2020 Session #2/A: 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

         Reflective Sentence 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," Metta Center for Nonviolence, October 1, 2019, Link to Video
(4) "What Skeptics of Nonviolence Say," Metta Center for Nonviolence," Link to article

Resources:
(1) John Dear, "Gandhi", pace e bene Peace Podcast, link to site

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