 

We will have Journeyman Class but no Master Class this week. Journeyman will start at 2.

IA Apprentice- Feb Europe

Imaginative Arts- Europe

Fairy  Tales








Study and Learn 

• Dress warm, you will be having an archeological dig. If you have a small shovel or paint brushes (big and small) please label them as yours and bring them.
• Finish reading the Trumpeter of Krakow, come ready to discuss.
• Write the definitions on your notecards.  Bring your notecards to class.

• Fairy Tales
• Hans Christian Andersen
• Courtly love
• Grimm Brothers
• Norse
• Odin
• Thor
• trolls
• Vallhalla

• Watch these videos about fairy tales.
• Hero Cycle
• Fairy Tale elements 1
• Fairy Tale elements 2

• Read these fairy tales:  The Little Mermaid and  Beauty and the Beast then pick 5 more to read of your choice.  The library will have tons and you can find them online.  I would assume you have a fairy tale book in your home you can pick up and read.  

In class we will be playing around with Fractured Fairy Tales. A Fractured Fairy tale is a fairy tale designed to be humorous by changing the story in an unexpected way; altering characters, or adding a modern language or events.  In your cultural groups you will be making up a fractured fairy tale and performing it.  Get familiar with these by watching a few of these gems from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Cinderella.  Watch a few of your favorites.  Come prepared with some ideas.  It might be helpful to connect with your cultural group and decide on a fairy tale. You will have 30 minutes in class to get ready to perform! Costumes and props are encouraged!

Bring one of your favorite Fairy Tale picture books to class.


Know and Understand

Choose one:

• Make a picture book of your favorite fairy tale.
• Build a detailed castle
• Make an illuminated page out of the bible or fairy tale story.
• Write your own fairy tale

Become and Serve: only choose one for the whole day


As you read your fairy tales, look for the universal values that are believed in and taught.  What are they?  Are the present in every civilization? What are the values that are being taught?  Can you find those same values in our civilization today?  How have these values been passed on?  Journal for 10 minutes.

Why are Disney versions of Fairy Tales different?  Do you think that changing the story has benefited society? What values were changed? How do you feel about that? Journal for 10 minutes