Another suggestion: to start a discussion with kids ages 9 and up about social justice, primary source research, intellectual property/copyright/creators' rights, 20th century history, persistence, and/or speaking up for others, show them the feature documentary Batman & Bill on Hulu. It's the first film based on a nonfiction picture book (Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman). Warning: it's a tearjerker!
The activities:
day 92 - change the world - posted 6/15/20
day 91 - create a school welcome kit - posted 6/14/20
day 90 - solve a mystery in your life - posted 6/13/20
day 89 - erect a graffiti wall - posted 6/12/20
day 88 - read a whole newspaper - posted 6/11/20
day 87 - be a hero - posted 6/10/20
day 86 - build an underwater city - posted 6/9/20
day 85 - ask tough questions - posted 6/8/20
(NOTE: an additional question, which will be especially tough for some:
"What are you doing to help people in
the black, LGBTQ, and other marginalized communities?")
day 84 - plant pennies - posted 6/7/20
day 83 - be a town crier - posted 6/6/20
day 82 - create a family coat of arms - posted 6/5/20
day 81 - organize a combination bee - posted 6/4/20
day 80 - conduct touch tests - posted 6/3/20
day 79 - read a banned book - posted 6/2/20
day 78 - detect lies - posted 6/1/20
day 77 - trace your family tree - posted 5/31/20
day 76 - celebrate an unsung hero - posted 5/30/20
day 75 - draw from memory - posted 5/29/20
day 74 - create a miniature park - posted 5/28/20
day 73 - mix up meals - posted 5/27/20
day 72 - make riddle cards - posted 5/26/20
day 71 - balance a book - posted 5/25/20
day 70 - invent a secret code - posted 5/24/20
day 69 - find your dream job - posted 5/23/20
day 68 - create a moon calendar - posted 5/22/20
day 67 - soundtrack your life - posted 5/21/20
day 66 - make and bury a time capsule - posted 5/20/20
day 65 - attract a spider - posted 5/19/20
day 64 - argue someone else's view - posted 5/18/20
day 63 - write your pet's biography - posted 5/17/20
day 62 - go thumbless - posted 5/16/20
day 61 - make name cookies - posted 5/15/20
day 60 - learn birdcalls - posted 5/14/20
day 59 - write a song parody - posted 5/13/20
day 58 - draw the unseen - posted 5/12/20
day 57 - make a prism - posted 5/11/20
day 56 - cast a movie about your family - posted 5/10/20
(NOTE: you won't know a single actor mentioned in this entry)
day 55 - publish a family newspaper - posted 5/9/20
day 54 - go metric - posted 5/8/20
day 53 - find a sister school - posted 5/7/20
day 52 - watch things decompose - posted 5/6/20
day 51 - conduct a sniff test - posted 5/5/20
day 50 - kick a bad habit - posted 5/4/20
day 49 - find the meaning in your name - posted 5/3/20
day 48 - party with babies - posted 5/2/20
day 47 - save a tiger - posted 5/1/20
day 46 - test pollution level - posted 4/30/20
day 45 - do three (or one!) things that scare you - posted 4/29/20
day 44 - speak backward - posted 4/28/20
day 43 - read lips - posted 4/27/20
day 42 - help a missing child - posted 4/26/20
day 41 - organize a fashion show - posted 4/25/20
day 40 - invent a board game - posted 4/24/20
day 39 - be a mime - posted 4/23/20
day 38 - draw someone at the reverse age - posted 4/22/20
day 37 - survey your friends - posted 4/21/20
day 36 - test truth in advertising - posted 4/20/20
day 35 - write a dog dictionary - posted 4/19/20
day 34 - make a trauma doll - posted 4/18/20
day 33 - list your island top five - posted 4/17/20
day 32 - dress from another decade - posted 4/16/20
day 31 - call a radio station - posted 4/15/20
(NOTE: I realize you may be unfamiliar with the concepts
of "cassettes," "radio" and "calling,"
which is why this may be especially fun!)
day 30 - flip a cartoon - posted 4/14/20
day 29 - repair a stuffed animal - posted 4/13/20
day 28 - plant mistakes - posted 4/12/20
day 27 - draw from a bird's-eye view - posted 4/11/20
day 26 - keep a dream journal - posted 4/10/20
day 25 - make a sundial - posted 4/9/20
day 24 - break your own record - posted 4/8/20
day 23 - race paper airplanes - posted 4/7/20
day 22 - calculate your (material) worth - posted 4/6/20
day 21 - wear a new hairstyle - posted 4/5/20
day 20 - run a family quiz show - posted 4/4/20
day 19 - recreate famous images - posted 4/3/20
(NOTE: the Getty Museum of Los Angeles has done
the GM and MTN end)
day 18 - splatter a shirt - posted 4/2/20
(NOTE: requires a yard or other private outdoor space,
a plain solid-colored T-shirt or sweatshirt, and fabric paint; if you do not have
some or any of this on hand, you'll have to get [even more] creative)
day 17 - change hands - posted 4/1/20
(NOTE: not for the whole day as it suggests;
start with 15 minutes and see how much longer you can go...
day 16 - make and take Rorschach test - posted 3/31/20
day 15 - rescue a bug - posted 3/30/20
day 14 - act out the dialogue from a film - posted 3/29/20
(NOTE: "tape" and "VCR" are the medieval forms of Netflix)
day 13 - make a house of mirrors - posted 3/28/20
day 12 - take an animal census - posted 3/27/20
(NOTE: though we're mostly staying at home at the moment,
you can do this by looking out the window!)
day 11 - know your blood type - posted 3/26/20
(NOTE: forget the self-test; just ask your parents!)
day 10 - compare news stories - posted 3/25/20
day 9 - celebrate another country's holiday - posted 3/24/20
day 8 - draw your great-grandparents - posted 3/23/20
day 7 - recite a famous speech - posted 3/22/20
day 6 - toss a rainbow salad - posted 3/21/20
(NOTE: you can also use fruit/nuts/other healthy food)
day 5 - put inventions in chronological order - posted 3/20/20
(NOTE: you don't have to use sticky notes; just make a list)
day 4 - go sled bowling - posted 3/19/20
day 3 - list the Seven Wonders of Your City/Town - posted 3/18/20
day 2 - make a string path - posted 3/17/20
(NOTE: you don't have to start at the front door)
day 1 - hold a no-laughing contest - posted 3/16/20
