“To what extent did Mohandas Gandhi’s
belief in non-violent protest shape
India?”
SS7H3: “The student will
analyze continuity and
change in Southern and
Eastern Asia leading to
the 21st Century.”
b) “Describe the impact
of Mohandas Gandhi’s
belief in non-protest.”
King and Gandhi
“Nonviolence is the
answer to the crucial
political and moral
questions of our time…”
-
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I object to violence when it
appears to do good. The
good is only temporary;
the evil it does is
permanent.”
- Mohandas Gandhi
Guiding Questions (King Quote)
“Nonviolence is the
answer to the crucial
political and moral
questions of our time…”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
• What do you remember
about Martin Luther King,
Jr. from 5th grade?
• How did Martin Luther
King, Jr. lead the civil rights
movement in the U.S.?
• What do you believe
would have occurred if
King used more violent
methods to influence the
civil rights movement?
Guiding Questions (Gandhi Quote)
“I object to violence when
it appears to do good.
The good is only
temporary; the evil it
does is permanent.”
- Mohandas Gandhi
• What did Mohandas
Gandhi believe about
violence?
• What do Mohandas
Gandhi and Martin Luther
King, Jr. have in common?
• How do you think that
Gandhi led the Indian
independence movement
against the British?
Discussion
Excerpt:
“I Still Believe in Non-Violence”
“For the non-violent soldier must
have the capacity to bear severe
beatings, torture, mutilations,
starvation and worse, and accept
these without fear and without
answer against those who
oppress him.”
Gandhi, M. K. (1943, June 26). I still
believe in non-violence. Collier’s, 17.
Excerpt:
“Congress Responsibility For The
Disturbances, 1942-43”
At the risk of some repetition, it is
necessary to emphasize again the
fact that Mr. Gandhi knew that any
mass movement started in India
would be a violent movement. He
knew this from his bitter experience
of the movements he had led ten
and twenty years before. In spite of
this knowledge, he was prepared to
take the risk of outbreaks of rioting
and disorder—a risk which in his
writings he tried to minimize but in
his mind he must have estimated
correctly.
The Indian Annual Register, 1942,
Vol. II, pp. 199-20O
Gandhi Articles
• Read your selected article:
– “I Still Believe in NonViolence”
– “The World Will Hear More
of Gandhi”
• While you read your article,
complete your “Reading
Guide.”
Summary
• Students will work in cooperative groups of 3.
• Share your summaries with your group
members and draw conclusions about the
impact of Gandhi’s belief in non-violent
protest.
• As you listen to the other summaries, identify
similarities and differences that are
discovered.
Discussion
RAFT Activity
“I Still Believe in Non-Violence”
“The World Will Hear More of
Gandhi”
• Role:
• Role:
– A farmer in India
– A British soldier who is stationed in
India
• Audience:
– Other Indian farmers
• Audience:
• Format:
– Himself
– Letter
• Format:
• Topic:
– Journal entry
– Why they should follow Gandhi in
his non-violent protest against the
British
• Topic:
– His personal struggle against the
non-violent protestors
Discussion