Webquest about Martin Luther King, Gandhi and
Nelson Mandela
Names :
_________________________________________
I GANDHI
Read Gandhi’s
biography and answer the questions :
Where and when was Gandhi born
?_______________________________________
1893 - Where did he go to study law
?______________________________________
What happened ? Why ? How do you call it
?_________________________________
1906 - When did he launch his first
campaign ? What for ?_______________________
Where did he go in 1914 ? What did he
organise ?______________________________
What did he begin in 1930 ? Why
?________________________________________
1932 - Why did Gandhi start a
"fast unto death" (= you refuse to eat to obtain something) ?
________________________________________________________________
What are his demands
?_______________________________________________
What did he obtain
?____________________________________________
1947 – What is Gandhi’s main
victory?_____________________________________
Why is it different from other victory (think of the title of
the webquest) ?_______________
When and how did Gandhi die
?__________________________________________
Why was he
called “Mahatma”
?________________________________________
Conclude
:
Gandhi
was a ____________ in India's ____________, _____________ struggle for
__________________ from _________________.
II MARTIN LUTHER
KING
Look at the TIMELINE to answer
those questions biography :
Where and when was Martin Luther
King born? _________________________
What happened to him at school ?
How to you call it ?_____________________
When Martin became a pastor, where
was his church? _____________________
What did Martin lead in Montgomery,
Alabama ? What was he protesting against ?
__________________________________________________________
What was the famous speech that
Martin gave in Washington, DC?_____________
Where did he give it?
___________________________________________
What great honour did Martin
receive in 1964? _______________________________
How did Martin die?
____________________________________________
Read his speech and
conclude :
Martin Luther King was
a ___________ who worked for ____________ in the _____________________. He won
a ______________________, thanks to his famous peaceful speech called
“___________________________”.
III NELSON MANDELA
Read
the text and answer the questions with complete sentences.
What did Nelson Mandela dedicate his life
to ?________________________________
How long did he stay in jail ? Why
?_______________________________________
What is “apartheid”
?_________________________________________________
What did he become in
1994 ?___________________________________________
What has he become
today ?____________________________________________
Conclude :
Nelson Mandela is an _________________ who spent ____ years in
_________ as a ___________ and then when released became ______________ of
____________.