Film Lesson: "Gandhi"

Before 1947 India was owned and governed by the British. They treated the country very badly because they felt that they were Superior to the Indians. Mohandas Gandhi helped the Indians gain Independence. Ganghi did many things in his years of fighting for freedom. He fasted and walked many miles in protest for a free India. Ganghi fasted because his people were getting violent and were not listening to him. He walked about 250 miles to protest the taxation of salt by the British. He wanted to show his people that they could make there own salt their salt. Gandhi got the attention the most from the British by his Civil disobedience and Protests. He was arrested many times but that only made his cause stronger.

Gandhi firmly believed that if violence was used to achieve any end – even if it was used in the name of justice – the result would be more violence.Throughout his life, Gandhi remained committed to non-violence and truth even in the most extreme situations.