1. Do you trust your senses? Do you trust what you think about the world? Why?
2. Given your answer above, do you believe you need something like the scientific method in your life?
We then watched this video. About half the classes counted it correctly.
After a brief discussion about the video, we answered the final question:
3. After watching the video, how do you feel about your answer to questions 1 and 2? Why?
Then we moved on to social studies, where we looked at how people and trade goods move around the world, and how maps can indicate this...check out the Maps and Trade page for the lesson.