Bell Quiz

Take a stance:

“Violence breeds violence.”

Agree or disagree? Why or why not? Provide examples.

Length: Minimum 15 lines in order to get Bell Quiz points.

Bell Quiz: Write AroundInstructions:

1. Take out a piece of paper and write your name on the upper right corner.

2. You will have 3 minutes to write your thoughts on the phrase listed below.

3. Use your best handwriting, immediately discontinue writing at the end of the 3 minutes, you must write the entire 3 minutes, spelling and punctuation does not count but you need to do your best. Responses must be school appropriate.

“Violence breeds violence.”

Agree or disagree? Why or why not? Provide examples

Write Around

Instructions:

1. Switch papers with someone sitting close to you.

2. You have 3 minutes to read your classmate’s writing and give a written response.

3. You must write for the entire 3 minutes.

Write AroundInstructions:

1. Switch papers with an entirely different classmate.

2. You have 3 minutes to read the writings of both your classmates and give a written response to either of them or both of them. Your choice.

3. You must write for the entire 3 minutes.

Write AroundInstructions:

1. Return the paper to the original student.

2. Quickly read the responses on your paper.

4 CornersInstructions:

1. Stand up and move to the corner of the classroom with the sign hanging from the ceiling that best represents your opinion on the phrase “Violence breeds violence.”

2. Be prepared to discuss your opinion and provide meaningful examples.

GroupsInstructions: Use your technology and/or your textbook (pages 704-707) to find the following information:

1. What is civil disobedience?

2. List 3 people that heavily influenced Dr. King’s “Soul Force” movement. What did he learn from each of them?

3. Choose a rule, law or something you don’t care for right now (Example: Hat policy, school lunch, etc.) that you would like to change AND specifically outline the step by step process that you would follow to change that rule or law through the use of civil disobedience.

4. Find a modern day (within last 20 years) example of a current event where civil disobedience was used (or is currently being used) to gain a desired result. What is the event? Describe the use of Civil Disobedience? What are the positive and negative consequences of the actions?

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Bell Quiz (Pages 700-707)

1) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. based his non-violent ideas on the teachings of 3 people. Name the 3 people.

2) In what year was the SCLC founded?

3) What was the purpose of the SCLC?

4) Who founded SNCC?

5) What is a Sit-in?

Answers

1) Henry David Thoreau, Mohandas Gandhi, and Jesus.

2) 1957

3) To carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship.

4) Ella Baker and students at Shaw University

5) A protest in which African Americans sat at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave until served.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

Earned Ph.D. in theology from Boston University.

Called for his own brand of non-violent resistance, know as “soul force”, based on the teaching of several people.

Influences on MLKHenry David Thoreau:– Concept of civil

disobedience= the refusal to obey unjust laws.

Mohandas Gandhi:– Lawfully resist

oppression without violence (marches, sit-ins, etc).

Jesus:– love one’s enemies

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Founded by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders in 1957. Used black churches to organize non-violent protests, train citizens in the practice of non-violent tactics, and provide moral support to protestors. Its purpose was “to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship.” Staged protests and demonstrations throughout the South.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

A protest group founded in 1960 by Ella Baker and students at Shaw University.

SNCC hoped to harness the energy of student protesters (high school and college age).

SNCC adopted King’s ideas in part, but called for a more confrontational strategy.

Primarily focused on sit-ins and voter registration drives.

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

CORE was founded in Chicago in 1942 by 5 men; 2 black and 3 white.

Sought to apply the principles of nonviolence as a tactic against segregation.

Open to "anyone who believes that 'all people are created equal' and is willing to work towards the ultimate goal of true equality throughout the world.”

Staged the first Sit-ins; African-American protesters sat down at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave until served.

Sit-Ins: “Fill the Jails”In a sit-in, protesters remain until they are evicted, usually by force, or arrested, or until their requests have been met.

Sit-ins have historically been a highly successful form of protest because they cause disruption that draws attention to the protesters' cause.

They are a non-violent way to effectively shut down an area or business.

The forced removal of protesters, and sometimes the use of violence against them, often arouses sympathy from the public, increasing the chances of the demonstrators reaching their goal.

“Fill the Jails”: Must have enough protestors to fill the jails so that no more protestors can be arrested.

Greensboro Sit-insIntegral part of the nonviolent strategy of civil disobedience.In February 1960 SNCC members staged a sit-in at Woolworth’s in Greensboro North Carolina.A-A protestors sat down at the segregated lunch counter and refused to leave until they were served.News coverage of the protests showed the entire United States the racism that existed in the South and the violence that resulted.

Eyes on the Prize Video Segment: Sit-ins