Today I worked on my lesson plan for the new week’s critical and ethical thinking topic, on “Empires”. I thought this would be a cool topic for a class, since we haven’t done any history related topics for a while, and I like them. But i realised it was a bit tricky to come up with enough relevant questions that are suitable for kids aged as young as 10 years old. I eventually got a plan that I’m happy with, but it took much of the day. Some questions:
- In the ancient world, what would be the advantages of having a single person rule a land for life?
- What would be the disadvantages?
- How would these be different in the modern world?
- If you were the emperor, what sort of things would you do to ensure peace within your empire?
- If you became the emperor, would you consider giving territory back to the native people and reducing the size of your empire?
- If your neighbouring lands were always at war with one another, would it be good to conquer them to reduce the fighting?
Well, this should be interesting!
It was very cold again today, and it threatened some light rain for much of the day, but we barely had a drop.
Last night I finished watching Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, which I watched for the first time just a few weeks ago. I really enjoyed Doctor Sleep, probably more than the first movie, to be honest. There’s just something about Jack Nicholson which annoys me in almost every role he plays, the main exception being The Joker in Batman.
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