Civil Disobedience

This is just a simple outline. I have a very detailed ppt with many photographs (that's still a work in progress). The worksheets are found here (A class/B class).

When is it ok to break the law? How does big social change happen?

I. Introduction

Activity: Calculated Acts

A. Thoreau 

1. Vocabulary: Chinese/English

Video

Extra:  Civil Disobedience (in Mandarin and English)

II. Gandhi

A. Reading
Extra: Video in Chinese

III. American Civil Rights Movement

A. Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK Jr was influenced by the teachings of Jesus (The Golden Rule and Loving your Enemies) as well as Gandhi's success with Satyagraha. 

1. Readings A Class/ B Class
2. We Shall Overcome (lyrics with translation/ video)

B. Rosa Parks

1. A Class/B Class

Vocabulary Review:  Crossword

GROUP PRESENTATIONS: DISCRIMINATION IN TAIWAN

IV. Nelson Mandela

Introduction:

1. Apartheid
2. Ubuntu

 ( Readings: A Class/B Class)

V. The Asian Experience

A. Self-Immolation (Vietnam, S. Korea and Tibet)
B. Asian-Americans
C. Taiwan
D. Assessment/Project

1. Bumper Sticker 保險杆貼紙 Design a bumper sticker with a catchy slogan.
2. Wanted Poster 通緝 Make a wanted poster for a person.
3. Comic Strip 連環漫畫 : Draw a comic strip that shows examples of figurative language.

VI. Environmental Justice and Civil Disobedience

1. Ken Ward
2. South Dakota Pipeline (A Class/ B Class)

Resources:
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/famouspeople/martin-luther-king/martin-luther-king-reading.html
http://www.henry4school.fr/USA/history/mlk/mlk.htm
http://www.elcivics.com/king-holiday-lesson.html
http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=10170
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/classroom/civil-disobedience-and-social-change/civil-disobedience-and-social-change-lesson-activities/
http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_beginning.php?id=7336
A Nation in Search of Heroes
10 Examples of AAPI's Rich History of Resistance
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/asias-civil-disobedience-how-protests-in-thailand-taiwan-and-hong-kong-unfolded
Tibetan Monk 18 Dies After Self-Immolation Protesting Chinese Rule (English/Chinese)