Students and Protests- Julia Hunt

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/21/opinions/florida-students-long-activist-tradition-joseph-opinion/index.html

This past week, my mom and I watched a drunk history episode on activism. This included the disabled sit in protest for better treatment and the suffrage protests in England. However, one stuck out to me- the Children's March in the 1960's over educational inequality. This struck an obvious chord with me, with the Parkland students using social media and speeches to lead the anti-gun movement.
In this article, it analyzes the trend of the children and teens, not old enough to vote, leading political movement (it also mentions the Children's March). We, as a young generation, have a sort of unbroken idealism that the world will improve as long as we act on it. We aren't wrong for having this sort of belief- we see the world and its problems, not as unsolvable, but as possible as long as we work for it.
This article is perfect for connecting in APUSH. Every time there is a movement, the youth play an active part in it, especially teenagers due to emerging voice in the voting community.
We, as teenagers, should express our political opinions and act on them, for the world is tired and we are strong. Let our naivety and stubbornness fuel our fires.