In this clip, the filmmakers brought cameras into a grade-school classroom to see how children reason out their assumptions and conclusions about predominating social attitudes. The ability of gay men and lesbians to marry is an unresolved issue among adults; have a look at children's approaches to how they understand themselves in society.

Please watch the following video clip and answer the corresponding follow-up questions.

It's Elementary

1			Did it surprise you to see children with firm opinions on major legal questions of our times? What do you think of the logic the children used in support of their arguments?
2			What kinds of metaphors and theoretical situations did the children employ? How do those metaphors reflect the children’s underlying assumptions?