Is Gandhi a "Renegade?"

1. Is Gandhi a ‘Renegade?’

3. Zack de la Rocha Lead Singer, Rage Against the Machine According to Zack de la Rocha… What is a ‘Renegade?’ “ Since the Prehistoric Ages and the days of Ancient Greece, Right down through the Middle Ages, Planet Earth kept going through changes. And then the Renaissance came, and times continued to change, Nothing stayed the same, but there were always Renegades.” Why might Dr. Martin Luther King be considered a ‘Renegade’?

4. Objectives: Students will define civil disobedience Students will identify specific methods of civil disobedience used by Gandhi Students will explain the long-lasting effects of Gandhi’s nationalist movement

5. What were the effects of WWI? Treaty of Versailles Great Depression Rise of Fascism / Nazism Nationalism in Africa & the Middle East Mohandas K. Gandhi Where did Indian Nationalism begin? Japan Germany Italy

6. What’s wrong with this picture?

7. Imperialism One country’s domination of the political, economic, and social life of another country. Nationalism Pride in one’s own nation; the desire for independence What is the relationship between the two?

13. Is a law still a law if it is unjust?

19. What methods did Gandhi use in India’s struggle for independence from British rule?

20. First they ignore you Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. Nonviolence

22. Objectives: Students will define civil disobedience Students will identify specific methods of civil disobedience used by Gandhi Students will explain the long-lasting effects of Gandhi’s nationalist movement

23. Homework Worksheet 9 (China’s Renegades!)