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This lesson contains 17 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Mohatma Gandhi

Slide 3 - Mind map

Mohatma Gandhi
  • Born in 1869 in British India
  • Hindu by religion
  • Worked as a lawyer in South-Africa 
  • Became an important activist for equal rights
  • Murdered in 1948

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Mohatma Gandhi
"When I was on a train, a white customer complained to the guard that I was sitting in first class. Apparently Indians are not allowed to sit here. The guard asked me to leave the compartment, but I refused - I had paid for a first class ticket and I had every right to sit there."

Slide 5 - Slide

What sort of discrimination is this?
A
Classism
B
Racism
C
Hinduphobia
D
Ableism

Slide 6 - Quiz

Discrimination in South Africa
- Racism: anti-Black, but also anti-brown
- Segregation: enforced seperation of (racial) groups into different communities
- Religious discrimination: only Christian marriages recognised

Gandhi started fighting these, inspired by his religious beliefs.

Slide 7 - Slide

The Bible says: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth". What is meant by this?

Slide 8 - Open question

The Bible also says, quoting Jesus: "Do not resist the one who is wicked, but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other also to him". What is meant by this?

Slide 9 - Open question

Which Bible passage would you find more useful in the fight against discrimination? Discuss with your neighbour and then fill is your answers (+ reason!)

Slide 10 - Open question

Gandhi's beliefs: 
  • Ahimsa: no harm should be done to any living thing
  • People should live more humble and simply - fewer possessions
  • The real self (atman) should not be found in the physical and temporal body but in the eternal spirit (Brahman)
  • You should stick firmly to your religious beliefs and should apply them always and at any time

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Discuss and then answer: How could these principles help against different sorts of discrimination?

Slide 12 - Open question

Caste system
  • In India, Gandhi started fighting against the caste system: a Hindu belief that separates people into different 'classes'.
  • You are born into your class and cannot move up or down
  • Different classes have different rights and possibilities
  • Lowest class: the Untouchables

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Slide 14 - Video

How could you 'break the structures' of the caste system?

Slide 15 - Open question

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Homework
  • Read paragraph 2.2 & 2.3
  • Make exercises: 
  • 2.2 -  1, 2 and 3
  • 2.3 -  1 and 2

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