Secondary – October 22

Photojournalist Robert Capa was born on this date in 1913. Explain why you agree or disagree with the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words.

Primary – October 22

Daniel Boone was born on this date in 1734. Explain why you think it’s OK or not OK to celebrate a person’s life for exaggerated ideas about things she or he may or may not have actually done.

Secondary – October 21

Swedish chemist, industrialist, inventor of dynamite, and founder of the Nobel Prize Alfred Nobel was born on this date in 1833. Explain whether perpetual good works can ever offset a single really bad act.

Primary – October 21

“The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.” -Ursula K. Le Guin, born on this date in 1929. Ask yourself a question you don’t want to answer.

Secondary – October 20

“The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wriggle and weasel out of one.” -Lewis Grizzard, born on this date in 1946. Decide whether you agree or disagree and then explain why.

Primary – October 20

If you could change one of your family’s rules, how and why would you change it?

Secondary – October 19

On this date in 1789, John Jay was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He wrote, “Those who own the country ought to govern it.” Explain this principle in your own words.

Primary – October 19

Movie camera inventor Auguste Lumière was born on this date in 1862. He once said, “My invention can be exploited … as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever.” Explain who someone who is very smart can also be very wrong.