Is Gandhi a ‘Renegade?’

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’?

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

What were the effects of WWI?

Treaty of Versailles

Great Depression

Rise of Fascism / Nazism

JapanGermanyItaly

Nationalism in Africa & the Middle East

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Where did Indian Nationalism begin?

What’s wrong with this picture?

ImperialismOne country’s domination of the political, economic, and social

life of another country.

NationalismPride in one’s own nation; the

desire for independence

What is the relationship between the two?

Indian Nationalism

Sepoy Rebellion - 1857

• Massacres on both sides• British tighten control• Economic development

• Roads, railroads, schools, etc.• British needs come first

• Cotton instead of wheat• Food shortage• Millions dead

Indian National Congress - 1885

• Movement toward self-rule• Peaceful, organized protests• Long road ahead

Indian Nationalism

Amritsar Massacre - 1919

• Peaceful, organized, unarmed protest• British law – no assembly• Block the entrance, open fire• Kill men, women, and children

Indian Nationalism

“I fired and continued to fire until the crowd dispersed, and I consider this is the least amount of firing which would produce the necessary moral effect…. If more troops had been at hand, the casualties would have been greater.” ~ British Commander

Is a law still a law if it is unjust?

Mohandas K. Gandhi: The Mahatma

• Civil disobedience: refusal to obey laws that are considered to be unjust

•Pacifist: Opposed to war & violence

• Mahatma: Great Soul

• Satyagraha: Truth Force

Indian Nationalism

The Homespun Movement

• Self-sufficiency, boycott of British goods

• Spinning wheel becomes symbol of INC

• Wears nothing but homespun clothes for rest of life

Indian Nationalism

The Salt March - 1930

• British controlled Indian salt mines• Gandhi defies British law• Leads 200 mile march to the Sea• Gains international attention• British loosen grip• Government of India Act (1935)

Indian Nationalism

What methods did Gandhi use in

India’s struggle for independence from

British rule?

First they ignore youThen they laugh at you.

Then they fight you.Then you win.

Nonviolence

“Renegades are the people with their own philosophies;They change the course of history.” ~Zack de la Rocha

Exit Slip

Is Gandhi a ‘Renegade’?

5. What was his philosophy?6. What are two ways he put his philosophy to action?7. How did he “change the course of history?” (who, what did he influence?)

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

Homework

Worksheet 9 (China’s Renegades!)

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