week 9--October 26-30

Monday 10/26

Check in LTE drafts on gun control issue

Peer editing class work

Whole class writing seminar

HW)  Final draft of gun control letter to the editor (50 pt assignment)

Tuesday 10/27 and Wednesday 10/28

1  class review and reading of NYTimes article "Racial Disparity in Traffic Stops"

2.  Civil Disobedience excerpts from Thoreau

3.  CLASS WORK:  Summarize one and paraphrase a second passage of Civil Disobedience

4. Read intro and pages 1-15 of "Night Thoreau Spent in Jail"

HW) Read and answer the following question in 1 page MLA format for the Thoreau excerpt from "Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" and "Civil Disobedience"
How does Thoreau's view of an individual's relationship to his government create his response to the Mexican American War?

Thursday 10/29 and Friday 10/30
Civil Disobedience in US and around the world
Gandhi in India 1930's 
Salt Works protests
South African students protest high tuition fees
Readers Theater for "Night Thoreau Spent in Jail"
HW) Read and annotate Thoreau on education excerpt from "Night Thoreau Spent in Jail"