23 February 2017

1. Turn in IRP #1
2. Finish Tragic Hero Notes (Star Wars
3. Define "civil disobedience"
4. In assigned groups, review the images HERE
5. Answer these questions: 
•  Do you know what this event is? 
• What do you think these people are resisting or trying to change? 
• What words would you use to describe their actions? 
• Do you think they were successful in making a big change happen? Why or why not?
6. Class discussion
• Did the Boston Tea Party resolve all of the American colonies’ arguments with Great Britain? 
• Did the slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad end slavery? 
• Did one woman’s arrest at the White House get women the right to vote? 
• Do they think these individual acts brought about big changes? Why or why not?
7. Oedipus background Video 1 Video 2 Video 3  Video 4 & Antigone intro

“If the machine of government is of such as nature that it requires you to be of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.” –Henry David Thoreau

“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.