Civil Disobedience in the United States

For today you read most of Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," exploring his thinking about what a person is to do in the face of a government or laws they disagree with and want to change.

You will work with a group of 2-3 people, as noted below, to create a "newspaper" about an example of Civil Disobedience in the United States.

• Billy, Penelope, Charlie T - Malala
• Jack B, Celestina, Kevin - Anna Hazare
• Alleman, Emma - MLK (Selma)
• David, Ashley, Julian - Tank Man - Tienanmen Square
• Evan, Alyssa, Nate - Whiskey Rebellion
• Jack D, Nicolette, Nir - Salt March
• Charlie K, Elizabeth, Kellen - March on Washington
• Matt, Andrew, Chloe - Boston Tea Party
• Jacob, Rachel, Ying - Lunch counter protests

First, you will work with your group to find and research an act of civil disobedience.  There are many ways to do this using various search tools and databases.  Once you have a choice you must clear it with me before proceeding.  Each choice will only be allowed to be used once - that way we will have a variety of examples to view.  For example, we spoke about Rosa Parks in class the other day, so consider that example taken.

You will create your newspaper on the computer, using whatever program you want.  I think it will be best to have all of the information from the list below on two pieces of paper - it might be rather cramped if you try to put it all on one.

• An image / images
• A headline
• 3-4 bullet points (sub-headlines) containing details of what people were protesting, the action(s) they took, and the results
• A quotation from Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"
• One body paragraph of the newspaper story in which you link this example to Thoreau's ideas.  Be sure to clarify what Thoreau's words mean and how they apply to this situation.

Please complete this by the end of the period - print it out or send it to me digitally.