Take a critical, but optimistic look at ways that even young thinkers can contribute solutions to problems in their school, their community, and beyond. Craft works of art in a variety of media that express ideas for improvement, and share and explain them with peers.

Explore the role of courage in asking “big questions”. Research a great thinker who was willing to be brave, ask questions, and think carefully about possible answers, and whose ideas changed history.

Philosophy can be useful to so many people! Explore various jobs and activities that are made better by asking big questions. Get to know members of the community through the big ideas they use.

Get to know a great thinker, as well as the place and time in which they lived. Consider why they asked the questions that they did and think about the kinds of questions that would have been important to people at that time. Make connections to the questions that people are asking now.

Investigate local habitats, plants, or animals that are endangered or have been singled out for protection by people or organizations in the community. Think critically about whether they should be protected, and research what can and should be done in protection efforts.

Write a letter of advice to future generations on how to treat and interact with the natural world. Think critically about the way that people in the past used the natural world in their daily lives, and how it is used now. Form an opinion about parts of this relationship that need to change, and parts that should stay the same.