This week's assignment asks students to research the life of one of six moral agents of change: Malala Yousaf Zai, Standing Bear, W.E.B. Du Bois, Mitsuye Endo, Hannah Arendt, or Cesar Chavez. Students are instructed to use at least two external articles and one provided primer article in their research. They then must answer questions about the values demonstrated by their subject, how those values helped them become an agent of change, what can be learned from them as a model citizen, and how ordinary citizens can become extraordinary moral agents of change.

1. Please Note:This week’s assignment is a case study about people
Please Note:This week’s assignment is a case study about people who were agents of moral
change. For either of this week’s assignment options, students are instructed to engage in
their own research. One or more primer articles have been provided to start your research.
However, students are to include a minimum of two unique, external articles which pertain
to their study subject. Students may use Wikipedia as a reference for this
assignment. Specifically, for either of these assignments, students are to use and cite two
external documents, at least one Primer (or provided article), the article by Oldenquist, or
Kluger, or Tomasellos, and an assigned reading article from a previous week. If you have
questions, please ask. Subject to the note above, research the life and accomplishments of
one of the following moral agents of change: Malala Yousaf Zai, Standing Bear, W.E.B. Du
Bois, Mitsuye Endo, Hannah Arendt, or Cesar Chavez. For this assignment, examine the life
and actions of one of these individuals and then answer the following questions: What
value(s) did your research subject demonstrate? How did this value help them become a
moral agent of change? What can we learn from this model citizen? How can we use our
choices and behaviors to set positive examples for others?How might ordinary citizens
become extraordinary moral agents of change?