Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What ethnic dish do you enjoy that others might not want to eat? How did you come to enjoy it? What ethnic dish would you never try? What makes the difference? 2. What are some businesses that are known all over the world? […]

Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What is the meaning of the expression, “a perfect storm”? Tell about a time in your life when many seemingly random circumstances came together all at once to create an earth-shaking event.  2. Complete this statement: “I remember where I was when [a […]

Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What comes to mind when you think of these words: overhaul, makeover, restoration? Give an example of things that have gone through one or more of those radical changes. 2. When have you said, “It’s just too small for me anymore” or “It […]

Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Before social media memes and before email forwards, there were supermarket tabloids spreading stories that seemed unbelievable. How do you test stories in these media to know whether to believe them? 2. Can you think of a story that seemed unbelievable at first, […]

Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. The decades since the middle of the 19th century have seen an increased interest in spiritualism. Why do you think these practices have been attractive to people such as Mary Todd Lincoln, Queen Victoria, Heinrich Himmler, William S. Burroughs, and Elvis Presley? What […]