Secondary – February 17

Choose an historical figure you have learned about whom you would most like to be for a day, and explain what you would do on a day you pick from that person’s life.

Primary – February 17

If you could be invisible for only one day, what would you do on that day?

Secondary – February 16

Sonny Bono was born on this date in 1935. Make the case that celebrity is a qualification or disqualification for public office.

Primary – February 16

How would you try to persuade a friend who doesn’t like to read to read your favorite book?

Secondary – February 15

Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei, born on this date in 1564, once wrote, “I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.” Explain what you think Galileo meant and defend your disagreement or agreement.

Primary – February 15

Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton was born on this date in 1874. He believed, “Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.” What do you think he meant when he said that?

Secondary – Valentine’s Day

Famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass, born on this date in 1818, once said, “A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.” Explain why do you agree or disagree with him.

Primary – Valentine’s Day

If you could write a Valentine’s Day card to anyone, what would you write and who would you send it to?