Activity

Ask pupils what they understand by the term 'civil resistance'? They should note down their ideas on a small piece of paper. Less able students may need some support - ie. breaking up the term and noting down words that they associate with 'resistance', for example.

As a class, watch the clip entitled Civil resistance immediately after this. Now ask pupils to write their own definition of the term - thinking carefully about what they learned from the clip - then fold the paper up and pass it to someone else in the room.

Pupils should read through the definitions in front of them before comparing them with the person sitting next to them.

Now watch the clip We cannot lose as a class, which will further aid students' understanding of Gandhi's approach to resistance. In their pairs, students should come up with a final definition, using the information from the clips as well the ideas on the paper in front of them.

Pupils should now feed back to the rest of the class. Ideas can be collected by the teacher on the board and, if there is time, students can vote on what they think is the best definition.

Some more ideas

• Use the clip Civil resistance at the very beginning of a unit of work on Ghandi as a religious leader. Students should note down everything they can learn or infer about the leader from the clip (ie. he enjoys a lot of support, he is under threat of arrest etc..). Students could also generate questions that they have in response to watching the clip (What year is it? What country are they in?).