Project: Civil Disobedience

Project Plan
Unique Requests of
Participating Mentors:

1. Mentor who understands and is able to be involved proactively with behaviorally challenged students. 2. Some students have participated in the telementoring project before.
Description:

Students are learning about civil disobedience. They are studying the historical examples Thoreau, John Brown, Ghandi. They will be studying recent examples from international movements. They will then write a paper discussing possible current issues that may be solved by using civil disobedience.
Benchmarks:

1. English Curriculum
Duration:

4
Content Area:

English Literature
Student Outcomes:

1. Essay writing 2. Participation in class

Evaluation of
Student Outcomes:

1. Rubric for essay 2. In class participation
Mentor Role:

1. Write message two times a week 2. Assist in writing and researching essay paper