Created by
Judy Aberle
Northside ISD

Introduction

When is civil disobedience justified?

Use the Internet resources to answer the 10 questions that follow. When you have finished, answer the Big Question that asks you to combine a lot of what you learned through the treasure hunt into a "big picture."

Questions

1. •  What is transcendentalism?
2. •  What is the conscience?
   Consider using a quotation in your answer to this question.
3. •  What is civil disobedience?
   Consider using a quotation in your answer to this question.
4. •  What is the difference between civil disobedience and out right rebellion?
5. •  Why did Emerson refuse to pay his taxes?
6. •  Explain whether or not you agree with Emerson's refusal to pay taxes.
7. •  Why did Gandhi choose civil disobedience?
8. •  Why did Martin Luther King, Jr., choose civil disobedience?
9. •  How did people use civil disobedience in Nazi Germany?
10. •  What are the issues to consider if one is going to act with civil disobedience?
    Consider using a quotation in your answer to this question.

The Big Question

When is civil disobedience justified?

Internet Resources

http://wisdom1.jjnet.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=4&search=Emerson

quotes of Emerson

http://www.transcendentalists.com/emerson_quote_sites.htm

discussion of transcendentalism

http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/amtrans.htm

definition of transcendentalism

http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/amtrans.htm

Christianity and transcendentalism

http://www.san.beck.org/WP15-Emerson.html

background of Emerson

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/t/transcendentalism.html

transcendentalism and religion and literature

http://home.wi.rr.com/zabels/Law%20Enforcement.html

obeying laws

http://www.westendschools.org/nhs/teachers/duffy/civil_disobedience.htm

India and Gandhi's civil revolt

http://www.san.beck.org/WP26-MLKing.html

Martin Luther King, Jr., and civil rights

http://whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/Oberlin_1841/OE1841.Seared.Conscien.1.html

conscience and C. Finney

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mmbt/www/rescuers.html

The Holocaust

http://www.emory.edu/UDR/BLUMENTHAL/Fogelman.html

rescuers of Jews in the holocaust

http://www.soon.org.uk/true_stories/holocaust.htm

Corrie ten Boom, a life of civil disobedience in Nazi-occupied Holland

http://www.cmi.k12.il.us/~capiech/thoreau/os1.htm

Schindler of Schindler's List

http://www.marknelson.com/q_main.htm

quotations on freedom and liberty

http://www.renaissancealliance.org/silenc/quotes.htm

quotations of famous men and women in history

Images:
Emerson: The Twilight Club [online] Available http://www.twilightclub.org/images/emerson.jpg, 3/25/04
MLK: Diversity @ UCSF [online] Available http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~diverse/mlk.gif, 3/25/04