1. Unit 5 Chapter 16.3 Big Idea: Mohandas Gandhi and the Congress party led the drive for independence in India

2.  Trace factors that sparked India’s independence movement after WWI  Assess how Mohandas Gandhi influenced the independence movement  Interpret what the Salt March symbolized

3.  What do you know about India?

4.  1600 British East India Company est. trade  1857 Sepoy RebellionSepoy Rebellion  Becomes direct rule colony

5.  Drawbacks  Industry declines, cash crops = less food, dependence on GB  Positives  Language, railroad & telegraph system, health care & sanitation, education, form of government

6.  Amritsar massacre reading? Then have the class create news headlines, British and Indian

7.  Using your textbook, answer the questions below to complete the profile of Mohandas Gandhi.

8.  “Satyagraha” – Civil DisobedienceSatyagraha  Boycotts  Great Salt March (1930)  1939 “Quit India” Mvmt  No help WW2 w/o independence Click image above to watch a video on Gandhi!

9.  Why do you think Gandhi was able to unite Indians when earlier attempts had failed?