Challenging+the+System

Is liberty and justice for all attainable? Can literature serve as a vehicle for social change? When should an individual take a stand in opposition to an individual or larger group?
 * “Challenging the System” (Age of Reason) **

=Persuasion--Appealing to Logic and Emotion= The tools of persuasion handout: Persuasive Essay Assignment: Martin Luther King Analysis Real World Persuasion:

=The Crucible--Motivating Through Fear and Persuasion=
 * Witch Hunt Research:** [[file:Witch Hunt Research Activity.doc]] (Add information to Powerpoint on Common Drive--Be Sure to Save as Gillespie-English-Drop)...Links Below:
 * [|The Salem Witch Trials]
 * [|Salem Witch Trials from National Geographic]
 * [|Life, Times, and Trials from Discovery]
 * [|Arthur Miller and McCarthyism]
 * [|McCarthyism]


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=**Social Justice--Motivating By Example**= Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence Henry David Thoreau: On Civil Disobedience Martin Luther King: Letter from Birmingham Jail Benjamin Franklin