2020 Session #2/A Defying the Crown : Gandhi

                        Session Two:  “Defying the Crown”

Music:  Anoushka Shakar, "Laysa," 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aWIuJGZHGU

Essential Questions:

• What is non violence/civilian resistance?

• How effective is non violence/civilian resistance?

• What contributions did Gandhi make in using non violence as a political strategy?

• How effective were these non violent strategies?

Rick's Rap

Gathering:"When I think of Gandhi the following image/idea comes to my mind..."

Exercise:"A time that I practiced non violence was.."

Videos:

(1) scene from the movie“Gandhi.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hS1YWtalPY

(2) “Defying the Crown,” from A Force More Powerful www.aforcemorepowerful.com 2002

(3) clips from the movie "Gandhi,"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW3uk95VGes&t=37s

           Debrief:

Closing: "Something I learned today was..."

Readings: 

(1) Gene Sharp “198 Methods of Non Violent Action,” http://www.aeinstein.org/nonviolentaction/198-methods-of-nonviolent-action/
(2) Mahatma Gandhi, "My Faith in Non Violence,"  http://www.gandhiashramsevagram.org/on-nonviolence/my-faith-in-nonviolence.php
(3) Michael Nagler, "What Would Gandhi Say Today on the 150 Anniversary of his Birth?"
Metta Center for Nonviloence,  10/1/19 Link to article

Resources

                      An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind 
                                                    M. Gandhi