Resistance in Canada
We have spent considerable time looking at various forces of oppression, dominance, and hierarchal thinking and acting in this course so far. But people are not passive creatures who simply accept what comes their way. Many people are leaders: revolutionaries, activists, allies, and "Mockingbirds".
For this assignment:
3.Choose three terms from our list and include them in your essay.
For example, you might look at how music/art/dance have been used as forms of resistance, and include the terms diversity, equality, and discrimination. It is useful to organize your body paragraphs around your key terms.
Your essay will be 500 words in length, follow standard 5 paragraph essay format, including a thesis statement.
You will be marked on the proficiency of your application of the terms as well as the quality of your writing. Assigned April 17. Due April 24.
We have spent considerable time looking at various forces of oppression, dominance, and hierarchal thinking and acting in this course so far. But people are not passive creatures who simply accept what comes their way. Many people are leaders: revolutionaries, activists, allies, and "Mockingbirds".
For this assignment:
- Familiarize yourself with two apparently opposing approaches to "resistance:" that of non-violence, by way of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. and that of retaliation and segregation, as Malcolm X preached. Take some brief notes.
3.Choose three terms from our list and include them in your essay.
For example, you might look at how music/art/dance have been used as forms of resistance, and include the terms diversity, equality, and discrimination. It is useful to organize your body paragraphs around your key terms.
Your essay will be 500 words in length, follow standard 5 paragraph essay format, including a thesis statement.
You will be marked on the proficiency of your application of the terms as well as the quality of your writing. Assigned April 17. Due April 24.