Dissent in America – Resources for teachers and students

Text Resources

Henry David Thoreau, “Resistance to Civil Government” 1849

Martin Luther King, Jr.  “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” April, 13 1963

Martin Luther King, Jr. “A Time to Break the Silence” April 4, 1967

Daniel Berrigan, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine. New York: Fordham UP, 2004. Excerpt here

John Kerry, Statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Behalf of Vietnam Veterans Against the War


Digital Resource Collections

The Sixties Project at University of Virginia
Primary documents, personal narratives, poetry and online exhibitions (pinbacks, posters) related to the anti-war movement

Fire and Faith: The Catonsville Nine File

Enoch Pratt Free Library at Digital Maryland


Lesson Plans

Literary Characters on Trial: Combining Persuasion and Literary Analysis

Vietnam Draft and Civil Liberties


Video

Mash up of a recorded anti-war sermon set to music, with images