| November 2023 Core Virtues News Gratitude, wonder, and stewardship of our many gifts are Core Virtues themes in this month of thanksgiving. On Veteran's Day children have the opportunity to express gratitude to those who fought to preserve our country's freedom, and we can read more about how the November 11 holiday came to be. Our national holiday of Thanksgiving itself is rich fare for kids: the story of the harvest feast for the Plymouth colony in 1621. There the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people joined in fellowship, festivity and gratitude. This is always masterfully celebrated at Plimoth P atuxet Museums, formerly Plimoth Plantation, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (See their materials.) AND we're featuring two Civil War era books below that bring gratitude and stewardship to life. What Can We Do this month? Some Core Virtues schools post "gratitude trees" in their classrooms in November and students fill brightly-colored leaves with what they are grateful for. Giving voice to that gratitude lifts our spirits and the hearts of those around us. Vanguard Classical School inspires us. Featured for November: The Magnificent Mischief of Tad Lincoln and Jubilee! The Magnificent Mischief of Tad Lincoln . (2023) President Lincoln learns a lesson in stewardship and mercy from an unlikely source: his son Tad, who has befriended the turkey meant for dinner. The true story that inspired the annual Presidential pardon of the Thanksgiving turkey. Abe Lincoln led the way! Jubilee!: One Man's Big, Bold, and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace . (2014) Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore came to the US from Ireland in 1848, and enlisted with the 24th Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War. At the war's end, this military bandmaster wanted to celebrate peace with the biggest concert the world had ever seen. Gilmore, the composer of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," was one of America's greatest military musicians, and recognized that there were times for gratitude and joy. Heroine: Marjory Stoneman Douglas Pioneer environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas devoted much of her long life to the conservation of the threatened Florida Everglades. Her 1947 book The Everglades: River of Grass became a bestseller, and was a call to action for preserving this unique natural wonder. She was instrumental in the founding and expansion of Everglades National Park. Read more about her extraordinary 108 year life! Telling Our Stories We're celebrating with gratitude and wonder the abundance found in both likely and unlikely places—Zion National Park and Costco. Read More |
November 2023 Core Virtues News | |
Gratitude, wonder, and stewardship of our many gifts are Core Virtues themes in this month of thanksgiving. On Veteran's Day children have the opportunity to express gratitude to those who fought to preserve our country's freedom, and we can read more about how the November 11 holiday came to be. Our national holiday of Thanksgiving itself is rich fare for kids: the story of the harvest feast for the Plymouth colony in 1621. There the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people joined in fellowship, festivity and gratitude. This is always masterfully celebrated at Plimoth Patuxet Museums, formerly Plimoth Plantation, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (See their materials.) AND we're featuring two Civil War era books below that bring gratitude and stewardship to life.
What Can We Do this month? Some Core Virtues schools post "gratitude trees" in their classrooms in November and students fill brightly-colored leaves with what they are grateful for. Giving voice to that gratitude lifts our spirits and the hearts of those around us.
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Featured for November:
The Magnificent Mischief of Tad Lincoln and Jubilee!
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The Magnificent Mischief of Tad Lincoln. (2023)
President Lincoln learns a lesson in stewardship and mercy from an unlikely source: his son Tad, who has befriended the turkey meant for dinner. The true story that inspired the annual Presidential pardon of the Thanksgiving turkey. Abe Lincoln led the way! | |
Jubilee!: One Man's Big, Bold, and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace. (2014) Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore came to the US from Ireland in 1848, and enlisted with the 24th Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War. At the war's end, this military bandmaster wanted to celebrate peace with the biggest concert the world had ever seen. Gilmore, the composer of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," was one of America's greatest military musicians, and recognized that there were times for gratitude and joy. | |
Heroine: Marjory Stoneman Douglas | |
Pioneer environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas devoted much of her long life to the conservation of the threatened Florida Everglades. Her 1947 book The Everglades: River of Grass became a bestseller, and was a call to action for preserving this unique natural wonder. She was instrumental in the founding and expansion of Everglades National Park. Read more about her extraordinary 108 year life! | |
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Telling Our Stories
We're celebrating with gratitude and wonder the abundance found in both likely and unlikely places—Zion National Park and Costco. Read More
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