Sample Text Set: Protests

Sample Text Set

Students explore the issue of protesting by reading one or more texts about the history on protesting, reading about current movements through text and video with the transcript in hand (divided into the text),and then exploring the effectiveness of protests through other articles.

Reading #1

"Top 10 American Protest Movements” introduces some historical background of protests. Time magazine gives a summary of 10 movements in the US.

“Top 10 American Protest Movements” Time.12 October 2011. Web. 12 July 2016.

Reading #2

The following article or video should be provided in order to introduce context to current movements and protests.

1. “From the Best of Time to Harsh Reality: Holiday Week Ends with 7 Shot Dead.” NewsELA. 11 July 2016. Web. 12 July 2016.
2. “Black Lives Matter Movement Explained” Washington Post. 21 June 2016. Web. 12 July 2016. A transcript of this video can be found here.

Reading #3

You can select from the following articles (which can also be excerpted to reduce reading time) which provide information about viewpoints on what really is accomplished by protesting and treatment of protesters.

1. “Why Street Protests Don’t Work.” The Atlantic. 7 April 2014. Web. 12 July 2016.
2. “Latino Police Shootings Stay Under the Radar.” NewsELA. 11 August 2015. Web. 12 July 2016
3. “Americans Don’t Like Protests. But Protests May Work Anyway.” The Washington Post. 25 August 2014. Web. 12 July 2016
4. Tom Head. “Why Protest Events are Not a Waste of Time.” Civilliberty.About.com. http://civilliberty.about.com/od/historyprofiles/tp/Why-Protest.htm. Date accessed: 12 July 2016
5. “What Makes a Successful Protest.” Pacific Standard. 10 September 2015. Web. 12 July 2016
6. “'Shady persons of color': College protesters apply scornful tag to dissenting minorities.” Fox News US. 10 May 2016. Web. 12 July 2016.
7. “Ali, Smith and Carlos Protests Left Lasting Impressions. Will Kaepernick's?”ABC News. 30 August 2016. Web. 1 September 2016