Civil Disobedience

Essential Question

To what extent is collective action necessary to defeat injustice?
How can we, as citizens, organize an act of civil disobedience?

Texts

Informational

Freedom's Main Line

One of the earliest assaults on segregated transit in the South occurred in Louisville, Ky., in 1870-71. There, the city’s black community organized a successful protest that relied on nonviolent direct action, a tactic that would give shape to the modern civil rights movement nearly a century later.

Maria Fleming

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism

December 6, 2017

Informational

1920: Women Get the Vote

This article examines the history of the 19th Amendment, which secured the right to vote for women. It examines women's participation at the polls since then and considers the possibility and impact of greater numbers of women in public office.

Sam Roberts

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

July 5, 2014

Multimedia

StoryCorps: Stonewall Riots

“The lights went up, the music went off, and you could hear a pin drop.”

Michael Levine and Matthew Merlin

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

July 8, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Close and Critical Reading

Text-Dependent Questions

Readers must refer back to the central text to answer text-dependent questions and provide evidence from the reading to support their answers. Students provide accurate, relevant and complete evidence. To do this well, students will often need to re-read the text several times. This approach privileges the text over prior knowledge, personal experience and pre-reading activities.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RL.6-12.2, RL.6-12.4, RL.6-12.5, RL.6-12.6, RI.6-12.1, RI.6-12.2, RI.6-12.3, RI.6-12.4, RI.6-12.6

July 19, 2014

Community Inquiry

Socratic Seminar

A structured discussion in which students examine issues and respond to open-ended questions about a text. Students use dialogue rather than debate to communicate with each other.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.3, SL.6-12.4, SL.6-12.6

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Act Up! Drama for Justice

Students write and perform a skit or monologue that brings awareness to a specific issue addressed in the text.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Do Something

Consuming and Creating Political Art

Students examine the history of political art. They then create their own murals, political cartoons or posters, demonstrating an understanding of social justice issues.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

katherine.guzman

Civil Disobedience

Freedom's Main Line

1920: Women Get the Vote

StoryCorps: Stonewall Riots

Text-Dependent Questions

Socratic Seminar

Act Up! Drama for Justice

Consuming and Creating Political Art

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