Week Three - February 4th - 8th

Prayer

James 1:19-27

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+1&version=NIV

Monday & Tuesday

1. Conclusion of Chapter 1 using the following link(powerpoint) in conjunction with pages 24 -34 of your course text:https://www.smp.org/resourcecenter/resource/6203/

 Looking at the source text. Pope Leo XIII's encyclical

http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html

&

Mater et Magistra (John XXIII)

2. Discussion of World View 

3. Short quiz (Tuesday)

Notes on See Judge Act (diagram)

-Be able to define each term

-Offer one question each action asks

-one fact on John Ryan, Dorothy Day, Cardinal Bernardin, (Dorothy Stang, Helen Prejean...We'll save these ladies for later.)

On Thursday and Friday we will begin viewing "Citizen King" in conjunction with are study of Chapter 2 of our text.

With permission, I was able to find website that host parts of the PBS documentary and have posted them below. In class and when available, we will use the purchased DVD. There will be some homework associated with viewing of the film. It follows the video postings.

 Citizen King

Citizen King - Episode 1

https://vimeo.com/141623965

Citizen King - Remaining Episodes

https://www.brainpickings.org/2011/01/17/citizen-king/

Assignments connected with "Citizen King" Part I of the film and chapter 2 of text

1.  Read and outline pages 45 -55 of our course text, See, Judge, Act. Complete this in your notes section. Write down any important facts and/or terms.

2. Read "Letter from Birmingham City Jail"

    Highlight phrases and sentences that resonate with you. Write          down any questions or insights you may have.

Copies will be distributed in class. Here is an online version:http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/letter-from-birmingham-city-jail-excerpts/

3. Read and Watch (see below)  Dr. King's Nobel Prize Acceptance speech. Copies will be distributed in class. Again, highlight phrases and sentences that resonate with you. Write down any questions or insights you may have.

On line text

https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-acceptance_en.html

4.  Due Wednesday, 2/13 (Day 4)  1 to  1/2  pages, double-spaced, typed. Answer two questions, 10 sentences for each minimum

 Question 1 : The political leaders of Jesus' time feared his vision of the world based on love. Reflecting pages 45 -55 of our text and your reading of Dr. King's two speeches, what was Dr. King saying that echoed Jesus' words in the text and Gospels that threatened the status quo or order of society? Cite at least two references. MLA in text citation Letters for Letters from Birmingham  City Jail, Nobel Prize for Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Question 2: Why did King feel non-violence, in particular non-violent active resistance, is the only way to confront injustice and violence? as well as humankind's inherent dignity?

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Other questions to be entertained in class:

What is meant by racism as a social sin?

What is do the authors of our text mean by "white privilege?"

We will entertain two other of  Dr. King's speeches: his But if Not sermon and The Drum Major Instinct