Civil Disobedience Pg. 1- Top of 7

August 26, 2015

E.Q: Interpret quotes that apply the fundamentals of transcendentalism.

Obj: I can identify the fundamentals of transcendentalism through the interpretation of significant quotes.

Stater:

Respond to the question below the quote:

 

Howard Zinn's quote supports the ideas that Henry David Thoreau will address in Civil Disobedience.

Justify whether or not you agree with them. 

Then, consider whether or not you could be civilly disobedient. 

Vocabulary:

Civil Disobedience Vocabulary

Use this document to follow along with the vocab for this unit.

Make sure to make a copy of it in your folder, and make the appropriate additions.

Activity:

1. Civil Disobedience

We will begin reading Civil Disobedience today.

As we read, use the Scrible toolbar to annotate.

Discussion Questions:

Interpret the quotes, "That government is best which governs least" and, "That government is best which governs not at all" (Thoreau 1).

Analyze and interpret Thoreau's opinion on the Mexican war.

 Analyze and interpret Thoreau's opinion of the army.

Analyze and interpret Thoreau's comparison of man and machine.

Connect the ideas of the Revolution of '75 to Thoreau's.

2.  Partner Read

With a partner, read the next 6 paragraphs.

Stop at the paragraph that begins, "The broadest and most prevalent error..."(7).

Use the scrible tool to summarize the main idea of each paragraph. 

To support your interpretation, identify at least one quote that represents that idea.

Take screenshots and save them to your assignments folder.

This will serve as a back up for your notes. 

Make sure to take quality notes. 

We will use these for a class discussion tomorrow.

3.  TPEQEA

Based on the first four pages of Civil Disobedience, what type of change does Thoreau want?

Answer this question in a TPEQEA paragraph and make sure to include the QUOTE.

4.  USAtestprep Remediation

If you did not receive a score of an 80% you must complete the remediation.

There are TWO parts to this remediation.

1.  Complete Persuasion Remediation

Once again, you must receive at least an 80%.

For each question wrong, make sure to read the explanation.

Write these explanations down.

2.  Complete Persuasion Remediation Part Two

Once again, you must receive at least an 80%.

For each question wrong, make sure to read the explanation.

Write these explanations down.

Due Dates:

Part One is due by tomorrow.

Part Two is due by Monday.

Closure:

Explain Thoreau's overall opinion of man.