april 1, 2009

April 1, 2009Wall Street was given pretty much

whatever they wanted in their recovery package. Chrysler has been given 30 days to merge with Italian

Car maker Fiat or otherwise demonstrate that they are a viable

company or all aid will be withdrawn. Is this fair? Should the car companies get the same aid or should wall street

get less? What would you do?

Disabled People

They make history too!

Some surprising people have overcome disbilities

(yes there is a deaf history month - March 15 to April 15)

Epilepsy

a common chronic neurological disorder that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures.

Agatha Christie

15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976)

The best selling author of all time

Famous for writing mysteries

Epileptic

Theodore Roosevelt

October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919

US PresidentNobel Prize winnerAuthorSoldierNaturalistEpileptic

Indian Nationalism

The idea that India should be ruled by Indians

Remember that before 1947 Pakistan and India were one

Muslim V Hindu

Civil Disobedience

First written about by American Henry David Thoreau

The idea is that you are willing to go to jail for your beliefs

Gandhi read Thoreau

Mohandas K. Gandhi

2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)

Trained as a lawyerBegan working with

civil disobedience in South Africa

Assasinated

Salt Satyagraha

March 1930Only the British

government could make and sell salt

Gandhi led a march to the sea, where he broke the law by making salt

Salt Satyagraha

Over 80,000 were arrested

Many were beatenIt helped turn world

opinion against the British

It empowered the Indians

Salt Satyagraha

Martin Luther King Jr. knew of the salt march

King said he took his campaign of nonviolent resistance directly from Gandhi and the Salt March

Class Work

Gandhi WorksheetDBQ p. 888