Georgics Foundation

This semester I have been lectured and taught the Virgil's Georgics foundation. Here are the seven building blocks for your Georgics foundation principles.
1.Providence
2.Self Validation
3.Mission
4.Real-Estate Ownership
5.Community Stewardship
6.Local Interdependence
7. Entrepreneurialism

Another thing they taught us was "Mini Ag" Miniature Agriculture.
There are six "mini ags" they taught us that is the key to a Goergics foundation.
1.Soil
2.Grains
3.Livestock
4. Intensive Gardening
5.365 Day Harvest
6.Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPDM)

The following are what I read in order to certified!
Old Yeller By: Fred Gibson
Little Britches By: Ralph Moody
Caddie Woodlawn By: Carol Ryre Brink
The Law By: Frederic Bastiat
City of Ember book 2&4 People of Sparks and The Diamond of Darkhold (Both) By: Jeanne Depreu
Farmer Boy By: Laura Ingles Wilder
Jonathan Livingston Seagull By: Richard Bach
The Giver By: Louis Lawery
Little Men By: Louisa May Alcotte
Were the Red Fern Grows By: Wilson Rawls
Carry on Mr.Bowditch By: Jean Lee Latham
String Straightedge and Shadow By: Julia K. Diggins
Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe By: Micheal S. Schneider
The Phantom Tollbooth By: Norton Juster
Flat land By: Edwin Abbit


Another part of my Georgics foundation is to do six mini essays which are already posted.

The next is do an Oral presentation on earth science in which I chose doing the elements of the periodic table which is already posted.

Another is to have a minimum 60 entries in your commonplace note book. what is a commonplace notebook you may ask?
I do LEMI(leadership education mentoring institute) and TJED(Thomas Jefferson education ).If you are interested in looking into what I do check out this site http://www.tjed.org/.
We do classics not textbooks and we learn and are taught the way the founding fathers and great philosophers were taught. Well what does this have to do with what is a commonplace notebook? Well I will Tell you,a common place notebook is a notebook were you can wright down your impressions,or goals and what you have learned that day.(this is the key to more effective education)

The next is a minim of 60 core book studies. Core book what is a core book? A core book is a book you would defy and always go to, for example my core book is my scriptures, I am a Christian Mormon so I use King James version Bible, Pearl of great price,Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants. Then we have to do a minim of 60 math lessons of approved math study course ( I am doing Pre- Algebra and Geometry)

Weekly plan are in order to with a minim of planing your weeks out for 12 weeks. (which is really helpful and organized my days). Earth science for my exams to certified. We have to memorize the following and be able to define it for the exam.

atmosphere,biodiversity, biomes,biotic,ecosystem,extinction,system,aesthetic,ethical,social, economic,stellar,photosynthesis,biomass,energy,species,big bang theory,blue shift,heavy element mass,nuclear fusion,red shift,theory,universe, astronomy,intelligent design,theory of plate tectonics, convergent, divergent,transform,tectonic plate,convection current,hypothesis,seafloor spreading,biomes,climate,weather,geosphere,biosphere,hydrosphere,volcanic eruption,hot spot,fault,ground water,resivoir,salinity,glacier,biological dynamics,ocean.lake,river,fresh water,tide,geologic time,water cycle,carbon cycle,climate,decomposer,matter,nitrogen cycle,ozone layer,depletion,fossil fuel lithosphere and absorbed.

YES THAT WAS 72 WORDS TO DEFINE!!! But yes I PASSED!!!

Another is have a garden plan. Here are the plan to give you an idea of what charts we filled out.
1.What would I like to grow?
2.Why do I want to grow them?
3.What can I grow in my area?
4.Do I need to grow inside or outside?
5.How much room do I need?
6.Were will I grow my garden?
7.What supplies do i need?
8.What is my budget? How will I pay for it?
9.Who will help me get the supplies?
10. Do I have my parents help and support?
11.Draw your garden plan.

So that is what we did and I chose to just do some sprouting so it could be cheap, fast and organic!!! Plus no weeds!!!
The last and Final thing is pass Math, Science and Georgics exams. (Math you use your test book from your pkg) and (Since you define all 72 earth science words)

For the Georgics exam I will share on what I am currently working on, which thank the Lord is open book!!! YAY!!!
 Here is an example of what I am doing for my final last and final!!!

Give specific examples from the books we read this semester that had each of the following:
1. Providence
2.Self validation
3.Mission
4.Land ownership
5. Community stewardship
6.local interdependence
7. Entrepreneurialism
8.work/joy
9.self reliance

From the classics we read this semester show what was the following.
1.seeing the whole picture
2.participant vs. victim
3.perseverance and forgiveness
4.community interdependence
5.grattitude and hope
6.faith
7.law


Name the six Mini Ag ideals

Pick 2 book we read this semester and write down what you learned from them.

In Doctrine and Covenants 130:18-19 it says " 18 Whatever principle of aintelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the bresurrection.

 19 And if a person gains more aknowledge and intelligence in this life through his bdiligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the cadvantage in the world to come.

If you are interested in my beliefs i am really excited to answer any questions and here is a website for those of you who are interested.
http://mormon.org/
This is my last and final and by the time I'm done I know its all worth it in the end!!! Thanks for reading!!