Section 1: Section Diagnostic

Prompt

Write a well-developed response to the following question: What is a change agent?

In your response, be sure to do the following:

• Craft your own precise definition of the term change agent.

• Explain the characteristics of change agents as they relate to activism, advocacy, and influence.

• Support your explanation with evidence from the five texts studied in this section of the unit

  • The Danger of Silence,” Clint Smith

  • “How to Start a Movement,” Derek Sivers

  • The Tipping Point, Introduction, Malcolm Gladwell

  • John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address

  • Machiavelli’s The Prince