A Study of Justice or Civil Rights and Responisbilities

Second Quarter: A Study of Justice or Civil Rights and Responsibilities
Everyday Use chapters 4-6 (pages 93-153)
“The Times They Are a-Changin’” by Bob Dylan
“Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth
“Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau
“Letter from the Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr.
“The Position of Poverty” by John Kenneth Galbraith
“Notes of a Native Son” by James Baldwin
“The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln
“Second Inaugural Address” by Abraham Lincoln
“How It Feels to be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston
“A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” by Mary Wollstonecraft “Speech on the Signing of the Treaty of Port Elliott” by Chief Seattle “The Declaration of Independence” by Thomas Jefferson

Walden by Henry David Thoreau and keep a dialectical journal.  

• Analyzing appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos
  
• Hand-outs on keeping a Dialectical Journal and OPTIC
  
• Group and individual analysis of readings
  
• Writers workshop – grammar and style exercises
  
• Group edition and assessment sessions
  
• Vocabulary lists
  
• Film clips: “I Have A Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr., National Forensic
  League: Orations from National Championships, The Heart of the Game
  
• Delivery of Election Orations written in Quarter 1 and in-class election
  BLOG WRITING:
  Students will continue to write précis on selected readings and on all film clips. Further, they will keep their dialectical journal on The Autobiography of Malcolm X on their blog so that it can be reviewed and commented on by the teacher while in- process, and by fellow classmates. They will do 1 media write up (like quarter 1) every two weeks.
  Writing Assignments:
  Synthesis Essay on a topic of the students choice that relates to the theme of Justice and Civil Rights. Students must use at least five sources, one of which must be visual – either a chart, photography, political cartoon, video, etc. All sources must be cited in MLA format. The essay will go through multiple drafts.
  Analytical Essay – explained above, a response to a prompt based on one of the assigned readings.
  2 In-class Timed Essays based on AP prompts.
  The Synthesis and Analytical Essay will be graded on rubrics developed by the instructor. The In-class Timed Essays will be graded on the AP rubric.