Learning Goals
Students will be able to evaluate how authors present civil disobedience in foundational U.S. documents and historical accounts by analyzing claims, reasoning, and evidence.
Students will be able to compare how multiple sources frame the Boston Tea Party, abolitionist resistance, women’s suffrage, and the Civil Rights Movement by identifying bias, perspective, and omission.
Students will be able to analyze how specific individuals, ideas, and events interacted over time in the history of American civil disobedience by tracing patterns across eras.
Students will be able to construct an evidence-based argument about whether a historical act of civil disobedience was patriotic, criminal, or both by using primary and secondary sources.
Students will be able to justify interpretations of civil disobedience by explaining warrants that connect evidence to claims in writing and discussion.
Students will be able to defend a position on civil disobedience in a collaborative symposium by responding to counterarguments with evidence and fair concessions.
Products
Evidence-Based Historical Argument Essay with Source Analysis Log
Each student writes a polished argumentative essay taking a position on one civil disobedience case, supported by a source analysis log with credibility notes, claims, warrants, quotations, and a fair counterargument/rebuttal. The essay must show how perspective shapes interpretation and explain why the strongest evidence supports the student’s position.
Civil Disobedience in America Symposium Panel and Comparative Defense Board
Teams present a public panel defense comparing multiple acts of civil disobedience across American history, using each member’s research to build a shared synthesis and respond to audience questions. The accompanying comparative defense board highlights patterns, contrasts, source credibility, and where the strongest evidence lies across competing interpretations.
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