The big question of the week that I want you to be thinking about as you do all your reading is: What makes a true warrior?
READ and WATCH and RESPOND
Read the following chapters from Story of the World:
- The Arrival of The Norsemen Ch 14
- Knights and Samurai Ch 17
- The Mongols Devastate The East Ch 21
- France and England at War Ch 26
- Watch “Secrets of the Castle” a 5-part documentary on Amazon Prime Video. I want you to watch the first episode but I will give vancoins for each episode you watch past the first one.
In your commonplace book answer the following question in 1-2 paragraphs: According to the reading, what are the traits that make a warrior? What do I think are the characteristics of a warrior? Are they the same or different? Why?
TIMELINE
Put the following dates on your timeline:
793 Traditional beginning of the Viking Age
c. 1000 Leif Erikson reaches North America
1066- Battle of Hastings-William the Conqueror defeats the English king
1206 Genghis Khan unites the Mongol tribes Beginning of the Mongol Empire
1279 Kublai Khan completes conquest of Song China–Mongols rule all of China under the Yuan dynast
1337 Hundred Years’ War begins England and France fight over dynastic claims and territory
1429 Joan of Arc helps lift the Siege of Orléans
1431 Joan of Arc executed Becomes a lasting French national symbol
1453 Hundred Years’ War ends
Inventions/Technology that were developed and widely used in the eras:
c. 700–900 Viking longships, with shallow drafts, sails, and oars that made both ocean voyages and river raids possible.
c. 900–1100 Feudalism and mounted knights develop in Europe
c. 900–1100 chain mail,
c. 1100–1200 trebuchet.
c. 1320s Cannons appear in Europe
c. 1300–1400 Full plate armor develops in Europe
c. 1400s Gunpowder artillery becomes increasingly important in European sieges
Create
When you look at old books from medieval times it would be easy to assume the art is all line drawings because that is what it looks like. In reality those images were made by carving images into hard wood blocks so they could be used to print multiple copies of the book!
Watch this video about the history of woodcut blocks. You will have a greater appreciation for every old text after watching this.
How to Carve a Stamp (there are TONS of tutorials on youtube for Linocut art — please feel free to search around for a different video if you want more examples or tutorials)
Carve a stamp that you can use to create a greeting card! Need inspiration?? Type “Greeting cards made from linocut” into google and search through incredible images from talented artists.
You can create as simple or as detailed as you want! Make 6 copies of your print on the cards you are given, — you’ll bring them to class INSIDE their envelopes (that you’ll also receive) and we’ll be doing a cardswap so you’ll go home with 6 cards made by others 🙂 I want you to keep your cards secret!! I know that your siblings will see your design — that’s fine — but keep them in their envelopes the entire time, they will be revealed after our swap game 🙂
Your kits do not come with ink. This is ok! You can use acrylic but you do need to work quickly because it dries quickly. If you have glycerin at home (ask your mom, you may have it if you’ve ever made soap or snow globes before 😉 then add a drop of glycerin to slow down the drying process of your acrylic paint. If you really get into this hobby and enjoy this art then you may want to pick up “Block Printing Ink” on amazon (or prob Hobby lobby??) but that is not necessary (the ink supposedly creates slightly sharper images, but I have not tried it for myself).
Armor of God
We have had two weeks of class to really solidify our idea. We made a plan, thought through the entire process and we drew up our detailed vision including the symbols.
This week I want you to start creating! Spend 2 hours working on your project and bring what you have accomplished so far to class.
How is it going with writing these scriptures on your heart? Have your notecards been helping you or are they gathering dust in the bottom of your backpack?
What does it really look like for YOU to weild scripture as a shield against temptation or negative thoughts? What does it look like to know the scriptures so well that you can speak their words as a sword against lies and discouragement? How does having words of scripture in your mind work as a helmet to protect you from unwanted thoughts?
Many of you hope to serve a mission in the near future — did you know that the SECOND chapter of the Preach My Gospel guide is about the armor of God?! I want you to read this chapter and find ONE takeaway that you can apply over the holidays as you continue to work on your armor of God project. Write down your personal takeaway and how you can apply the principle/practice into your life in your commonplace book.
