For what in your life are you most grateful, and why?
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?
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?
What makes you laugh the hardest?
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?
Finish this sentence and explain your answer: If I could be a superhero, the power that would be most important to me would be…
August Ferdinand Möbius was born on this date in 1790. Describe what you think the world would look like without math.
W.C. Handy, who is considered the father of blues music, was born in Alabama on this date in 1873. He once said this: “Life is like a trumpet – if you don’t put anything into it, you don’t get anything out of it.” What do you think he meant when he said that? You can listen to a recording of W.C. Handy’s Memphis Blues by clicking on song the title.