Thursday 01-03-2013, part TWO

Greetings once again... here's what you will need to do for the second part of today's class

• Do revolutions happen with the support of the majority of the people? 
• Do revolutions happen when things are really bad for a long time, or when things have been good but suddenly become bad?
• Are revolutions more likely to happen when TPTB (The Powers That Be) are overly oppressive, or overly weak?
• Could a revolution be "staged" or perhaps manipulated by TPTB in order for them to prevent a genuine revolution from taking place?
• What kind of people become revolutionaries? What qualities do they all have in common?
• Do people become revolutionaries because of the pressure of outside events, or do those events reveal them as what they already were?
• Are revolutionaries more united by what they are against, or what they are for?
• Do revolutions end when the revolutionaries finally take over?
• List -- in order of importance -- the five most crucial elements that determine when and where a revolution will take place
• Are revolutions inevitable?
• Will America experience a revolution in your lifetime?
  
  OK, that ought to do it. Make sure that you answer each question with at least two complete sentences. You may cooperate, share resources and ideas, but ultimately  each of you is responsible for your own writing. Which you will send to me either by uploading to Box.com, or by sending to me in an email

cheers,

Mr. L

PS If you are thinking that there will be a class discussion of this during our next class, you would be 100% correct