BON TON ROULEZ

 

LEARNING TARGETS:  As a result of today’s class you should be able to

• Sum up, in your own words, the basic meaning of the Declaration of Independence
• Sum up, in your own words, the basic meaning of Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
• Be able to compare the ideas of the two pieces.

 

In class:

1. Read and interpreted this excerpt from Declaration of Independence
   • We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
2. Read and interpreted “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”