Donna jo napoli biography of mahatma gandhi

  • "Mahatma Gandhi's grandson tells the story of how his grandfather taught him to turn darkness into light in this uniquely personal and vibrantly illustrated.
  • Donna Jo Napoli has received acclaim for her young adult works and is especially known for her historical novels and her retellings of myth and fairy tales.
  • This book tells the story of how Gandhi used the principles of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to fight discrimination against Indians in South.

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    On Reading, Writing, and Mythological Tales

    By Donna Jo Napoli

    We tell and retell events in the lives of Athena and Zeus, Freyja and Thor, Aset and Ra, and so many other Greek, Norse, and Egyptian gods, and we call these tellings a story. One of the interesting things about mythology, though, is that it is classified as nonfiction by the Dewey Decimal System, that system that organizes the materials in our libraries. So, books about the mythologies of the world are right there beside books on the religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism, Zoroastrianism, and so many others.

    It makes sense: we tend to call religions of the past mythologies and treat them as though they are clearly fictitious. Who today believes that the Cyclops gave Hades a helmet that would make him invisible? Perhaps no one. But what about the Ancient Greeks? Did they believe that? Really? Those Ancient Greeks are the people credited with coming up with the democratic system of government. Their discussions of philosophy are still studied today. And the Ancient Egyptians – what about them and their god stories, full of transformations from one body form to another? They had copper plumbing over 4, years ago; they knew a thing or two. The Chinese invented mechanical clocks aro

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    I am Gandhi
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    Texas Bluebonnet Award

    Grandfather Gandhi
    by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus


    Illustrated by Evan Turk

    Scroll down to find Related Activities & Resources, Book Talk Teasers, Read Alikes, and Book Reviews.

    Readers Theater Script

    Grandfather Gandhi Readers Theater Script
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    Book Trailer
    (TeacherTube)

    Arun Gandhi Interview
    (TeacherTube)

    Bethany Hegadus Interview
    (TeacherTube)

    Evan Turk Interview
    (TeacherTube)

     

    Arun Gandhi’s homepage:

    Bethany Hegedus’ homepage:

    Interview in Haiti with Arun Gandhi ():
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    Kirkus Review interview with Bethany Hegedus:

    Interview with Arun Gandhi, Bethany Hegedus, and illustrator Evan Turk ():
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    Biography of Mahatma Gandhi ():
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    A curriculum guide to Grandfather Gandhi:

    Kids Pledge of Nonviolence:
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    How to deal with anger:
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    50 Activities and Games Dealing with Anger:

    Activities for Kids for Nonviolence:
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    Discuss (or write about) a time when someone upset you. How did you respond? If you could go back in time, would you change anything? If something like that happened again, how would you react?

     

    Perform readers theater.

    Read inside cover of book.

    Play traditional Indian music.

     

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