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 […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Why do many tall hotel buildings not have guest rooms on the thirteenth floor? What are some other popular superstitions in our culture? Do you think most people really believe that certain things are bad luck? If not, why might they avoid them […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What is your favorite ethnic food? How did you first discover it? What are some other products of a foreign culture (literature, clothing, entertainment, etc.) that have crossed borders into our culture? 2. What does it mean when someone says, “The world is […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What are a few influential political movements in American history? (For example, civil rights movement, women’s suffrage, antiwar movement, etc.) Can you name some leaders of such causes? 2. Pick one influential political movement from history. How did it begin? What was its […]
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