Read: Bonds That Make Us Free to Ch.6 OR
Leadership and Self-Deception Part 1: Self-Deception and the "Box"
Write and Email:In thinking about and observing the power of being honest with yourself about your weaknesses and self-betrayals, what have been your insights? If you haven't been discovering weaknesses and self-betrayals in yourself, what do you think might be holding you back? What do you think holds other back? Email your thoughts to Sis. Housholder
Ponder: Look at the list of ideas of what you can create on the last week, think about what you’ll do.
Cultural Literacy: Make a plan for memorizing your cultural literacy terms this month.
1. altruism
2. cognitive development
3. compulsion
4. delusion
5. egocentric
6. empathy
7. extrovert
8. introvert
9. narcissism
10. nonverbal communication
11. Pavlov's dogs
12. psyche
13. psychiatry
14. psychology
15. psychotherapy
16. sociology
17. type A personality
18. type B personality
19. value judgment
20. Am I my brother’s keeper
21. Love your enemies
22. Turn the other cheek
23. Actions speak louder than words
24. The chickens have come home to roost
25. Don't cry over spilt milk
26. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
27. Give the devil his due
28. It's never too late to mend
29. Let bygones be bygones
30. Make haste slowly
31. To err is human to forgive is divine
Week 2:
Read: Bonds That Make Us Free to Ch.11 OR
Leadership and Self-Deception Part 2: How We Get in the Box
Write and Email:Write a story of collusion or about a time when you found yourself "in the box" from your own observation or experience. You may want to do this by filling out a diagram like the one on page 167 in Bonds That Make Us Free. Email your story to Sister Housholder and Sister Pack.
Cultural Literacy: Continue learning Cultural Literacy terms.
Week 3:
Read: Finish reading Bonds That Make Us Free OR
Leadership and Self-Deception Part 3: How We Get out of the Box
Write and Email: Get yourself out of the box this week when you notice you are in it. Write your experience or consider a situation in which you need to forgive. Have you made the attempt before? What went wrong? What will genuine forgiveness require in this case? Is there anyone, in your experience, who seems to have lived the principle of forgiving, at least in part? What do you think has been the experience of living for this person? What kind of influence has he or she had on others?
Cultural Literacy: Continue learning Cultural Literacy terms.
Week 4:
Write a final paper or blog post about what you learned from this book throughout the month. Did this book change you? If so, how? Do you plan to move forward a changed person? Make a plan to how you are going to accomplish that and start doing it! Take your writing to Journeyman on Wednesday for review. Take your final paper to class when we discuss the book.
Create: Pick a way from the list below to present what you learned from the book and how you can apply it to your life. Pick a different option than you chose last month.
1. Write a poem
2. Make a poster board presentation
3. Write and present a speech
4. Draw a picture about what you learned
5. Create a painting or a sculpture about what you learned
6. Bring an object lesson to share
7. Build something to represent what you learned
8. Play a song on an instrument that represents what you learned
9. Compose a song based on what you learned
10. Make a video about what you learned
11. Write a letter to someone sharing the principles that you learned and how you want to apply them to your life
12. Compare and contrast two characters of the book and the outcome of their decisions
13. Think of another creative way you can present the lessons that you learned from this book and get it approved by Brother or Sister Pack
1. Write a poem
2. Make a poster board presentation
3. Write and present a speech
4. Draw a picture about what you learned
5. Create a painting or a sculpture about what you learned
6. Bring an object lesson to share
7. Build something to represent what you learned
8. Play a song on an instrument that represents what you learned
9. Compose a song based on what you learned
10. Make a video about what you learned
11. Write a letter to someone sharing the principles that you learned and how you want to apply them to your life
12. Compare and contrast two characters of the book and the outcome of their decisions
13. Think of another creative way you can present the lessons that you learned from this book and get it approved by Brother or Sister Pack
Cultural Literacy: Continue learning Cultural Literacy terms and be prepared for our game at Master class!
Email: Email a personal experience or a made up experience where a person is or has lived in a self-deceiving way, or, when they were "in the box." (We will maintain confidentiality if you choose to share a personal experience :))We will be role-playing these during Master class. Please email these to Sister Pack and Sister Housholder no later than Wednesday, November 5th. This will help us know who to expect at class.
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