What is civil disobedience?

Introduction

In this webquest you will learn about the concept of civil disobedience. Where does it come from? When was it developed? Who promoted it ?

* In YOUR webquest you will also have to write a short introduction, to shortly explain what your webquest is about. Try to explain simply and clearly what it is about and what your goal is (see. Task section) Try to be motivational!

Task

Today, your task is to create your own webquest. You will choose one period or one icon of civil disobedience and get your classmates to discover them too.

* For YOUR webquest, you also have to assign a task . Students will have to accomplish something, choose what you want them to do : write a short article for Wikipedia on what they learnt, make an oral presentation in class or a slide (prezzi, powerpoint...)

* Focus on ONE TOPIC : a personality or a period.

BEFORE creating your webquest you must have finished your research and know precisely what aspects you want to emphasize.

Do you want students to learn about an icon of civil disobedience, or who protested against injustice ?
Do you want students to get some references about a specific period ?
Do you want students to understand about the different aspects of this concept ?
Do you want students to discover a specific and/or unknown aspect of the question ? For example : the role of art : specific artists, movements or types of art (music, painting, photography, cinema, literature)

The type of questions of your webquest will depend on what your goal is.

Process

The Process is the section which includes the questions and links to websites or videos. You can choose to refer to only 1 website or more.

* Below are some examples of how you can organize your webquest. You could also integrate links to video or audio documents.

* You do not need to make too many questions, it will depend on how easy it is to find the answers, but between 5 and 10 is a good compromise. There should not be any traps : the goal is for students to get a better understanding of the notion of civil disobedience.

* You can create your webquest on Word or Libroffice and then copy/paste it In the process section of this website. Or you can do it only on Word or Libroffice. In any case you have to print it.

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1) Definition : https://www.britannica.com/topic/civil-disobedience

Civil disobedience is the refusal to ...................................... ............................................ of a

government or occupying power. It is highly ................................................. and does not always imply

the ...................................................... of the system. It is often associated with

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2) Where and when? Fill in the table below.

WHAT ?	WHERE ?	WHEN ?	What was it about?
Salt March
American civil rights movement
Satyagraha in Transvaal
"Essay on Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau
Civil rights in Northern Ireland
The suffragettes' campaign
Occupy Wall Street

* Right-click to add columns or rows

* To insert an image, just copy/paste it.

3) True or false ? Visit the following website and tick the right answer. Justify by quoting the articles. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/20/civil-disobedience-sanchez-gordillo

a) The Salt March was an isolated protest, which did not have any repercussions.

□ True □ False

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b) The car workers' strikes during the Great Depression in the USA, inspired activists of the Civil Right Movement and Anti Vietnam war movement.

□ True □ False

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c) The Anti Poll tax campaign in the United Kingdom was composed only of union and political activists.

□ True □ False

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4) Read carefully the conclusion of the article. Is civil disobedience just about violence or non-violence? What are its causes and consequences? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/20/civil-disobedience-sanchez-gordillo

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Evaluation

Your webquest will be evaluated by your classmates on the following criteria. You just need to copy / paste the following table.

Introduction

Process

Choice of resources

Language proficiency

Overall opinion

□ Clear

□ Motivational

□ Topic well explained

□ Questions are clear and precise

□ Questions are varied

□ Links direct to the right page; information is easy to find.

□ Reliable sources

□ Documents are varied (text, video, images, audio)

□ Good English

□ Some mistakes but it is understandable

□ I couldn't understand some parts.

□ It was interesting!

□ It was boring !

□ It was fun !

□ It was too hard !

□ It was too easy !

Conclusion

Now that you have reached the end of the webquest, it is time for you to get to work :-)

* In your own webquest you will have to write a few words to your classmates to thank them for completing the webquest ( to add some information that you think is interesting, to add some fun facts, give a personal opinion etc.)