Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What are some of your favorite books, plays, films, or TV shows based on courtroom dramas? Why does that sort of story appeal to many? 2. With what character in such a drama do you most identify: the judge? the defendant? the prosecutor? […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What makes you the real you? Give at least three responses to that question. Which of your responses defines yourself by your relationship with someone else? 2. When would you prefer to remain neutral rather than take a side? In what situations have […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Following the 2016 presidential campaign, unsuccessful candidate Hillary Clinton released a book entitled What Happened. Why can examining a personal failure be a helpful exercise? 2. Consider a personal crisis of your own (loss of a job, financial difficulty, etc.). What did you […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What is your opinion about what will happen in the future? Would you describe the world of tomorrow as unknowable, bleak, or promising? Defend your opinion. 2. A popular science fiction theme is an impending “extinction event”—the looming mass destruction of humanity. Can […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Consider the words, “Who do you think you are.” Do they make up a question or an exclamation? Under what circumstances could they be one or the other? 2. Nineteenth-century poet William Ernest Henley ended his classic poem “Invictus” with these often-quoted words: […]
