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Part 2 Assignment 4: Protest and Imagery


 * Adapted from a lesson on Tolerance.org**
 * Time Needed:** One 90 minute project block


 * Procedures:**

1. WARM-UP/DO-NOW: When students arrive in class, have them begin with answering the journal question: What was the worst experience you have had with prejudice? 2. Invite students to share experiences as desired. 3. As a class, read and discuss the excerpt from //Walking With The Wind// by John Lewis available at: [|http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?p=0&ar=73&pa=2#] 4. In a format determined appropriate by the teacher, answer the following questions:
 * Day 1**
 * In the excerpt, John Lewis lists rules that he asks the protesters at the sit-in to follow. Ask students why these rules were so important. How did each contribute to the success of the sit-ins and the Civil Rights Movement in general? What did the participants want onlookers to see?
 * Ask students if there are any issues about which they feel strongly enough to break the law. Do any students believe that laws should never be broken, even when protesting a policy they believe to be unjust? Should allegiance to the state be paramount?

5. Students will then go online to Google images and search for “political protest”. Students will pick one image that they consider effective and explain why.