In the first class I introduced you to the book "Great Peacemakers" by Ken Beller & Heather Chase. I told you that I had been introduced to Ken by Eric's dad, Bill, and that Ken had shared an advanced reading copy of the book and an accompanying study guide with me, interested in getting my feedback.
We then spent time talking about Ken & Heather, using what we learned from the "About the Authors" page. I went into detail explaining what "linking values with the bottom line" meant, and we talked some about environmentally-conscious personal care products, based on Heather's work in that area.
We spent considerable time reviewing the work you need to do in order to earn high school credit. For .25 credit in social studies you'll need to read the book and complete the journal-style entries of the study guide. I will encourage you to complete other activities from the study guide but these will not be a required part of the credit-earning component, although they could provide you additional credit. For .25 credit in English you will need to write essay-style responses to 2 of the 5 questions provided in the study guide for each of the 20 peacemakers featured in the book. These essays need not be long but they need to be of high quality, demonstrating your ability to compose decent sentences and paragraphs, and show that you understand basic writing conventions (spelling, grammar, etc).
Since class ended I have been in contact with Bill and Ken. Bill has generously offered to purchase the books for you. Ken has already shipped them so we should have them by next week's class. I will copy for you the relevant pages from the study guide and have those for you next week.
Anyone interested in learning more about this book should visit this link.
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