Explore non-violent protest in this social values and world history lesson plan. After viewing the movie Gandhi, and discussing important events in Gandhi's life, young orators write a speech defending Gandhi's position on the value of...

Students write from varying perspectives in the American South about the civil rights movements in the 1950s. In this civics lesson, students view video clips and take notes. Students discuss the film and listen to a lecture on...

Second graders create an abstract painting that conveys feelings of nonviolence.  In this visual arts lesson plan, 2nd graders read "The First Step of Jainism" and discuss honesty, watch a digital story, discuss feelings after...

Fifth graders investigate bullying and nonviolent ways to deal with bullies.  For this conflict management lesson, 5th graders discover the definition for the word ahimsa and examine ways to incorporate that philosophy into their...

Students explore organizing to resist oppressive authority without the use of violence.  In this philosophy instructional activity, students research Gandhi's approach to organizing people around a positive cause without the need to...

Ninth graders explore the power of media in culture and Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence. In this nonviolence and media lesson, 9th graders analyze Gandhi's nonviolent methods for social change and discuss the media's power to create...