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Creating Nonviolence: A Theatre of the Oppressed Approach to Things Fall Apart

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze Ahimsa and complete activities for nonviolence. In this nonviolence lesson, 11th graders define violence and relate it to their lives. Students adapt prose into a dialogue to act out and analyze the violence in...
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Alex: Three Principles of Civil Disobedience

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Both Mahatmas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. were influenced by Henry David Thoreau's essay, "Civil Disobedience." Have students research and read, using the Internet, the first part of Thoreau's essay. Then have students write an...
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Teachable Moment: Behind the Egyptian Uprising: A Strategic Youth Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is primarily a lesson plan, but the reading from The Nation is important in gathering an understanding about how the Egyptian revolution of 2011 actually came to pass. Learners can also consider the quotes from Gandhi that are...

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