Secondary – November 22

Rodney Dangerfield was born on this date in 1921. Describe the essence of humor.

Primary – November 22

Born on this date in 1898, Wiley Hardeman Post was the first pilot to fly around the world by himself. He did that in 1933. If you could be the first person to do something – something new, or something that’s already been done – what would you choose, and why?

Secondary – November 21

The French author François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, was born on this date in 1694. Explain what you think he meant when he said, “Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”

Primary – November 21

On this date in 1783, Jean de Rozier and the Marquis d’Arlandes made the first free-flight ascent in a balloon in Paris, France. What do you think the first people in history who were truly flying thought and felt about their experience?

Secondary – November 20

Nobel-prize winning novelist Nadine Gordimer was born on this date in 1923. She once said, “A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.” What childhood fear still afflicts you, and how does that fear manifest itself internally and externally?

Primary – November 20

What makes you laugh the hardest?

Secondary – November 19

If a time-traveling visitor from the future offered you the chance to ask one question, what would you ask and what would you do with the answer?

Primary – November 19

Which of your five senses is your favorite, and how could your other four senses make up for that if you lost your favorite one?