Stride Toward Freedom

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."

                                                                  -- Martin Luther King

1.  Independent Reading -- Please begin at the bell

 

2.  Stride Toward Freedom  -- Read this excerpt closely.  Complete the notes on the text as indicated to the right of the text.

 

Note:  Take care in completing all assignments and turning them in.  If you are absent, make sure you find out what you missed.  Ask for any handouts before class begins.

Gandhi

Regarding the refusal to obey unjust laws:

"Award us for it what punishment you like, we will put up with it. 

 Send us to prison and we will live there as in a paradise."

                                                                                               -- Mohandas Gandhi

1. Independent Reading -- Please begin at the bell.  We will take only a few minutes today so we can get to part of the movie Gandhi

2.  Article of the Week #14 is due -- You have thoroughly annotated and written a one page response on this article.  Please have it out and ready to collect.

3.  From "On Civil Disobedience" -- Please take this text out with the completed assignment.  You have also completed two questions on the back.

 Also on the back of this handout you will respond to the part of the movie that we see today.  What are your feelings about what you have seen?  What caught your attention?

Mohandas Gandhi

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

                                                                                       -- Mohandas Gandhi

1.  Independent Reading -- Please begin at the bell.

2.  Reminder -- Annotation and one page response on ARTICLE of the WEEK #14 is due tomorrow.

3.  Gandhi -- From "On Civil Disobedience" 

      Yesterday you were assigned to closely read and annotate From "On Civil Disobedience" by Mohandas Gandhi.  You were also assigned to RECORD 5 main ideas (number each and skip some space between each) and then to provide the QUOTES that support the main ideas.   This was to be finished for homework.

             

QUESTIONS:  (Write your responses on the back of the assignment handout)

1. In reviewing the first part of the text, is there anything that Gandhi says that would apply to our country today?

2.  In the second part of the text, what argument does Gandhi use to support the idea that civil disobedience can be effective?   

                         

Gandhi

"No clapping is possible without two hands to do it, 
and no quarrel without two persons to make it."

                                                                                                     -- Mohandas Gandhi

1.  Independent Reading -- Please begin at the bell.  I will be quickly checking at the bell.

2.  Examples of Disobedience -- A review of the blog post from yesterday and the articles assigned.

 3.  From "On Civil Disobedience" by Mohandas Gandhi -- FIRST read the biographical information on the back so you know something about Mohandas Gandhi. THEN carefully read the text and closely annotate for main ideas.  On the assignment form, RECORD and number 5 MAIN IDEAS and locate the quotes that support the main ideas that you recorded.

4.  NOTE:  AoW #14 is due Friday.  Thoroughly annotate the article and write approximately one page reflection giving your position on the issue

 

Civil Disobedience

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

                                                                                    --Mahatma Gandhi

1.  Independent Reading -- Please get your assigned netbook and while it's powering up quietly read.   

2.  Before we use the netbooks, review your notes on "Civil Disobedience"  for a short quiz.  You may work with ONE partner.  I will collect your annotated copies of "Civil Disobedience" before the quiz.

3. Go to Baltrushes.blogspot.com and click on the following links and read the articles.  Explain the act of CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.  Select two of the examples (two articles) that you think are the most effective acts of civil disobedience and explain why you think they are the most effective.

OBJECTIVE:  To demonstrate your understanding of civil disobedience


UC Fee Hikes

Cindy Sheehan

Nun Makes Major Nuclear Breach

Three Nuns and a Test of Civil Disobedience

"Civil Disobedience"

"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison."

                                                                                             -- Henry David Thoreau

1.  Independent Reading -- You have had the first week of the new semester to select a book.  You were reminded of that each day.  Each and all of you should have your independent reading books today.

2.  "Civil Disobedience" -- Please be attentive as we finish reading Thoreau's essay.  There will be a quiz.  Continue taking notes on your copy as you will receive points for following along with the reading.

3.  Article of the Week #14 -- As usual, your annotation and written response is due Friday. 

"Civil Disobedience"

"Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them . . . . ."

                                                                                          Henry David Thoreau

1.  Independent Reading -- Through this week you have been selecting your independent reading books.  You receive participation credit each day for being prepared to do some reading at the beginning of class.  Each day I record your participation (5pts) and at the end of the grading period I add those points.  I allow a few days for absences.  Consequently, some of you may be receiving extra points if you are here each day and are reading when I check.

2.  "Civil Disobedience" -- Continue taking notes on each page as we read.  When I collect these pages from you, I should see notes for each page.

Essential Question:  How do I trace the development of an author's argument over the course of a text?   Notice how Thoreau constructs his argument.  We will be going back and reviewing that.  

Response Questions:

*What is your general opinion or response to what we have read so far?
*What part has especially caught your attention?
*What part do you really agree with?
*Is there anything you dislike about what Thoreau says?