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Gandhi's Salt March, A Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Gandhi's Salt March. In this peace and tolerance lesson, students discuss the Salt Tax Levy that was imposed in India. Students then debate how the Indian National Congress should have handled the issue.
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Actively Organizing Passive Resistance

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore organizing to resist oppressive authority without the use of violence.  In this philosophy lesson, students research Gandhi's approach to organizing people around a positive cause without the need to be aggressive or...
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Peace Pledge Union: Mohanda Gandhi

For Students 9th - 10th
The Peace Pledge Union offers a short biography of Mohandas Gandhi. Content explores Gandhi's development of nonviolent disobedience, campaigns against racial discrimination, and particularly Gandhi's role in the Salt March of 1930.
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Emory University

Emory University Writing Center: The Salt March to Dandi

For Students 9th - 10th
Emory University offers an extensive discussion of the Salt tax of the British government, the march itself and the aftermath. Site includes pictures and a few links.
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University of California

Ucla: Manas: Dandi: The Salt March

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the Salt March, the reasons behind it and a discussion of what it achieved provided for by UCLA.
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Live india.com: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive biography of Gandhi giving details of how he developed his nonviolent philosophy and the experiences that transformed his life.
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The Dandi March to Make Salt

For Students 9th - 10th
Famous photo of Ghandi during the Dandi March with a short descriptive paragraph underneath: "A simple act of making salt shakes the British Empire."