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INVESTIGATING the World - Asia - Examine India
Examine the Facts South Asia - India
Compare Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Directions: Compare the life and struggles of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mohandas Gandhi
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Concerning
Personal
Life
Concerning
Inspiration
and
Influences
Concerning
Beliefs
and
Actions
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Investigating the World - Asia
Student Booklet - Page 27
INVESTIGATING the World - Asia
Examine the Facts - South Asia - India
Compare Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Answer Sheet for Student Booklet page 27
Teacher directions: The following information covers some of the main details of the lives of Mohandas Gandhi
and Martin Luther King, Jr. Guide students in finding several key points to include in each category. Have students
share their worksheets with classmates or go over this information with the whole class.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mohandas Gandhi
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Birth: October 2, 1869, Western India,
to a moderately wealthy family.
Father was a local government official.
Mother was a devout Hindu.
Arranged marriage at 13 years old to
Kasturba Makharji.
Studied law at University College, London at age 19.
Gandhi was assassinated by a radical
Hindu on Jan. 30, 1948.
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Principles of Hinduism.
Teachings of the Bhagavad Gita.
Leo Tolstoy, “The Kingdom of God is
Within You.”
" Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience.”
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Believed in political change through
Satyagraha, nonviolent protest, requiring
non-cooperation and patience.
Gandhi wrote in his autobiography, The
Story of My Experiments With Truth, “An
eye for an eye makes the whole world
blind.”
Worked for fair treatment of Indians in
South Africa.
Wanted independence from colonial rule
in India. Led many protests and actions,
such as the Salt March of 1930 and boycotts of imported British goods.
Wanted a united India with Hindus and
Muslims coexisting peacefully.
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Concerning
Personal
Life
" Birth: January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, to a prominent family.
" Father was a Baptist minister.
" Attended Morehouse College at age 15.
Received his seminary degree from Crozier Theological Seminary and Ph.D.
from Boston University.
" Married Coretta Scott, 1953.
" King was assassinated by white supremacist James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968.
Concerning
Inspiration
and
Influences
" Christianity.
" Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience.”
" Mohandas Gandhi, principles of nonviolence, Satyagraha.
" Writings of Hegel influenced King’s ideas
of conflict and struggle.
Concerning
Beliefs
and
Actions
" Believed in political change through nonviolence, including the need for “creative
tension”.
" King wrote in a speech, “Beyond Vietnam”,
“True compassion is more than flinging a
coin to a beggar…an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.”
" 1955, MLK and other leaders began the bus
boycott in response to Rosa Park’s arrest.
" Organized marches for basic civil rights for
blacks, including the right to vote, and an
end to segregation of schools and racial discrimination in employment.
" Organized a “Poor People’s Campaign” in
1968 to address the issue of economic injustice.
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