The Struggle for Freedom Argument Paper Finding & Recording Evidence

Unit Theme: The Struggle for Freedom Texts that focus on freedoms of all kinds How do people lose those freedoms? How do people fight for those freedoms?

Struggle for Freedom Text Set We will read a variety of texts about different kinds of struggles for freedom

Struggle for Freedom Text Set Speech: “I Have a Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Article: Woman with Down Syndrome prevails over parents in guardianship case by Teresa Vargas Article: Social media plays potent role in global digital activism by Nathan Porter Memoir: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Graphic Novel: Persepholis 2 by Marjane Satrapi

Argument Paper topic What is the more effective way to struggle for freedom, through public struggles or private struggles?

Prompt: What is the most effective way to “struggle” for freedom Prompt: What is the most effective way to “struggle” for freedom? Through legal, public action or through private, personal resistance? Public – Working to change laws or governments through marches, legal battles, political speeches & protests Personal – Working to change individual minds or bring attention to freedom through writing, small or secret disobedience, forming relationships, having personal conversations etc.

Gathering Evidence for your Essay

“I Have a Dream” Speech

“I Have a Dream” Speech Evidence “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” Public: Dr. King gave this speech during the March on Washington, which was one of the biggest protests working to pass laws granting civil rights to all Americans equally “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Personal: King is working to change their mind by forming a relationship with his audience by speaking about how this struggle for freedom will affect his family personally.

“Woman with Down Syndrome prevails over parents” from The Washington Post Preview Text http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg2ZBPw2LyE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cA3t1HW1Ow - We are more alike than different

What is Down Syndrome? DOWN SYNDROME is a genetic condition In every cell there is a nucleus, where genetic material stored. Genes contain our DNA in chromosomes. People with Down Syndrome have an extra copy of the 21st chromosome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg2ZBPw2LyE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cA3t1HW1Ow - We are more alike than different

What is Down Syndrome? People with Down syndrome are valued members of their families and their communities, contributing to society in a variety of ways. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg2ZBPw2LyE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cA3t1HW1Ow - We are more alike than different

“Woman with Down Syndrome prevails over parents” from The Washington Post Preview Text Read & Mark text – marking evidence about the different ways people struggle for freedom. Record evidence & elaboration on your yellow handout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg2ZBPw2LyE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cA3t1HW1Ow - We are more alike than different

NOW: Add 2 more quotes of evidence from the article Newspaper Article: “Woman with Down Syndrome prevails over parents” Evidence for Argument Paper Jenny, had been under a temporary guardianship and living in a series of group homes, removed from the life she knew Public: Jenny’s freedom was legally taken away from her by her parents and she used the court system to successfully get it back. NOW: Add 2 more quotes of evidence from the article

“Social media plays potent role in global digital activism” from The Washington Post Preview Text http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-rKjTivDs

What is the Arab Spring? The Arab Spring is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests (both non-violent and violent), riots, and civil wars in the Arab world that began on 18 December 2010 and spread throughout the countries of the Arab League and surroundings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-rKjTivDs

What is the Arab Spring? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-rKjTivDs

“Social media plays potent role in global digital activism” from The Washington Post Preview Text Read & Mark text – marking evidence about the different ways people struggle for freedom. Record evidence & elaboration on your yellow handout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-rKjTivDs

NOW: Add 2 more quotes of evidence from the article Article: “Social media plays potent role in global digital activism” Evidence for Argument Paper “One of the primary keys to success was employing every tool in the digital toolbox to pressure regimes and organize activists” Public: Social media is being successfully used to organize protests and revolutionary movements in the Middle East. NOW: Add 2 more quotes of evidence from the article

At this point: 3 of your evidence charts should be complete

From Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Preview Text http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-rKjTivDs

About the Memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi’s living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-rKjTivDs

From Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Preview Text Read text Record evidence & elaboration on your yellow handout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-rKjTivDs

Memoir: Reading Lolita in Tehran Evidence for Argument Paper NOW: Add 2 more quotes of evidence from the article

From Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi Preview Text http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-rKjTivDs

About the Graphic Novel Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi The memoir of a girl who grew up during the Iranian Revolution. Her story is told in graphic novel form. This is a sequel to The Complete Persepolis. This book picks up 1984, when Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her friends and family, and while she soon carves out a place for herself among a group of fellow outsiders, she continues to struggle for a sense of belonging. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-rKjTivDs

From Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi Preview Text Read text Record evidence & elaboration on your yellow handout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-rKjTivDs

Graphic Novel: Persepolis 2 Evidence for Argument Paper NOW: Add 2 more quotes of evidence from the article