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In the 1930s and 40s Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the most important leaders of the movement that was struggling to free India from British rule and make it an independent country, a goal that was finally achieved in August 1947. However, that isn’t enough to explain why so many people think of Gandhi as one of the greatest political figures of the 20th century. What really made him special was his belief in non-violent strikes to British economic, political and military power: he believed the way forward for the Indian independence movement – and for all people suffering oppression – was simple ‘non-cooperation’ rather than violence. Non-cooperation included bombs, boycotts, the refusal to pay taxes, and the willingness to go to prison if necessary – tactics that were effective in putting pressure on the British authorities.
Gandhi’s ideas certainly influenced the leaders of other 20th-century freedom struggles, such as Martin Luther King in the United States and Nelson Mandela in South Africa.
Gandhi was born in the northern Indian state of Gujarat, the son of an important local politician. His parents arranged for him to get married at the extremely young age of thirteen, and he became a father before he was twenty. His family wanted him to become a barrister and sent him to study law at university in London, where his dislike for English food was one of the things that made him become a vegetarian for the rest of his life.
In 1893 he went to work as a lawyer in South Africa, where his political beliefs began to develop as he saw the discrimination suffered by non-white people, including the country’s large Indian community. He also moved closer to Hindu religious ideas, particularly ahimsa or non-violence.
After returning to India he decided to live a life of ‘simplicity’, which meant giving up unnecessary spending and owning as few clothes as possible. In 1918 he encouraged poor farmers in Gujarat to resist a new tax introduced by the British. The authorities put him in prison, but thousands of people protested and soon he was released. The British compromised with the poor farmers, and Gandhi became famous all over India.
Over the next 30 years he devoted himself to the cause of Indian independence. He lived long enough to see his dream become reality, but he was sad to see the violence that surrounded the division of the subcontinent into two countries for Hindus and Muslims respectively – India and Pakistan – because he had always believed that the followers of the two religions should be able to live together peacefully.

Fill the twelve gaps in the text on Worksheet A with the correct words from the box below. There are four words that you will not be able to use.

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Below are five quotes by Gandhi. Can you guess what the missing words might be?

1. ‘There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to ______for.’

2. ‘Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with ______.’

3. ‘What do I think of Western elections? I think it would be a very good idea.’

4. ‘Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s ________.’

5. ‘You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my resistance.’

LYRICS/SUM 41-WITH ME

I don't want this moment
To ever end
Where every thing's nothing, without you
I wait here forever just to,
To see you smile
Cause it's true
I am nothing without you

Through it all
I've made my mistakes
I'll stumble and fall
But I mean these words

[Chorus]
I want you to know
With everything, I won't let this go
These words are my heart and soul
And I'll hold on to this moment you know
As I bleed my heart out to show
And I won't let go

Thoughts read unspoken
Forever and know
Pieces of memories
Fall to the ground
I know what I did and how so
I won't let this go
Cause it's true
I am nothing without you

On the streets, where I walked alone
With nowhere to go
I've come to an end

[Chorus]

In front of you're eyes
It falls from the skies
When you don't know what you're looking to find
In front of you're eyes
It falls from the skies
When you just never know what you will find
(What you will find [x4])

I don't want this moment
To ever end
Where every thing's nothing, without you
[Chorus x2]

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WELCOME TO "MY PLANET,MY SPACE"

My name is ___Andrea__________ I am ___15 years-old____ I live _in Maoño_______
Here's some more information about me:
I like ____swim_____________
I hate ________footboll________
My best friends _______are fantastics and I love them___________________
I collect / I don´t collect ____I don't collect Stamps___________. For example:
I'm scared of ______spiders________________________
For breakfast, I have ____biscuit,milk and orange juice________________________
The food that I like most is ____Spaghetti _________________
My most precious possession is ____my Diary ____________
The person / thing who / which annoys me most ___Nobody________
If I were an animal __Dolphin_____________
My best friend would describe me as ___Make happy ________________
If I could change my name it would be ___Deva_______________
I can't resist ____to chocolate______________________
My number one of (almost) everything:
TV show: ___Gran Hermano______________
Film/movie: ____Titanic____________
actor: ____Leonard Dicaprio________________
actress: _____Penelope Cruz______________
music group / artist: ____ELCDL______
food: ______spaguetti_______________
sports team / person: __swim / David Meca_______
My message to the world:_Do the love and not the war_____________