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    Civic Unrest: Investigate the Struggle for Social Change
    Civic Unrest: Investigate the Struggle for Social Change
    Civic Unrest: Investigate the Struggle for Social Change
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    Civic Unrest: Investigate the Struggle for Social Change

    By Marcia Amidon Lusted and Lena Chandhok

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    From the American Revolution to the French Revolution, from the civil rights era in the United States to Arab Spring in the Middle East, the ongoing battle for freedom and democracy is a profound and fascinating study of the power of human will to change the world.

    Civic Unrest: Investigate the Struggle for Social Change examines the history behind civic unrest and the methods people use to fight for basic human rights such as freedom of speech and the right to vote. Civic Unrest discusses the different reasons for and methods of revolution, while offering young readers the opportunity to learn about the structure of the U.S. government and how the elements within the U.S. Constitution were decided upon by the Founding Fathers. Activities use elements of history, civics, and mathematics to interpret data, create maps, and debate issues. These enrich learning and encourage students to ask questions, make inferences, and draw conclusions while allowing for a hands-on immersion in the complex elements of civic unrest and democracies.

    Civic Unrest: Investigate the Struggle for Social Change meets Common Core State Standards for literacy in history and social studies; Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNomad Press
    Release dateMay 18, 2015
    ISBN9781619302433
    Civic Unrest: Investigate the Struggle for Social Change
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    Marcia Amidon Lusted

    Marcia Amidon Lusted has written 130 books and more than 500 magazine articles for young readers. She is a freelance editor and writing instructor, as well as a musician. She lives in New Hampshire.

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      Civic Unrest - Marcia Amidon Lusted

      Nomad Press

      A division of Nomad Communications

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      Copyright © 2015 by Nomad Press. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review or for limited educational use. The trademark Nomad Press and the Nomad Press logo are trademarks of Nomad Communications, Inc.

      ISBN Softcover: 978-1-61930-245-7

      ISBN Hardcover: 978-1-61930-241-9

      Illustrations by Lena Chandhok

      Educational Consultant, Marla Conn

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      Contents

      Timeline

      Introduction

      What Is Civic Unrest?

      Chapter 1

      Democracy in the United States

      Chapter 2

      Vive la Revolution!

      Chapter 3

      The Global Struggle for Democracy

      Chapter 4

      Civil Rights in America

      Chapter 5

      Human Rights Around the World

      Chapter 6

      Technology and Democracy

        Index

      TIMELINE

      Introduction

      What Is Civic Unrest?

      What do we mean when we talk about civic unrest? What is the connection between civic unrest and democracy?

      Civic unrest is disruption for the sake of bringing awareness to specific causes. It can involve demonstrations, marches, communication of discontent. Civic unrest can sometimes be violent. Can you think of examples of civic unrest happening today?

      On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her feet hurt after a long day of working as a seamstress, but that wasn’t the only reason she stayed sitting.

      At the time that Rosa Parks refused to move, buses were divided into two sections. There was one section for white people and one for black people. When the white section filled up, the bus driver ordered Parks to stand so a white man could take her seat in the black section. She refused, and was later arrested and convicted of violating the laws of segregation. These laws were enacted to keep black people separate from white people.

      Rosa Parks was practicing a nonviolent form of civic unrest. She was disrupting the usual flow of business to bring awareness to the fact that the rules of the bus were unfair.

      Primary Source

      Primary sources come from people who were eyewitnesses to events. They might write about the event, take pictures, post short messages to social media or websites, or record the event for radio or video. Why are primary sources important? Do you learn differently from primary sources than secondary sources, which come from people who did not directly experience the event?

      Civic unrest can be violent or peaceful, organized or chaotic. Civic unrest can be as simple as writing a letter to the editor of the newspaper, or as complicated as calling on thousands of people to march in different cities all over the world.

      Through civic unrest, Rosa Parks galvanized the civil rights movement and changed the lives of people for generations to come. She has become known as the first lady of civil rights. While civil rights had been on the minds of American citizens before Parks kept her seat, the movement was galvanized by Parks’ calm refusal in the face of racist laws. The movement was influenced by a few of this country’s greatest leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr.

      Here in the United States, we live in a democracy. The most important element of democracy is the premise that power rests with the people. This means that a country’s citizens determine who leads their government.

      There is another critical aspect of democracy that Americans make great use of every day.

       The People Say

      Democracy . . . is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

      —Plato, ancient Greek philosopher

      Built into the U.S. Constitution are certain rights—freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, the right to public assembly, and the right to protest.

      Rosa Parks On the Air

      You can read and listen to an interview with Rosa Parks from 1956. Are you surprised by anything she has to say? How is listening to her voice different from reading her words?

      Rosa Parks was practicing these rights when she refused to give up her seat. These rights mean that anyone can engage in civic unrest. Have you ever written a letter or email to the president, a newspaper, or your principal in protest of something? Have you ever gone on a march to bring awareness to a certain issue?

      If so, you were engaging in civic unrest. Civic unrest is an ongoing process of change.

      SEEDS OF CHANGE

      Through public planning, communication, and gatherings, citizens of democracies can change how their countries operate.

      Because they live in a democracy, Americans are able to speak out against practices they believe are unfair. Citizens in countries all over the world are striving to reach this level of freedom and democratic rule.

      People who do not live in a democracy sometimes face a government that has absolute control over their lives. Rulers in these countries rarely have to justify their actions, and ordinary citizens have very little say in how their countries are run. In some of these countries, the struggle for democracy is in evidence every day.

      Around the world today, people are engaged in protests and demonstrations. They are attempting to gain the right to vote, to work to support their families, to receive an education, to speak freely, and to be treated with fairness.

      Sometimes civic unrest can even lead to revolution. The American Revolution

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