1. Monday 12/12/16 T- 7 SCHOOL DAYS UNTIL BREAK!
Journal:
Have your beliefs ever been challenged in a real way? I’m not just talking about religious beliefs– I’m talking about your emotional and ethical beliefs. Has your integrity every truly been challenged?
Emotional- Characterized by intense feeling
Ethical- Of or relating to moral principals
Integrity- The state of being whole and undivided in your moral principals

2. Agenda and Materials Journal Discussion
Power Point Background with Questions for writing and discussion
Paper
Your Ears
Pen/Pencil

3. For the next three days there will be three parts to the same formative. In order to get ANY credit on the formative– you need all three parts. 1
Notes
Discussion
Videos and Follow up quizzes 3
Letter Read Through and Questions 2
Today is Part I (You may place a ONE at the top right corner of your paper)

4. Instructions for the notes:
The questions you will be answering will be numbered and in purple. If they state the word “DISCUSSION” after them– that means that you are to write the question down– but that we will discuss its answer. All questions must be answered with at least 4 sentences. Make these answers thoughtful and important to you.

5. Title of the notes: “Letter From Birmingham Jail”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

6. Background for the notes:
For the next three days we’re going to be discussing “Letter From Birmingham Jail”. This is a piece that was written by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 when he was arrested and sent to jail because he and others were protesting the treatment of blacks in Birmingham, Alabama. A court had ordered that King could not hold protests in Birmingham. Birmingham in 1963 was a hard place for blacks to live in. Everything was segregated, from businesses to churches to libraries. Blacks faced constant discrimination and the constant threat of violence.

7. Biography Born 1929 to minister in Atlanta, Georgia
“Letter From Birmingham Jail”
Born 1929 to minister in Atlanta, Georgia
Attended Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary, and obtained a Ph.D. from Boston University
Married Coretta Scott and had four children
Became pastor in 1954
Led black boycott against segregated bus lines
Organized Southern Christian Leadership Conference
1964 received Nobel Peace Prize

8. Historical Context
“Letter From Birmingham Jail”
Racial segregation was wide spread and the South was a place of great racial tension. King along with others were in non-violent battle to stop the segregation.
1. What do you think it means for a “battle” to be “non-violent”? How can we fight something without actually fighting?
2. Define Segregation in your own words.

9. Main Points
“Letter From Birmingham Jail”
All communities in America are related.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
3. Explain this quote in your own words– what do you think it really is saying?
Four basic steps to nonviolent campaign:
Collection of the facts to determine whether injustice existed
Negotiation
Self-purification
Direct action

10. Main Points
“Letter From Birmingham Jail”
Nonviolent protests draw attention to what has previously been ignored.
4. Do you think that the protests that have happened lately are non-violent? What have you heard? Share your knowledge.
DISCUSSION
Those with power and privilege don’t give up voluntarily; waiting for the right time never comes.
“We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse and buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.”
5. WOW!  Imagine what it would be like to truly experience this…
Period 4 and 5 and 6 left off on this slide Question 5

11. Tuesday 12/13 Journal:
Yesterday we started to talk about segregation in the early 60s. We also discussed current separation problems within our own country. Do you think racism should be against the law? Explain to me how you would enforce that and why you think it should or shouldn’t be a federal/state offense.

12. ALL PHONES NEED TO BE PUT AWAY! The next phone I see is a referral!
Agenda/Materials:
Take out your paper from yesterday.
Take out a new sheet of paper.
Pen/ or pencil
ALL PHONES NEED TO BE PUT AWAY! The next phone I see is a referral!

13. Main Points
“Letter From Birmingham Jail”
Nonviolent protests draw attention to what has previously been ignored.
4. Do you think that the protests that have happened lately are non-violent? What have you heard? Share your knowledge.
DISCUSSION
Those with power and privilege don’t give up voluntarily; waiting for the right time never comes.
“We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse and buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.”
5. WOW!  Imagine what it would be like to truly experience this…
Period 4 and 5 and 6 left off on this slide Question 5

14. Main Points
“Letter From Birmingham Jail”
Individuals have the moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
6. Do you feel that this is true?
Unjust laws are those who the majority compels the minority to obey but does not make it binding on themselves.
Periods 1 & 2 & 3 Stopped Here

15. Main Points Quotes from the actual letter itself:
“Letter From Birmingham Jail”
Quotes from the actual letter itself:
“The Negro has many pent-up resentments and latent frustrations, and he must release them. So let him march;”
The churches are not standing up to the moral responsibility.
Two types of forces in the Negro community
-The complacent which are the ones who have adjusted to segregation.
-The other are those filled with bitterness and hatred who would advocate violence.

16. Final Exit Question
If the black community had waited as many suggested (to protest and fight for their rights) would they have received the rights they now have without some type of protests?
Same goes for the LGBTQ Community– if they had waited for a different time…would they still be legally allowed to marry?
Consider the following facts, and come up with a conclusion of your own. Do you truly think our world would be what it is– if these people in our history had waited for a better time?