Digging Up Treasure in India

Learning Target:  I can explain how Gandhi used non-violent resistance                                        to help India gain independence from Great Britain.to help India gain                                    independence from Great Britain.

Instructions: You will use 3 websites to uncover                                                                              of Mohandas Gandhi and his use of non-violent resistance.  For each                                       website, browse the information given, and identify the most important                                         parts that answer the three questions below.  The three questions are                                       meant to guide your reading, you do not need to answer them each                                     specifically. As you read the information, fill in the graphic organizer                                            chart to organize the information you have found.  You will then                                          summarize your thoughts into a constructed response explaining:

How Gandhi used non-violent resistance to help India gain independence                         from Great Britain.

 Steps:

1. Read the 3 questions that will guide your research.
2. Browse the websites.
3. As you browse, fill in the graphic organizer chart which will help                                              to organize your information.
4. To summarize all of the information you have just acquired, write                                           one Constructed Response Paragraph in response to the following                                       question: “How did Gandhi’s use of non-violent resistance advance                                         India’s independence movement?”  Be specific!

 Questions:

1. What are some specific examples of how Gandhi used non-violent                                   resistance in order to gain India’s independence from Great Britain?
2. What is a boycott? How did Gandhi use boycotts to damage Great                                Britain’s economy?
3. What is a hunger strike? What is the point? How did Gandhi use                                       hunger strikes to make his point?
4. What was the Salt March? How was this a form of non-violent resistance?
5. Do you think non-violent protests are an effective way to make an impact?                        Why or why not?

WHO DO YOU THINK MOST RESEMBLES GHANDI?

1. GHANDI #1
2.  GHANDI #2
3.  GHANDI #3
4.  GHANDI #4

Website List:

1. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi.aspx 
2. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/mahatmagandhi/preview.weml
3. http://www.mkgandhi.org/nonviolence/gandhi_and_non.htm
4. http://www.pitara.com/magazine/people/online.asp?story=22

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