Protest and civil disobedience have a long history in the United States. This collection provides a snapshot of protest movements focused around the Pittsburgh region starting with more recent protests before moving backwards in time. The collection ends with a copy of "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau. As you view the artifacts consider the similarities and differences of the protest movements and reflect on the essential questions in preparation to read “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau. After reading your assigned excerpts from "Civil Disobedience", explain the message of the text and how Thoreau might respond to the protest movements since writing the essay. 

Essential Question:

1. Why do people protest?
2. How do people protest?
3. How do people create drive social change in America?
4. How does injustice/inequality appear in daily life? 

Learning Targets (SWBAT):

1. Closely examine historical artifacts to explain the motivations for protest using evidence to support their response.
2. Reflect on ho protest has impacted life in the United States. 
3. Explain the characteristics of civil disobedience and how it relates to protest movements in the United States.

Standards:

1. Standard - CC.1.2.11-12.A Determine and analyze the relationship between two or more central ideas of a text, including the development and interaction of the central ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
2. Standard - CC.1.2.11-12.B Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on and related to an author’s implicit and explicit assumptions and beliefs.
3. Standard - CC.1.2.11-12.G Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g. visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.
4. Standard - CC.1.2.11-12.I Analyze foundational U.S. and world documents of historical, political, and literary significance for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.

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