On page 325, Maddy tells Peter that education is important. He says, "What you learn can’t be taken from you." Discuss the multiple ways the book explores the theme of education (you may want to consider the story lines of characters such as Master Jefferson, Miss Maria, and Jesse Scott).

If you rub a balloon on a piece of fabric or carpeting and then hold it against your head, your hair can stand on end. use what you have learned in this lesson to explain why this happens.

Create a broucher about newly established oberlin college to send to potential students. explain why the college differs from others and describe the advantages of this college experience

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.