Option 1: Social Justice and Unjust Laws
One may well ask: “How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?”
The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws.
One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one
has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that “an unjust law is no law at all”.
— Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
I.
What are some laws, rules, or social conventions that you consider unjust?
Choose one idea and create a plan to oppose it. Create a product or presentation that delivers/explains your plan.
II.
Connect your plan, product, or presentation to the play you are reading.
Option 2: Our Conflict with Peace
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity in all this vastness—there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us. … To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.
– Carl Sagan, “Reflections on a Mote of Dust”
I.
II.
We asked several questions as a result of our discussion about worldview and conflict. Choose one of those questions and construct an answer based on research. Create a product or presentation that explains your answer.
Include an explanation or connection to how the play you are reading also deals with this question.
Objectives:
1.
Perform appropriate research on the law, rule, or convention. (AG)
2.
Use appropriate sources by recognizing bias, relevance, and credibility. (AG)
3.
Apply research to opinions and decision-making by creating a plan to influence others based on research. (AN)
4.
Use considerations of audience and message to make decisions about
presentation and language. (W)
5.
Choose appropriate presentation and product styles to deliver a message to an audience. (AG)
6.
Make connections between real-world situations and text situations. (AN)
7.
Analyze complex characters and plot situations in a text. (AN)
Conditions:
 Work individually, in small groups, or as a book group
 Identify Need-to-Decides and Need-to-Knows
 Develop a timeline and individual goals
 Include multiple sources
 Present orally or online