March IA Master

Master

Study/learn

This week we're going to discuss Alexandre Dumas' book "The Count of Monte Cristo."  It's a huge book but so great!  SO, we're only requiring you to read just the first 200 pages.  We'll finish it later and then discuss it in history class.

Read about Alexandre Dumas here. 




Know/understand

Glue his picture into your CPB and write a summary about his life including important facts.

Wow!  This guy wrote a lot!  And it's weird to think that his father was a general in the same army as Napoleon.  Thankfully he left before Napoleon started conquering Europe.


Become/serve

 Discussion! 

We're going to talk a little about Dumas, and then we'll discuss the story that we've read so far.

It's been interesting reading about these authors over the Vanguard year!

March IA Journeyman

Journeyman

Study/learn

This month for Journeyman we're study artist Johannes Vermeer.  Click here to learn more about him and his art.  Glue his picture into you CPB and write a summary of his life including important facts.





Know/understand

Why is art so important to people?  Why is the arts so important to you?  Why even study it and it's history?  What have you learned this Vanguard year about art that you might not have learned in past years? 

For me I've realized that we'd be missing a big chunk of history if we didn't study the art that went with it.  I also realized that just like music, art is highly influenced by belief.  Especially in early art history.  When I look at modern art I see a lot less religious influence.  We'll discuss in class why that is.



Become/serve


For the next couple of days I want you to make your favorite art.  Whatever it is that you love to do.  Ideas are drawing, painting portraits, landscape, photography, a short story, crochet, knitting, sewing, jewelry, coloring, chalk, sculpting.  Anything!  Bring what you've started/done to show us in class!

March IA Apprentice

Apprentice

Modern Music

Study/learn

Composer

This month we're studying Schubert. Listen to him here while you study him.

Read about him in "Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers." Also, take a look at his life here.

Glue his picture into your CPB and write a brief history of him and important facts.

I really like his music!  He's up there with one of my favorites to listen to.


So I wanted to study modern classical music.  And I found out that there're A TON of composers and in insane amount of music to study!  So this is what I've decided to do:

Click here and here to listen to some modern composers just to get a taste.  Each video has a list of who the composer is, (click open the description box) and it doesn't play the whole tune so you should be able to listen to the whole of both videos.  If you need; take notes in your CPB and form an opinion on what's your favorite, and even research the composer you like the most and add notes about them.

Field trip!

Next week for history class we're going on a field trip to the BYU Museum of Art.  The exhibits we're going to be looking at are M.C. Escher and Louis C. Tiffany.  Click here to learn about Escher, and click here to learn about Tiffany.   I'm sure you've seen some of their art before, I'm totally excited to see some more of their work!


Know/understand

Over this past Vanguard year, what have you learned the most since the beginning of this class?  I know it's a deep question, and it's going to take time to ponder, but really think about it and record it in your CPB.

To help you along I'll give my answer to this question; I never realized how much the early composers were inspired to write their music because of their beliefs.  They truly believed in God and wanted to write praises to Him in the form of beautiful music.  And I also learned that music is SO IMPORTANT because it connects our emotions to whatever it is that we're learning/remembering at the time, whether for good or ill.

We'll discuss our answers in class.


Become/serve

Come to class prepared to give your opinion on who's your favorite modern composer that we listened to.
The goal for this class is to help you understand the importance of music and how it influences your life, and also to hopefully open your mind to the idea that listening to good music often will enrich your life and can even influence your beliefs.

Music is more powerful than I think we realize (another thing I learned this year!)  Think about how much we sing/listen to music at church.  We sing in almost every class!  At the beginning and end just like prayer.  Ponder about that for a minute.