april 1, 2009
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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company or all aid will be withdrawn.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