Civil Disobedience
“Civil Disobedience”
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Objectives: make judgments; evaluate author’s ideas; paraphrase text Essential Question #30: Which is harder to follow laws or conscience? Why? A)
“civil”
“disobedience”
civility
“dis” not
civilized
“obey” listen
civilization
1 related to ordinary citizens
1 failure or refusal to follow the rules/laws 2 not military or religious
3 courteous, polite
B) 3 Types:
a. Integritybased (morals; ex: religious intolerance)
b. Justicebased (laws; ex: civil rights)
c. Policybased (practice; ex: military bases overseas) C) Dilemma:
a. individual vs. majority
b. morals vs. laws
c. “right” vs. “legal” D) Paraphrase lines:
a. 30
b. 36
c. 67
d. 77
e. 111
f. 120
g. 141
h. 163
i. 176
E) p. 389, #4, 7
4) Make Judgments: Consider the historical context of Thoreau’s essays. Would it be easier or more difficult to practice his brand of nonconformity today? Explain the possible legal and/or social consequences of the following:
a) refusal to pay a tax (CD, lines 144166)
b) going to live alone in the woods (W, lines 137)
c) celebrating or “cultivating” poverty (W, lines 198230) 7) Evaluate Ideas: Ralph Waldo Emerson said of Thoreau, “No truer American ever lived.” Review the political ideas expressed in “Civil Disobedience.” Do you consider Thoreau’s arguments to be those of a traitor or those of a patriot?
Explain his patriotism or traitorousness, using his views on:
a) the necessity of government
b) majority rule
c) how unjust laws may be changed
“Civil Disobedience” I HEARTILY ACCEPT the motto, — "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe, — "That government is best which governs not at all"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government
(scroll down to page 3 read the essay)
Objectives: make judgments; evaluate author’s ideas; paraphrase text Essential Question #30: Which is harder to follow laws or conscience? Why? A)
“civil”
“disobedience”
civility
“dis” not
civilized
“obey” listen
civilization
1 related to ordinary citizens
1 failure or refusal to follow the rules/laws 2 not military or religious
3 courteous, polite
B) 3 Types:
a. Integritybased (morals; ex: religious intolerance)
b. Justicebased (laws; ex: civil rights)
c. Policybased (practice; ex: military bases overseas) C) Dilemma:
a. individual vs. majority
b. morals vs. laws
c. “right” vs. “legal” D) Paraphrase lines:
a. 30
b. 36
c. 67
d. 77
e. 111
f. 120
g. 141
h. 163
i. 176
E) p. 389, #4, 7
4) Make Judgments: Consider the historical context of Thoreau’s essays. Would it be easier or more difficult to practice his brand of nonconformity today? Explain the possible legal and/or social consequences of the following:
a) refusal to pay a tax (CD, lines 144166)
b) going to live alone in the woods (W, lines 137)
c) celebrating or “cultivating” poverty (W, lines 198230) 7) Evaluate Ideas: Ralph Waldo Emerson said of Thoreau, “No truer American ever lived.” Review the political ideas expressed in “Civil Disobedience.” Do you consider Thoreau’s arguments to be those of a traitor or those of a patriot?
Explain his patriotism or traitorousness, using his views on:
a) the necessity of government
b) majority rule
c) how unjust laws may be changed
“Civil Disobedience” I HEARTILY ACCEPT the motto, — "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe, — "That government is best which governs not at all"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government