week 11, November 9-13, 2015

Objectives:
Use vocabulary acquisition skills to learn academic words
Understand how a play develops characters and themes
Identify and apply Thoreau's concept of civil disobedience in today's  society

Monday 11/9 or Tuesday 11/10
1)  Read article on collective action taken by University of Missouri students
2)  Discuss connections to Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" concepts
as seen in this excerpt from his essay:

The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are the standing army, and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus,(7) etc. In most cases there is no free exercise whatever of the judgment or of the moral sense; but they put themselves on a level with wood and earth and stones; and wooden men can perhaps be manufactured that will serve the purpose as well. Such command no more respect than men of straw or a lump of dirt. They have the same sort of worth only as horses and dogs. (Thoreau, par 5)

3)  Reader theater "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" pp. 60-80
HW) A:   find an article about a contemporary political situation in which participants are using civil disobedience similar to Thoreau's going to jail in opposition to the war
B  :Read it.
C:  Write a 1 page analysis of the article

Thursday 11/12 or Friday 11/13
1)  Complete reading of "the Night Thoreau Spent in Jail"
2)   Preview research process
3)   Investigate list of topics on Pro-Con.org for potential research topics
HW)  select research topic, create research file on google.docs and write a  one-sentence statement explaining what you will research for the argumentative research paper, filing the statement on your google.doc research file