LP 3 Weeks 1-2 

Topic:  Early American Protests

Guiding Questions: Why is protest essential in a democracy?

Instructions: Complete the assignments listed for ALL STUDENTS and then select one of the options from the columns below.

Week 1

1. From Collections 12, Collection 3: Voices of Protest, read from Thomas Paine's essay, "The Crisis" p. 169  (attached below) in which he encourages the troops to fight the Revolutionary War and complete the Essay Response Chart.

2.  From Collections 12, Collection 3: Voices of Protest, read from Henry David Thoreau's essay, "Civil Disobedience" p. 169 in which he encourages Americans to not support a government that supports slavery and complete the Essay Response Chart.

3. Choose a protest from the list below for your research project and complete the Protest Informative Research Chart.

4. Watch the 4 videos linked below and write a summary of each one.

Choose a protest: 

1. Abolitionists

2. The Boston Tea Party

3. Suffragists

4. The Civil Rights Movement

5. Vietnam War

6. The Draft

7. March on Washington

8. Immigration

9. Women’s March on Washington

10. Watts Riots

11. The Delano Grape Strike

12. The Haymarket Affair

13. The Fight for $15

14. The 2017 May Day Protest

15. The Stonewall Riots

16. Alcatraz Occupation

17. WTO Protests

18. The White Night Riots

Week 2

1. From Collections Performance Assessment Grade 12, read  the informational article, "Organization First" p. 34 and complete the workbook activities

2. From Collections Performance Assessment Grade 12, read  the informational article, "Americans Are Eating Fewer Calories,So Why Are We  Still Obese?" by Alexandra Sifferlin p. 26 and complete the workbook activities.

3. From Collections Performance Assessment Grade 12, read  the informational article, "Sugar, Salt, Fat: How to Deal with this Public Health Triple Threat" by Hua Zhi p. 38 and complete the workbook activities.

4. Choose one of the options below: