Watch Erica Chenoweth’s TED talk “The Success of Nonviolent Civil Resistance”:

1. What is nonviolent civil resistance? Why is is more successful than violent resistance?
2. Why is 3.% of population involvement the threshhold?
3. Have you ever been a part of a protest movement than engaged in nonviolent civil resistance? If so, describe your experience. If not, what would it take for you to join?
4. Chenoweth discusses some reforms in curricular content. Why do you think schools emphasize the history of violence rather than nonviolence?