Secondary – March 8

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” -US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., born on this date in 1841. Describe the experience you’d like to have that you think would most stretch your mind.

Primary – March 8

Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, was born on this date in 1859. If you could talk with any animal, what animal would you choose and what is the first question you would ask? What do you think its answer would be?

Secondary – March 7

Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” was first published in The New Republic on this date in 1923. Write a scene describing what the narrator had to do before sleep.   Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must...

Primary – March 7

Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” was first published in The New Republic on this date in 1923. Write a story that explains where the author is going. Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To...

Secondary – March 6

“Criticize by creating.” -Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni — better known as Michelangelo — born on this date in 1475. What would you create in response to the issue you most want to criticize?

Primary – March 6

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni — better known as Michelangelo — was born on this date in 1475. He believed that people should “criticize by creating.” What do you think he meant when he said that?

Secondary – March 5

Gerardus Mercator was born on this date in 1512. In 1569, he developed a technique to map the globe that accurately projects a sphere onto a flat surface so the earth’s longitude and latitude lines are at right angles to each other. Polish mathematician Alfred Korzybski famously said, “The map is not the territory.” What does that mean to you?

Primary – March 5

Gerardus Mercator was born on this date in 1512. In 1569, he developed a technique to map the globe that accurately projects a sphere onto a flat surface. How would you get someplace if you didn’t have an accurate map?