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Disobedience Promotes Progress
Disobedience Promotes Progress
DIRECTIONS:
Read the prompt below. Develop your own position on the extent to which Wilde’s claims are valid. Find one appropriate example from your reading, experience, or observations to support your argument.
WATCH THIS CHORES ACRONYM EXPLANATION VIDEO
CHORES Explanation Video
In 1891, Irish author Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) observed, “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.”
Wilde claims that disobedience is a valuable human trait and that it promotes social progress. Write an essay that argues your position on the extent to which Wilde’s claims are valid. Use appropriate examples from your reading, experience, or observations to support your argument.
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DIRECTIONS:
Read the prompt below. Develop your own position on the value of exploring the unknown.Consider the value Lindbergh places on choosing the unknown. Then write an essay in which you develop your own position on the value of exploring the unknown. Use appropriate, specific evidence to illustrate and develop your position. Use the Chores Acronym: CHORES Explanation Video
In her book Gift from the Sea, author and aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001) writes,
"We tend not to choose the unknown which might be a shock or a disappointment or simply a little difficult to cope with. And yet it is the unknown with all its disappointments and surprises that is the most enriching.
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN?
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN?
DIRECTIONS:
What is the value of exploring the unknown? (Claim) What do we gain from exploring the unknown? How have we advanced as a society? How do people advance on a personal, private level? Look at every topic under the CHORES examples to find one you would like to explore.
What is one example that supports your claim on the value of exploring the unknown? (Evidence) Identify the best evidence you could find that would support your claim about the value of exploring the unknown.
Find a visual that supports your claim that your example is the best evidence to support your claim on the value of exploring the unknown. Add your visual to the slideshow.
Describe how this example best supports your claim. (Commentary)
Write down 3 questions that you will ask to lead the discussion on your topic.
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