World%20History%20Humanities%20Portfolio

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World History Humanities Portfolio

• 2nd Semester 2005-2006
• Melissa
• Sophomore
• Port Charlotte Seventh Day Adventist School

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Introduction

• This year in World History Humanities has been a
  tough one. I have enjoyed doing the J2E
  assignments. They have really enriched my brain
  into thinking in a way that I never have had to
  before. Ae21 has been quite hard and definitely a
  huge change. It was a change because without a
  teacher actually being here that we can ask
  questions, and be there for us when we need a
  teacher. I really enjoyed this type of program as
  a way to meet people and giving us a new way to
  think and do work and such and such. All of the
  journals and other assignments have helped me use
  my typing skills which I was horrible at, and my
  grammar skills which I never had quite a good
  teacher before. This year has taught me a lot
  also about servant leadership and how to be a
  good leader. I learned that It takes time and
  patience. It also takes a lot of change from when
  you first attempted to be a servant leader. It
  takes a lot of work and not everyone is cut out
  to doing it. I learned about leaving the right
  kind of legacy. There are many legacies you can
  leave but you must choose the right one and how
  to leave it.

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Table of Contents

• Section 1Journey to Excellence Goals
• 1. Acceptance of God..
• 2.Commitment to the Church..
• 3. Interpersonal Relationships.
• 4. Responsible Citizenship..
• 5. Healthy Balanced Living.
• 6. Intellectual Development.
• 7. Communication Skills..
• 8. Personal Management..
• 9. Aesthetic Appreciation..
• 10. Career and Service..
• Table of Contents Contd

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Table of Contents Contd.

• Section 2Artifacts
• 1. Acceptance of God.
• 2. Commitment to the Church
• 3. Interpersonal Relationships...
• 4. Responsible Citizenship.
• 5. Healthy Balanced Living.
• 6. Intellectual Development.......................
  ..........
• 7. Communication Skills..
• 8. Personal Management
• 9. Aesthetic Appreciation
• 10. Career and Service...

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Table of Contents Contd.

• Section 3 Reflections
• 1. Acceptance of God.
• 2. Commitment to Church..
• 3. Interpersonal Relationships...
• 4. Responsible Citizenship.
• 5. Healthy Balanced Living.
• 6. Intellectual Development
• 7. Communication Skills.
• 8. Personal Management...
• 9. Aesthetic Appreciation
• 10. Career and Service..

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Acceptance of God

• Surrender ones whole life to God, develop a
  relationship with Jesus Christ and allow the
  holy spirit to work in ones life.
• For this assignment I felt that the two
  assignments that were most fitting were j2e files
  4/12 and jfft 2/14

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Acceptance of God Artifacts
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Acceptance of God Reflections

• There were many assignments in which I felt could
  go under this j2e goal. To me, acceptance of God
  means giving your whole life to God. It means
  just letting go and letting God handle
  everything. This sounds all fine and dandy, but
  it is very hard to actually do. These assignments
  have given me a chance to submit more and more to
  God. Since He is the ultimate being, I do not
  need to try and outdo Him. I never could, its
  impossible. I thought that these two assignments
  were the best chosen ones for the first goal.
  These assignments were, I hate to say it, but
  assignments that I would have rather skipped.
  Generally people, myself included, would have
  loved to skip these assignments. I think the
  jffts were the best assignments we have had.
  They have given me a chance to be creative and
  actually gave Mrs. Bacon a chance to read
  different things that I might not have had the
  chance to tell her. I think that it was very
  beneficial for me because I am generally not a
  good writing, in fact I hate writing. From doing
  these assignments, I feel more ready and equipped
  for college and many more years to come. I also
  chose the j2e files because if I had not done
  this whole locker then I would have never known
  really what areas in my life I need to work on.
  It has given me a chance to see what I need to
  improve on and what areas in life and my
  relationship with God Im good at. This is
  really the main area in my life where I need God
  to take control, and He will not unless I allow
  Him to. Acceptance of God is a very needed
  necessity for Christians. Without God, we are
  completely lost and worthless. God has such a big
  plan for us, we just have to be willing.

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Commitment to the Church

• Desire to know, live, and share the message and
  mission of the church.
• There werent very many of my goals that I
  thought suited this goal but I did chose J-HOM
  4/12 and J-FFT 1/24

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Commitment to Church Artifacts
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Commitment to Church Reflections

• Christians lack desire and passion for God and
  the church and others who are not saved. These
  assignments have helped me in getting that desire
  and passion. At the end of 2004, I joined the
  most amazing youth group ever. They have helped
  me with every step of my Christian life. When I
  needed help or encouragement or just prayer, they
  were always there for me. I know I can count on
  them whenever I need something. We have done many
  events and missions trips as a way to spread the
  Word to others. We know there are millions of
  people who have not even heard of Jesus!! It
  saddens me oh so much. I chose the JHOM
  assignment for this goal because it was all about
  courage. In order to share Gods word, one can
  not be scared. You have to be bold enough to make
  yourself available as a servant, or a listener,
  or a prayer partner for others. If you are not
  strong enough to stand up to your peers, you will
  not be able to ever be effective in the world. I
  also chose the JFFT assignment. This one was all
  about honesty and wisdom. When you share Gods
  word, you have to be honest to yourself and God
  and others. You must never forget that God is
  watching you and He knows what is going on in
  your life. Boldness is the main key in searching
  for Gods word and sharing it. If you have a
  question about God or your faith, ask it! Dont
  be afraid of what someone else might say. If the
  person you ask laughs at you for asking a dumb
  question, I feel that God will not bless them.
  Since God is not physically visible, He is
  spiritually visible, you can always talk to Him
  and no matter what, He will listen to you.

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Interpersonal Relationships

• Develop of sense of self worth, skills in
  interpersonal relationships, and understanding of
  the responsibilities of family membership and the
  ability with sensitivity to the needs of others.
• For interpersonal relationships, the two
  assignments I have chosen are J-FFT 1/30, and
  J-HOM 2/21

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Interpersonal Relationships Artifacts
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Interpersonal Relationships Reflections
Interpersonal relationships are all about having
responsibilities to others. It is also about
being sensitive to the needs and the wants of
others. It is very hard to always be sensitive to
others. Someone cannot always be sensitive, it is
not possible. God does not expect us to always be
sensitive and to always be perfect and
responsible. He knows we are all human beings and
we do mess up. He expects us to try our best to
live and serve Him in everything that we do. I
chose JFFT to go with this goal because it is all
about tactfulness. Tactfulness is being sensitive
the needs of others but to still be honest to
them. Being accurate is always important.
Accuracy is very important. If you want to help
people in their walk with God, you have to be
accurate. You can not fill their mind with
thoughts that are not true. There are too many
false preachers and such, we as Christians need
to be honest shining lights in the midst of their
darkness. It may be hard but God is there to help
us through it all. He will never leave us. He is
sensitive to our needs and wants, although He
does know what is best for us, and for everyone.
He loves us enough to not force us to do
something we do not want to do. We have to be
responsible in our families and with our friends.
They need to keep us accountable to Christ.
Friends are here to help us in our walk with
Christ. If your friends are not there for you,
then they are not your true friends, are they?
Our responsibility as Christians is to read the
word, understand it, and share it with the rest
of the world.
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Responsible Citizenship

• Develop an understanding of cultural and
  historical heritages, affirm a belief in the
  dignity and worth of others, and accept
  responsibility for local, national, and global
  environments.
• Responsible citizenship was another hard topic to
  find assignments for. I ended up choosing J-FFT
  4/4, and thesis statement 4/12

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Responsible Citizenship Artifacts
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Responsible Citizenship Reflections
Responsible citizenship was a very hard goal to
find assignments for. It is not too hard when you
think about it but, it is more of an assignment
that can not be done over the internet. To me,
responsible citizenship is doing different things
to leave a legacy in your area. There are many
ways you can do that. My favorite thing that
helped me in this goal was the legacy project. It
taught me how much it can be to help and serve
others. Doing just the littlest thing for someone
can mean the world to them. Some people are very
grateful for the things you have done for them,
others not so much. No matter what the situation
though, God will hold you accountable to Him.
Right now it may not seem like He can see your
every move but He actually can. I chose the JFFT
because this one was all about putting ideas into
practice. Many people say they will do something
but before they get around to doing it, it is far
too late. God puts ideas into our heads, He loves
us so much that He lets us decide what we do with
them afterwards. I also chose my thesis
statement, the one I used for my research paper.
This whole assignment was on servant leadership.
I feel that this is something you can definitely
do in your community, or in your own little part
of the world. God will respect you for what you
do in His name, if it is pleasing to Him. He
knows what you are capable of doing in the world
and He never expects more of you than you can
give Him. Doing the research paper, has helped me
learn about what people have had to say about it
and how I can learn from their mistakes to be
even more effective.
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Healthy Balanced Living

• Accept personal responsibility for achieving and
  maintaining optimum physical, mental, and
  spiritual health.
• I chose two assignments for goal five they are
  j-media 4/17, and j-gandhi 3/13

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Healthy Balanced Living Artifacts
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Healthy Balanced Living Reflections

• Healthy balanced living is all about keeping your
  mind, body, and spiritual life healthy. Our
  bodies are temples of God and He wants us to tree
  them as such. He wants what goes in our bodies to
  glorify Him. He wants us to keep our bodies
  healthy because we need to be physically able to
  spread the gospel to as many people as possible.
  He also wants everything we do and say to serve
  Him and to make Him happy. This year I have
  learned so much more about being mentally and
  spiritually healthy. I have learned how to be
  mentally healthy by doing my work although it
  hurts my brain and I do not like it. I chose the
  assignment j-media. I think was a very suiting
  thing to put in here because it taught me a lot
  about the little messages that the media sends
  out and that we do not even think about usually.
  Doing this assignment has taught me to look more
  into what I see on the television and not just
  look at the surface but to go deeper. I also
  chose the J-Gandhi assignment. Gandhi was an
  amazing person of faith. He is such an
  encouragement of how one should act when one
  believes in something as strongly as he did. He
  should make everyone want to try harder to become
  a better person and a more outspoken person both
  verbally and physically. God made the Ten
  Commandments to keep us in line, to keep us
  thinking straight and doing actions that are
  promotional to Him and His kingdom. He wants us
  to keep our spiritual life healthy so that we are
  capable of showing his love to others and by
  realizing the miracles He puts in our lives so
  that we can share them with those who are lost
  and leave a legacy in their lives.

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Intellectual Development

• Adopt a systematic, logical, and biblically based
  approach to decision-making and problem-solving
  when applied to a developing body of knowledge.
• I chose JFFT 1/13, and vocab 1/24 for the j2e
  goal of Intellectual development

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Intellectual Development Artifacts
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Intellectual Development Reflections

• Intellectual development pretty much means
  becoming smart. Becoming smart, is not just
  knowledge wise, it is also spiritually, and
  emotionally, and many ways. You can never have
  too much knowledge. There are so many things
  about the world around us that we do not know. We
  may never know everything, and that is okay. God
  has designed it so that we have the knowledge
  that we need and He holds the knowledge to
  everything. I chose all the vocabulary
  assignments for this goal. They have taught me
  words that I will need to know for the real world
  and do that I will be able to communicate
  effectively whatever it is that I need to, to
  others. I also chose the JFFT about tolerance.
  Tolerance is a very hard thing to have. People
  can only be so tolerant of one another, without
  the help of Jesus we will never reach our full
  potential. He knows our needs and is there to
  help us accomplish them. As you grow in your walk
  with God, He will help you become more tolerant
  of others and different situations that go on in
  the world today. He also does not want us to be
  tolerant of the bad things that are happening. He
  does not want us to sit back and just watch all
  the evil that is going on in the world today. He
  wants us to do something about it. The more
  informed we are, the more we can do to win others
  for Him. I think that many of the JFFT
  assignments have been mentally stimulating. I
  feel that I have learned a lot about world
  history and the life of Jesus and how what
  happened in the past can relate to things going
  on in the real world even today.

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Communication Skills

• Recognize the importance of effective
  communication and develop the requisite skills.
• For communication skills J-Martin Luther 1/18,
  and Vocab 1/30.

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Communication Skills Artifacts
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Communication Skills Reflections

Communication skills are very important.
Especially today they are important, this is
because since we are such a technical generation
we have so many opportunities to tell others
about God. We can tell them about other things as
well, and inform them and such, but God wants us
to more importantly share the love of God with
them. You can communicate either verbally,
nonverbally, or physically. You can be nonverbal
although that may sound impossible. Sometimes
words just are not needed and you can just be
there for someone and it could mean the world of
a difference to them. I chose the vocabulary
assignments for the j2e goal of communicational
skills. Without effective communication skills
then there is no way we can reach others. Do not
get me wrong however, God wants to use us in
every single way. He wants us to trust Him in
letting Him use us for His kingdom. He never
expects more of us then we can give Him. I also
chose J Martin because he was a great example of
an effective speaker. Words mean everything. One
must choose their words wisely or else it could
be dangerous. You can always take words back but
the effect still remains. You also never know who
you will impact or who your words are affecting.
It is best to choose your words very carefully
and to try your best not to slip up. God will
always forgive you if you ask Him to but people
are a different story. You can try to win back
their trust but it may never happen. I have never
been really good with big words. They are
definitely not a walk in the park for me. I feel
though this year I have learned many new words
and from the quizzes, I think I will remember
them.
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Personal Management

• Function responsibly in the everyday world, using
  Christian principles of stewardship, economy, and
  personal management.
• Personal Management fits with many assignments, I
  just so happened to chose J-HOM 2/14, and J-Media
  1/22

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Personal Management Artifacts
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Personal Management Reflections

• I feel that this year I have learned a lot about
  personal management. This whole year has really
  been a huge example of personal management. Since
  ae21 is an online class we are given a list of
  things to do, we have to manage ourselves so that
  we can get them done. We have to watch our time
  and make sure not to waste too much time on the
  computer. We also cannot let ourselves get too
  distracted with things that are so easily
  accessible. For this goal I chose the JHOM about
  excellence. Striving for excellence is a personal
  thing, no one can make you want to do your best
  or try your best you must want it for yourself.
  God wants us to strive for excellence. Within
  knowing what God wants, we should do it! He
  rewards those who do what He wants them to do and
  who do with the right attitude. He does not want
  a halfhearted job He wants you to give it
  everything you have. I also chose one of the
  grammar assignments. It has helped me to learn a
  lot more about English than I have ever known. It
  helps me know that no one can make me learn, and
  no one can force me to work. I have to want to do
  it myself, I have to want to improve for my own
  sake and not just because a teacher would like me
  to. I want to manage the things I do and I feel
  that this year has helped a lot in that area. God
  has shown me the right attitude I need to have
  when I do the things I am called to do. He never
  will force us to do anything but out of our own
  free will, He would like us to.

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Aesthetic Appreciation

• Develop an appreciation of the beautiful, both in
  Gods creation and in human expression, while
  nurturing individual ability in the fine arts.
• For Aesthetic Appreciation I chose j-free 4/25.
  This is the only assignment I could find for this
  goal.

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Aesthetic Development Artifacts
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Aesthetic Appreciation Reflections

For Aesthetic appreciation I chose my final free
journal. It was all about this even that my
church attended called fine arts. In fine arts
there were many different categories so that
people could use their maximum potential to do
what they love to do. God knows that we all have
different abilities that can all be used for Him,
and to win others to Him. We used our God given
gifts to win others for Him. This was a Christian
event however Im sure some people there needed
to here the Word. Or they might have needed to
just hear the message that we were sharing.
Aesthetic appreciation to me, means pretty much
using the skills and the gifts that God has given
you to help others or to reach out to the lost.
God wants us to not be afraid to share His Word
and His love, seeing as He bore His life for us
in front of many many people. God wants us to be
creative, He is creative. He knows we have needs
and wants to be our own person. He loves
individuality and never demotes someone because
of their personality. Christ always showed His
loving personality and His wants to help others.
He was persecuted and verbally abused for healing
people on the Sabbath. He was never really
concerned with what others thought. He stayed
true to Himself, the Father, and His disciples.
He was the perfect example of appreciation of
beauty. He showed His Fathers beauty. He never
took credit for Himself, and He always pointed
out the reason He was here on earthto accomplish
the Fathers will. God does not want us to change
who we are, for anyone. He does not want to
change us, He only wants to form us and use us.
He has great plans of how we can use our
abilities for Him, we just have to show Him that
we are willing by using those skills.
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Career and Service

• Develop a Christian work ethic with an
  appreciation for the dignity of service.
• I chose two assignments for career and service
  j-fft hom 4/17 and j-adra 5/3

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Career and Service Artifacts
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Career and Service Reflections

• Career and service means working in an
  environment where you have the opportunity to
  share the word with other workers. God will use
  you in a way you never thought possible, if you
  just let Him. I feel that the research paper has
  really helped me in my servant leadership. I have
  learned so much about being a serving leader. I
  chose JFFT for this assignment because servant
  leaders can not show gratitude in moderation.
  Pretty much everyone shows gratitude in one way
  or another. Most people just do not go the extra
  mile like God has called us to do. Gratuity can
  be shown in many different ways yet, most people
  hardly show it enough. The other assignment that
  I have chosen to fit in career and service was
  the j-adra. I felt like I have learned so much
  from them. They have taught us so much about
  being a leader and serving as a leader. They also
  gave us many ideas on what we can do in our own
  area. Christ is the perfect example of what
  career and service should look like. He helped so
  many people and always put their needs before His
  own. Doing all these bible assignments has helped
  me to learn more about Jesus life and the things
  He did to help others. These stories have also
  taught me how to serve others. Service is a big
  thing in Florida. There are so many different
  things that we can help with. We have so many
  opportunities but many people are too lazy to use
  the opportunities we are given. We can help out
  with hurricane victims or with the elderly, since
  there are so many of them here. I know that I
  need to chose my career wisely. I know that God
  will help me to choose what He wants me to do. He
  will work in my life just like He worked in the
  lives of others.

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The End!!!

• That was the end of Melissas second semester
  portfolio!! Hope you enjoyed!