Thursday, January 24, 2013

Week 20, Day 4

Objective:Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; Use dictionaries and thesauri as needed; Demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American fiction from each major literary period; Revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve logical organization by adding transitional words and phrases; Write an interpretation of a literary text that identifies and analyzes the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text and anticipates and responds to readers' questions or contradictory information; Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension.

1. Bell Work: What is Civil Disobedience?  Give some recent examples of Civil Disobedience.  
2. Read the Student Background Information
3. Read this article
4. Read these quotes
5. Group Activity #1
1. Break up into groups of 2-3
2. Investigate one of the authors of the quotes that was directly involved in acts of civil disobedience (such as Thoreau or King) and perform  basic research on the figure.  To guide your investigation, ask these questions:
1. When and where did the person's act(s) of civil disobedience take place?
2. What specific societal issue(s) inspired him/her to commit civil disobedience?
3. How much recognition (or notoriety) did the person receive as a result?
4. When viewed in hindsight, how successful were the actions?  Was there a change in policy as a result?  Did the acts bring the issues into focus for the public?
3. Present findings from each group.
6. Group Activity #2
1. Analyze the concept and practice of civil disobedience as well as your own beliefs by addressing the following: 
2. Which quotes are most relevant to our own times?  Which are least relevant.
7. Discuss needs for civil disobedience today.  
8. For homework, pick TWO of these topics and write a paragraph about each:
1. What conclusions might you draw about the class' discussion on civil disobedience?
2. What sacrifices would one need to make to commit an act of passive resistance? What could some of the negative consequences of the action be? In what ways does a person who commits civil disobedience alienate him/herself from society?
3. In your view, how effective is civil disobedience in causing positive change in the world?
4. DUE TOMORROW!  You may do this on your own paper (in pen!) or in a google doc.  
9. Reminders:
1. SAT Quiz tomorrow