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Civil Disobedience

• Transcendentalism

• Slavery and abolition

• Civil Rights Movement

• Farm workers’ movements

• Women’s rights movement

• Major supreme court cases

Unit 6: Civil Disobedience

Evaluate the effectiveness of civil disobedience methods from 1849-1975 (non-violent direct action, legislation, grassroots activism, and radicalism) that enacted social change and the resulting effects on society.

Monday 2/28

Objective: Students will find the origins of Civil Disobedience in American Literature 

 

Task: 1) Henry David Thoreau-Civil Disobedience 

2) Civil Disobedience PPT 

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Friday 3/2

Objective: Students will work on veteran's project and begin watching the "Long March" 

Task: 1) Watch "A Long March to Freedom" First 45 minutes. 

2) Slave Narratives. 

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Tuesday 3/3

Objective: Students will work on veteran's project and begin watching the "Long March" 

Task: 1) Radical Reconstruction to Jim Crow 

2) Watch "Long March"

Wednesday 3/4 

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Objective: Students will interview veterans and create a video project.

 

Task: 1) Veteran Interviews 

2) Begin Editing

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HW: Veterans Project Due March 23rd

-Put video onto USB

-Include Thank you card 

-Include Group Picture/Photo Album

-Include printed copy of transcripts 

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Thursday 3/5

1) Assign Socratic Seminar and assign Huck Finn excerpt for Wednesday

2) Vocab Review (Roll the Dice)

3) Gradualism 

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Friday 3/06 

Objective: Students will identify moments of non-violent direct action, legislation, grassroots activism, and radicalism. 

1) Civil Rights Economic Boycotts

2) Huck Finn: Discuss Ch 1-4

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Monday-Tuesday 03/09-03/10

Testing Schedule (45 min periods) 

Task: 1) Work on Vets Project

B-roll+Camera=Editors-Edit Video

Audio-Transcribe (Type out key moments)

Interviewers-Thank you cards 

Each person write 1 page write up on how the project impacted you. 

Will be graded worth 10 points

Wednesday 03/11

Objective: Students will analyze slave narratives and photographs to understand the role of media in Civil Disobedience. 

 

Task: 1) Intro Research Paper-Tentative Dates-Subject to change  

Pick your groups (Step 1) 

Cultural Element (Step 2) 

3 Articles Annotated (Step 3)

Original Research  (Step 3)

Final Annotated Bibs (Step 4)

Introduction Rough Draft (Step 5)

Background/Context Rought Draft (Step 6)

Original Research/My Contr. (Step 7) 

Conclusion (Step 8)
Group Lesson Plan (Step 10)

Final Draft (Step 9) 

Group Presentations Start (Step 11) 

2) Research Question Topic Selection PPT 

3) Huck Finn Ch 5-7 

Thursday 03/12 

Objective: Students will discuss Huck Finn

 

Task: 1) Huck Finn Journal

2) Research Question PPT 

3) Goldilocks-How to write a research question

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Friday 03/13

Objective: Students compare civil rights arguments. 

 

Task: 1) Economic Boycotts 

2) Huck Finn 

Monday 03/16-No School 

Tuesday 03/17

Objective: Students will describe the early years of the civil rights movement. 

 

Task: 1) Civil Rights Court Cases 

4) Huck Finn 23+31

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Wednesday 03/18

Objective: Students will analyze the effectiveness of non-violent resistance 

 

Task: 1) Redlining and Racial Covanents 

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Thursday 03/19

Objective: Students will analyze the effectiveness of non-violent resistance 

1) Civil Rights Legislation 

2) Raisin Act 1.1 

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Friday 03/20

Objective: Students will analyze the effectiveness of non-violent resistance 

1) Malcolm X vs MLK 

2) Raisin Act I.II

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Monday 03/23

Objective: Students will analyze the effectiveness of non-violent resistance 

1) Background PPT 

2) SNCC, CORE and Black Power Reading

3) Millions in his firing squad Reading

4) MLK Videos 

5) King and RFK Reading

Tuesday 03/24

Objective: Students will begin to do preliminary research for their research paper.  

1) Raisin II.i-ii

2) Project Research Time 

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Wednesday 03/25

Objective: Students will continue to do research for their research paper. 

1) Cast Raisin Act III-Students perform 

2) Project Research Time 

Thursday  03/26

Objective: Students will analyze the effectiveness of non-violent resistance 

1) Show CNN-The Sixties Times are a changin: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x56gtyh

2) Writing Annotations Handout+Research Time 

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Friday 03/27

Objective: Students will analyze the origins of the feminist movement. 

Task: 1) Birth Control+Ads  

2) Research Project Step 3. 

-3 articles due for share out in groups 

Monday 03/30

Objective: Students will examine the origins of the farm workers movement. 

Task: 1) Viva La Causa Video+Questions

2) Original Research Planning Time: 

-Revise Research Question 

-Begin Planning original research 

-Research Question Exit Ticket  

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Tuesday 03/31

Objective: Students will analyze the life of Malcolm X by watching Spike Lee's film. 

1) Watch "Malcolm X" entire period 

Wednesday 04/01-Guidance Presentation-Entire Period  

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Thursday 04/02

Objective: Students will analyze the life of Malcolm X by watching Spike Lee's film. 

1) Continue Watching "Malcolm X" 

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Friday 04/03

Objective: Students will explain why the movements of the 60's came to an end.

Task: 1) Continue "Malcolm" 

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Monday 04/06 

Warm-Up: Get Packet Together 

 

Objective: Students will take Socratic Part 1 

Task: 1) Socratic Seminar 

2) Research Planning or Essay Outline 

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Tuesday 04/07

Objective: Students will take Socratic Part 2 

Task: 1) Socratic Seminar Part 2 

2) Research Planning or Essay Outline 

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Wednesday 04/08

Objective: Students will take Review for Test  

Task: 1) Test Review 

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Thursday 04/09

Objective: Students will take test part 1 

Task: 1) Test Part 1

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Friday 04/10 

Objective: Students will take test Part 2 

Task: 

1) Take Test Part 2 

Enjoy Spring Break!!! (4/15-4/19) 

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