Kid President - How To Change The World with Kindness. Teaching kindness to children is part of the fourth National Health Education Standards: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communications skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks. Learning to be kind helps build a positive learning environment.
The stone-throwers took two forms-either like the arrow-firing apparatus or large one-armed catapults, known in the 4th century CE as the onager or 'Wild Ass' because of its terrific recoil but, in fact, first appearing in the 2nd century CE.
Ever since they were invented, catapults have been a deadly war weapon. The catapult was invented by Dionysius of Syracuse around 400 B.C. In Greek, the word catapult means to throw into. When he designed the catapult, Dionysius wanted to create an effective war weapon. The first catapult designed worked like a crossbow. To be able to make the catapult more powerful, it was made larger and stronger and set on a tripod.