- Learn about Mahatma Gandhi's role in India's independence struggle.
- Explore aspects of non-violent resistance as a central value of Mahatma Gandhi's beliefs and leadership.
- Find out about the role of non-violent resistance in promoting justice in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Watch-Ask-Think What is non-violent resistance?
Read-Ask-Think Can India progress while keeping to the caste system?
The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change
Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Mahatma Gandhi: India and the Caste System
Keywords: Mahatma Gandhi, Bapuji, Independence, National Symbol, non-violence, ahimsa, satyagraha, Quit India Movement, Salt March, Swarajya, ashram, caste, untouchables, Harijan, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela
India and
the Caste System: Can India Progress while keeping to social
stratification?
Read-Ask-Think
Read: Indians voice their hopes and
predictions about India and the caste system in
this article from
the BBC which reports on a poll conducted in December 2006.
"Caste Clouds India's High Hopes."
Ask: For grades 8 and up
What is the caste
system? What is Gandhi’s view of this system?
How do you think
this system affects “social harmony”?
Think:
Research a little more on the caste system—how many
‘castes’ are there, and what were they called? What did Mahatma
Gandhi do to improve the injustices of the system? What kind of
person was he?
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This lesson plan was developed by Jing Ting Wee.
Updated October 2012