Abstract: Describes how one high school English teacher developed and taught a unit that would give students the opportunity to see how violence and nonviolence affects their lives. Notes the unit involves discussing the lives and careers of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., viewing film clips and film, reading, writing in journals, and writing a bill of rights for students. (SR)

Title: Giving Peace a Chance: Gandhi and King in the English Classroom.
Author: Gill, David
Journal Citation: English Journal, v89 n5 p74-77 May 2000
ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Note: Theme: A Curriculum of Peace.
Publication Year: 2000
Document Type: Teaching Guide (052); Journal Article (080); Project Description (141)
ERIC Identifier: EJ604750
Clearinghouse Identifier: CS759029
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Descriptors: Class Activities; English Curriculum; * English Instruction; Journal Writing; * Peace; School Security; Secondary Education; Student Rights; * Violence

Identifiers: *Gandhi [Mahatma]; *King [Martin Luther Jr]; Nonviolence; Peace Education