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 ______.