FOURTH WEEK OF AUGUST

INGENUITY: Making the most of what you have to achieve a goal

Vs. Dullness of mind, lack of imagination or effort

SUGGESTED READING:
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Man Who Never Was
Books about pioneers
Books about scientists

FAMILY ACTIVITY:

Discuss ways to get out of the house in case of fire. As a family, make a plan that includes at least two ways to escape from every room in the house.
Teach your child what to do if they are injured and you are not there. Little things, like rinsing out a cut or how to get help if they are seriously injured away from home.
As a family, sign up for a First Aid class.
As a family, play a game in which one person names a place or an animal and the next person has to name a place or animal whose first letter is the same as the last letter in the previous person's noun. (Ex. Lion, Nevada, America, Ant, Tiger, Rome . . .)

CLASS ACTIVITY:

Give each student a piece of paper and a pair of scissors. Ask them to cut the paper so that it is as long as possible.
Have your students write a short paper about a spy escaping pursuers.

HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY:

Remembering that human ingenuity has given us cures for diseases, the atom bomb, and the gas chambers at Auschwitz; has human ingenuity made the world a better place, or a worse one?
Discuss ways for reducing the negative and increasing the positive effects of human ingenuity.

"No great genius is without an admixture of madness." -Aristotle

"Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind." -Lord Essex

"Impossibility: a word found only in the dictionary of fools." -Emperor Napoleon I

"All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil." -British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli

Perform a Random Act of Kindness Each Day