Leadership Education Mentoring Institute

Reading list for the 2009 LEMI Training. This includes the required pre-readings for training, as well as the books your students will read for the class.

Required Pre-readings for LEMI training:

All Trainings:
A Thomas Jefferson Education by Dr. Oliver Van DeMille (second edition) (Please remember that these trainings are greatly enhanced by the attendance of the Face to Face with Greatness seminars.)

Key of Liberty
The Making of America (up to pg. 231, be familiar with the rest) by Cleon Skousen
Freedom Factor by Gerald Lund

Sword of Freedom
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson (start it, don't need to finish it)
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriett Beecher-Stowe (complete the reading)

Shakespeare Conquest
Friendly Shakespeare by Norrie Epstein
Merchant of Venice Cliffnotes Complete version

Pyramid Project
Inteligro Math by Tiffany Earl
Carry on Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe by Michael S. Schneider

TJYC I & II
A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver DeMille (preferably 2nd Edition)
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Spend some time researching the life of Martin Luther

TJYC III
Understanding the Times by David A.Noebel (read the chapters on Secular Humanism)
Humanist Manifesto (available online, you can also read Humanist Manifesto II)
The Five Thousand Year Leap by Cleon Skousen (you don't have to read the whole thing but we will be writing a paper appying a principle to a current event)
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (read first section and Habit 1)
Research Brown v. Board of Education (you will be writing a legal brief with your team, you may want to do some research on how to do that)

The Five Pillar Tutorial
A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver DeMille (2nd Edition)
The New Commonwealth School by Aneladee Milne and Tiffany Earl
The Inner Ring by C.S. Lewis (Found in The Weight of Glory)
also write a one page paper on The Inner Ring, and bring it with you to training.

Required books for each project - The books you and the students will need for use during the class.

KEY OF LIBERTY
The Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang
The Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty
or The Light and the Glory for Children by Peter Marshall
John Adams: The Reluctant Patriot by Leonard Falkner
The Making of George Washington by William H. Wilbur
The Freedom Factor by Gerald Lund
The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz
Fifty-Five Fathers by Selma R. Williams
We the People: The Making of the Constitution by Doris & Harold Faber

SWORD OF FREEDOM
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriett Beecher-Stowe
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Abraham Lincoln by Wilber F. Gordy
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

SHAKESPEARE CONQUEST
1 of these 5 plays
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
Romeo and Juliet
The Merchant of Venice
King Lear

For any one of the five plays that you choose to study, we highly recommend the version for its readability and explanations.

THOMAS JEFFERSON YOUTH CERTIFICATION (TJYC)
The TJYC students are given many options as to what books they may want to read for colloquium. Some of the optional books will be available for purchase.

Level I:
Recommended books:
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther by Roland Bainton
A Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown by Clinton Cox
Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths by Stephen B. Oates
Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword by Jeanette Eaton (available only through LEMI)
(any book on Patrick Henry)
(any book on Martin Luther King, Jr.)
any print of the Constitution of the United States Four books of choice

Level II:
Required books:
The Real George Washington by Jay A. Parry & Andrew M. Allison
The Real Thomas Jefferson by Andrew M. Allison
With Malice Towards None by Stephen B. Oates
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years by Jack Le Vein and John Lord

Level III:
Understanding the Times by David A. Noebel (students read the abridged version, it is recommended that mentors have both)
The Five Thousand Year Leap by Cleon Skousen
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Great Decisions of the U. S. Supreme Court by Harrison and Gilbert (Barnes and Noble books)
2 books of choice (from classics list in mentor binder)

Pyramid Project
The Scientists Who Changed the World (available through LEMI)
Math Textbook of your choice
Inteligro Math by Tiffany Earl
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Carry on Mr. Boditch by Jean Lee Latham

Prereadings:
Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
A Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe by Michael S. Schneider

The Five Pillar Tutorial the Five Pillar Tutorial list available on the GWU website, http://www.gw.edu/academics/certifications/5pillars.php