QUEST 1 & 2-offered based on need (none scheduled 2018-2019)
TIME: Session 2
PREREQUISITES: 15 years old, Pyramid Project or mentor approval
TUITION: $300 (No discount will be offered for this class)
CONTENT: Statesmanship and Leadership
This class is an Apprentice Scholar class. To be ready for this class, scholars must display mastery of the scholar skills of the earlier Practice Scholar classes.
Come dive into the lives and hearts of great Statesmen and Leaders like Martin Luther, Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi and more. Through these studies students will develop increased Vision, Mission, Abilities, and Skills essential for advancement to self-directed scholar phase.
In this intensive research and writing course, apprentice scholars will learn statesmanship and leadership. Scholars will study biographies, original documents, classics, worldviews, and natural law. Each scholar will receive individual coaching with a writing mentor and must develop good self-management skills.
It is estimated that scholars will study up to 40 hours per week preparing for this class.
MATERIALS:
All books are included with tuition. Books are subject to change based on the mentors' discretion.
TIME: Session 2
PREREQUISITES: 15 years old, Pyramid Project or mentor approval
TUITION: $300 (No discount will be offered for this class)
CONTENT: Statesmanship and Leadership
This class is an Apprentice Scholar class. To be ready for this class, scholars must display mastery of the scholar skills of the earlier Practice Scholar classes.
Come dive into the lives and hearts of great Statesmen and Leaders like Martin Luther, Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi and more. Through these studies students will develop increased Vision, Mission, Abilities, and Skills essential for advancement to self-directed scholar phase.
In this intensive research and writing course, apprentice scholars will learn statesmanship and leadership. Scholars will study biographies, original documents, classics, worldviews, and natural law. Each scholar will receive individual coaching with a writing mentor and must develop good self-management skills.
It is estimated that scholars will study up to 40 hours per week preparing for this class.
MATERIALS:
All books are included with tuition. Books are subject to change based on the mentors' discretion.
- A Writing Coach for the duration of the semester (This person cannot be a parent, sibling, or mentor from Rise Up. Click on these links for information on "How to Find a Writing Coach" and for information on the "Responsibilities for Scholars and Writing Coaches".)
- Quest binder
- The Real George Washington by Jay Parry
- When Character was King by Peggy Noonan
- Never Give In - Churchill by Stephen Masfield
- The Real Thomas Jefferson by Andrew Allison
- Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
- Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
- The Lion, the Witch, The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
- Gandhi Fighter without a Sword by Jeanette Eaton
- Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
- My Life with Martin Luther King JR by Coretta Scott King
- Fiery Vision: Jonn Brown by Clinton Cox
- Give Me Liberty: Patrick Henry by David Vaughan
- A Place to Stand by Gene Veith
- Students will need to choose books or some other reliable sources to study in-depth, the lives of 6 statesmen/women of their choice who emulate the following traits of a statesman: virtue, wisdom, diplomacy, courage, inspires greatness in others and moves the cause of Liberty.