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Napoleonic Study Methodology: For Serious Students

Completed by 1 learner
Ages 13-18
Live One-Time Class
Learn the secret of Napoleon's success: Effortful and Imaginative Study with some heavy doses of determinaton
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:
(369 reviews)

Live video meetings
Meets once
3-18 learners per class
60 min

What's included

1 live meeting
1 in-class hours
Homework
The student should read Napoleon at Work and should practice the skills discussed in class ....daily.

Class Experience

“All that I am, everything that I have been I owe to the work habits that I have acquired from my boyhood.” - Napoleon

With a sense of destiny and a driving ambition Napoleon demonstrated his most important skill he acquired - that of effortful and imaginative study. This class is for serious students with serious goals who are determined to succeed. 

Topics Presented: Napoleon's work ethic, Napoleon's reading methodology, Napoleon's annotations, Napoleon's ruminations, Napoleon's battlespace visualization, Napoleon's algebraic and geometric method of thinking. 

While we know him as a Military Genius; that genius was the result of his deliberate and focused approach toward study. This class is meant to use Napoleon as an example of how to use effort and imagination in order to read a book once and "gain its essence" (Napoleon). 

There are no "quick fixes" toward expertise, nor are there any "gimmicks" or "silver bullets". Using research from history, psychology, cognitive behavior specialists, and sound classroom experience the student will find that the maxim "Read Hard, Think Easy" is true and worth the time devoted in developing a proper study methodology. 

“Memory is better when the context in which retrieval is attempted matches the context in which it's encoded.” – John F Kihlstrom  

No one is born a "genius" and there is no such thing as "luck". Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. So prepare to be "lucky".

Learning Goals

The student will learn about a methodology of study.
The student will learn about the importance of identifying life goals as a means of motivated study.
The student will learn about time management and staying focused upon their goals.
The student will learn about the concept of "Read Hard, Think Easy"
The student will learn about Napoleon's approach toward reading and annotation. 
The student will learn how to use their imagination as a tool for mastering knowledge.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Napoleon is used as the best example of an individual who by their own effort, desire, and determination was able to achieve the unimaginable. This class is not about Napoleon the soldier, it is about Napoleon the student. The theme is that effort and imagination can achieve great results, not to turn your child into a conqueror of Europe.
Supply List
A sense of destiny and a driving ambition to succeed
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Oeuvres du Comte P.L. Roederer publiées par son fils A. M. Roederer, Vol. 8 (Paris, 1859), p. 494. Claude-François de Méneval, Memoirs to Serve for the History of Napoleon I from 1802 to 1815, Vol. I, translated by Robert H. Sherard (London, 1895), p. 308. Official Narratives of the Campaigns of Buonaparte Since the Peace of Amiens (London, 1817), p. 7. D.A. Bingham, A Selection from the Letters and Despatches of the First Napoleon, Vol. I (London, 1884), p. 72. Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Private Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Vol. I (Philadelphia, 1831), pp. 269-270. Méneval, Memoirs to Serve for the History of Napoleon I from 1802 to 1815, Vol. I, pp. 368-369. Oeuvres du Comte P.L. Roederer publiées par son fils A. M. Roederer, Vol. 8, pp. 488-489. Méneval, Memoirs to Serve for the History of Napoleon I from 1802 to 1815, Vol. I, p. 375. Frédéric Masson, Napoleon at Home: The Daily Life of the Emperor at the Tuileries, Vol. I, translated by James E. Matthew (London, 1894), pp. 197-198. Méneval, Memoirs to Serve for the History of Napoleon I from 1802 to 1815, Vol. I, pp. 370-371. Ibid., p. 371. André Pons de L’Hérault, Souvenirs et Anecdotes de l’Île d’Elbe(Paris, 1897), pp. 61-62. Méneval, Memoirs to Serve for the History of Napoleon I from 1802 to 1815, Vol. I, p. 375. Ibid., p. 376 Frederick Maitland, Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte (London, 1826), pp. 209-210. MOST IMPORTANTLY - Napoleon at Work by Colonel Vachee Learning and Decision-Making Theories from various sources: Gary Klein (Recognition Primed Decision-Making), John F Kihlstrom, John Boyd, U.K. Revision/Study Guides and many more.

Meet the teacher

Joined September, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Master's Degree in History from American Military University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from University of Maine at Farmington
Bachelor's Degree in History from Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada)
I have been a teacher for the last 30 years in both public and private school settings throughout the Atlantic region. Many of my students have attended some of the premier universities in North America (Yale, West Point, Stanford) and in the U.K. (Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh). With those students it was a matter of having approached their studies with effort and imagination; there are no gimmicks or tricks to becoming a great student - it is an innate passion for the subject and a drive to succeed. 

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