"Our Bapu, Our Father, and Our Savior, Is Gone-dhi" Gandhi Follow Up Project
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Marries Kasturba at age 13
Event 1:
Topic - Development : the modern world has marriages at older ages than 13 due to development
Connection #1 - Child Labor in America is now illegal http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu
Connection #2 - Slavery in America and its abolishment http://www.civilwar.org
Connection #3 - children’s rights in 3rd world countries are still not completely developed
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Goes to law school and becomes a lawyer
Event 2:
Topic - Services : The job of a lawyer is usually considered a consumer service
Connection #1 - Consumer Services like the auto repair industry http://www.sbdcnet.org
Connection #2 - Public Services for example school teachers https://www.hhh.umn.edu
Connection #3 - Transportation Services like the subways of New York http://www.dot.gov -
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Fights Racism in South Africa
Event 4:
Topic - Ethnicity : Trying to establish racial equality
Year - 1893-1915
Background Information - Fights Racism in South Africa
Connection #1 - Ethnic Cleansing (Page 240-245) like the Rwandan genocide
Connection #2 - Segregation in America, Martin Luther King Junior’s influence on the end of racial insensitivity towards colored people in America http://www.lib.lsu.edu
Connection #3 - Slavery in Europe was abolished way before America and they used non-violence
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Moves to South Africa
Event 3:
Topic - Migration : The movement from one place to another
Connection #1 - Ellis Island and the movement of many Europeans to America for better qualities of life (Page 93)
Connection #2 - Irish Potato Famine and the forced migration of the Irish due to a loss of their only source of food http://www.historyplace.com
Connection #3 - trail of tears and the migration of natives from their homeland to a designated area that only natives were permitted to live in http://www.nps.gov -
Comes Home to India wearing different clothes which represents a cultural shift
Event 5:
Topic - Pop and Folk Culture : Shift from formal/modern clothes to rags and robes
Year - July 1914
Background Information - Comes Home to India wearing different clothes which represents a cultural shift
Connection #1 - Football/Soccer which represents the shift from a folk sport to a globalized sport(Pages 121-122)
Connection #2 - Amish for example have kept their traditions of folk culture from colonial times upto today(Page 120)
Connection #3 - Folk/Pop Architecture (Pages 125-128) -
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Discovers India and her vast population of cities and villages
Event 6:
Topic - Population : To learn about India’s population, Gandhi traveled from one place to another
Connection #1 - European Explorers in America discover the Native Population http://www.gilderlehrman.org
Connection #2 - High Population Growth due to increasing CBR and CDR/high natural increase rates
http://www.medindia.net
Connection #3 - Zero population growth due to a stable economyand government http://www.populationconnection.org -
Visits poor farmers in Champaran and helps them gain more control over farming
Event 8:
Topic - Agriculture : The residents of Champaran were farmers
Connection #1 - plantations in early America was the base and infrastructure of our agriculture http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
Connection #2 - America in its earlier years and how they had to import their crops to England http://abolition.e2bn.org
Connection #3 - there is currently minimal diversity in crops today due to GMO's so many people are relying on other countries for specific produce http://www.gmo-compass.org -
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Discourses in English with other educated leaders in the Indian Congress
Event 7:
Topic - Language : English is used as a lingua franca
Connection #1 - Lingua Franca like english are used to conduct most business and politics (Page 176)
Connection #2 - Pidgin Language which is a mix of two languages like Franglais and Spanglish (Page 176)
Connection #3 - Creole Language originates from pidgen but becomes then becomes widely used (Page 162) -
Burns and boycotts british textiles
Event 9:
Topic - Industry :Boycotted any English industrial product
Connection #1 - boston tea party and the boycotting of british tea/the vandalization of british products
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
Connection #2 - African Americans boycott buses because of racial inequity
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php
Connection #3 - Stamp act causes the colonists to revolt against the british because they imposed taxes on British goods that were sent to the colonies http://www.ushistory.org -
Confronts the British Empire in the independence for India
Event 10:
Topic - Development : wants to develop from a colony to an independent country
Connection #1 - American Revolution and the fight for fredom from the British powers http://www.ushistory.org
Connection #2 - the hutus revolting against the tootsie power in the Rwandan genocide
http://www.unitedhumanrights.org
Connection #3 - Texas Revolution, to regain the land that was stolen from Texas by Mexico https://www.tshaonline.org -
Walks to the sea to make salt
Event 11:
Topic - Resources : Salt is a natural resource found near the seas/oceans
Connection #1 - petroleum making countries like Saudi Arabia(middle east) http://www.eia.gov
Connection #2 - African countries and gold mines http://www.projectsiq.co
Connection #3 - China’s production/consumption of coal http://www.greenbang.com -
Travels to London and meets with the English Prime Minister (at 10 downing street) and has tea with the king and queen ( at buckingham palace) in downtown London
Event 12:
Topic - Urban Patterns
Connection #1 - Gentrification is a perfect example of this because the wealthier people will take over a community and transform it into a rich and developed area http://www.pbs.org
Connection #2 - The location of important political buildings are near the CBD's in relation to a city
http://www.mrsc.org
Connection #3 - There were minimal residential areas in this area due to the fact that most housing is located in the semi-periphery
http://www.faculty.rsu.edu -
Opposes the partition of India into separate Indian and Pakistani states
Event 13:
Topic - Political Geography : Political dispute over reign and power
Connection #1 - Sudan/South Sudan have recently become two independent countries due to economic and political tensions in the original country of sudan http://www.bbc.com
Connection #2 - North/South Korea split due to political/government unrest and upheaval http://news.sky.com
Connection #3 - Taiwan Breaking away from China and becoming an independent country(Page 264-265) -
Is assassinated by a Hindu fundamentalist who rejected Gandhi's beliefs that Hindus and Muslims were equal and could coexist
Event 14:
Topic - Religion : this was a religious dispute between the hindus/muslims
Connection #1 - The Palestine/Israel Wall that separates the two countries because of religious differences http://america.aljazeera.com
Connection #2 - There was a dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia http://www.war-memorial.net
Connection #3 - The crusades was a time where the roman catholic church wanted to spread its religion through violence and the military http://www.newadvent.org
