John Paul Jones and the Revolutionary War: Courage and Patriotism

The boys played for 30 minutes.  (We did relay races outside.)

We then did the Pledge of Allegiance.

We went over the class rules and affirmations

• I am a warrior
• I play hard
• I work hard
• I respect others
• I never quit
• I defend those who can't defend themselves
• I fight for what is right
• I am a son of God

We then reviewed last week's hero, George Washington, before introducing our new hero: John Paul Jones.

We read chapter of Ron Carter's Unlikely Heroes. Here are the pages:

We watched 

Liberty’s Kids  Episode 128, “Not Yet Begun to Fight.”

We talked about some of John Paul Jones' heroic traits.  He was tenacious, courageous, fought for what he knew what was right and never gave up.  His famous quote is, “I have not yet begun to fight!” after all.

We then played Human Battleship (we had the boys lay on the ground and throw "bombs" at each other over a wall).  

George Washington: God Has a Work for You and Being a Gentleman

The boys played for 30 minutes before we got started.

We did our exercises and recorded the boys' numbers.  It is so fun to see them progress.

We then did the Pledge of Allegiance and went over the class rules and affirmations:

• I am a warrior
• I play hard
• I work hard
• I respect others
• I never quit
• I defend those who can't defend themselves
• I fight for what is right
• I am a son of God

We then reviewed all of our heroes with this PowerPoint, which also introduced our new hero: George Washington.  Unfortunately, it isn't working very well in google slides.  If you'd like the powerpoint just message me and I'll send you the file.

We read George Washington and the Power of Attitude. (The truth is we really just summarized a lot of it so I could tell them about the battle of Monongahela.  It's an amazing story.  You can read about it here- 

https://josephsmithfoundation.org/the-bulletproof-george-washington/

We had the boys take turns acting it out and they loved it.  The battle and his preservation convinced a young Washington that God had a purpose for him and he spent the rest of his life discovering and accomplishing that purpose.  I wanted the boys to know that God has a purpose for them, too!  We shouldn't waste our lives but live in a way that God can help us find that purpose.

We were going to watch an Animated Hero Classic about George Washington and  Liberty's Kids Episode 137, "The Man Who Wouldn't Be King."  Unfortunately, there just hasn't been enough time for the videos lately.  But they are both great!

We talked about Washington's heroic traits and had fun looking at some of the Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior that Washington lived by while we ate a snack.  We acted out the dos and don'ts of polite behavior.  

We then cleaned up and let the boys play until the parents came.