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Gandhi Speech Writing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Explore non-violent protest in this social values and world history lesson plan. After viewing the movie Gandhi, and discussing important events in Gandhi's life, young orators write a speech defending Gandhi's position on the value of...
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Gandhi's Ashrams and School Sustainability

For Teachers 2nd
Explore philosophy and religion by researching Gandhi. Lead your young students to investigate the life and accomplishments of Mahatma Gandhi by reading the assigned text. Your class will define sustainability and create a sustainable...
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Gandhi

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Introduce class members to Gandhi's non-violent, non-cooperative ideas with Richard Attenborough's 1982 bio-epic. The film traces the experiences that gave shape to Gandhi's ideas and the actions that eventually lead to the end of...
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Mohandas Gandhi

For Students 8th - 12th
For this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 50 multiple choice questions about the accomplishments of Mohandas Gandhi. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Selfless Service and The Giving Tree - Building Ethical Conscience

For Teachers 5th
Upper elementary schoolers investigate philanthropy and selflessness by reading a children's book. In this ethics lesson, they read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, and research Mahatma Gandhi's troublesome, yet inspiring, life....
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GANDHI'S INDIA

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars describe key events in the life of Gandhi. They determine why knowledge of geography is necessary to understand the history of the people in a place or region. They write a summary of how the events in Gandhi's life,...
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A Comparison of Two Great Leaders: Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore these two leaders use of nonviolent protest techniques. They read about the life of King Jr. They view a slide show about the life of Gandhi. Compare/contrast the lives of these two men using a Venn diagram.
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Dorothy Day and Mohandas K. Gandhi: Catalysts of Social Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how Dorothy Day and Mohandas Gandhi were leaders for social change.  In this history lesson plan, students analyze the impact of these two leaders through several activities and group assignments.
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Mohandas Gandhi: Changing the World One Step at a Time

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students illustrate pages of a book.  For this famous historical icon lesson, students are read a story about Mohandas Gandhi, illustrate the pages in small groups, assemble a class book to read to younger students, and act out a scene...
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Mahatma Gandhi: My Freedom Fighter

For Teachers 9th
While this presentation only provides a limited amount of information about Mahatma Gandhi, it could be used as an example for a student research project. The 7 slide presentation highlights key information about Gandhi's life. It could...
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Unit on Gandhi and Ahimsa

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the history of Gandhi and his viewpoint and example of nonviolence.  In this World History lesson, students complete numerous research assignments and activities over the course of nine lessons to expand their knowledge...
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Integrating Gandhian Principles of Communal Unity in Mathematics

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Fourth through sixth graders incorporate Gandhian principles into Math curriculum. They explore Gandhi's teachings on communal unity and economic equality. This has quite a bit of information about Gandhi and his observations and...
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Every Day Edit - Gandhi

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Gandhi. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the concept of non-violent resistance. In this political philosophies lesson, students study the political tactics of Mohandas Gandhi, Henry David Thoreau, and Martin Luther King, Jr. in order to discover how each of...
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Continuing Gandhi's Legacy of Cross-Cultural Understanding: Central Asia and the Middle East

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate the lifestyle of Gandhi by creating a Venn Diagram.  In this biographical activity, students compare the philosophies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi while discussing their teaching methods.  Students utilize...
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Gandhi: A Man of Simple Means

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the life of Mohandas Gandhi. In this Gandhi instructional activity, 11th graders listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of the Gandhi's life and respond to the provided discussion...
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Examining Gandhi’s Critique of Modern Civilization: The Lessons of Modern Japan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the political philosophies of Mohandas Gandhi. In this Mohandas Gandhi lesson, students investigate Gandhi's thoughts about modern civilization as they listen to a lecture presented by their instructor.
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Gandhi's Voice: Writing as Nonviolent Resistance

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders identify how Mahatma Gandhi used writing as a means of nonviolent communication. In this nonviolent resistance lesson, 9th graders watch a film about Gandhi as a writer and identify characteristics of nonviolent activism....
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What is the Essential Gandhi?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the essence of Gandhi's teachings. In this nonviolent protest lesson, 7th graders select service projects based on the teachings of Gandhi.
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Gandhi’s Salt March: Nonviolence in Action

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the effectiveness of nonviolent protest. In this social justice instructional activity, students analyze the effectiveness of Gandhi's Salt March as a nonviolent protest. Learners jigsaw read the provided story and...
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The Way You Dream: Gandhi and King's Visions of Nonviolence

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students read Gandhi and Dr. King's messages about nonviolence and discuss their visions about loving one's enemies. In this nonviolence instructional activity, students read Gandhi's "Ahimsa, or the Way of Nonviolence" and Dr. Martin...
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Gandhi's Childhood Experience of Truth and Nonviolence

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate philosophy by researching the life of Mahatma Gandhi. For this historical biography lesson, 4th graders examine the peaceful philosophy of India's most famous resident. Students participate in role-playing...
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Gandhi Speaks Through Clothing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze how Gandhi used the way he dressed to communicate with the Indian people. Students understand why Mahatma Gandhi was such an effective leader of the Indian struggle for independence from British colonial rule
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Gandhi's Autobiography and the Study of Memoir

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the life of Gandhi using his autobiography and memoir. In this Gandhi exploration lesson, 7th graders analyze Gandhi's literary voice by reading his autobiography. Students identify literary techniques in Gandhi's...

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