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Pre-reading Questions
1. What does freedom mean to you?
2. What is salt? Where does it come from?
3. What is a colony?
4. Who makes laws and why do we follow them?
5. What is a protest?
6. What is a tax?
A MARCH SEA tO tHE SEA
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8. What is marching? Have you ever marched?

Historical Background Discussion:

Use the questions above to introduce your child to
Kids’ Activity Guide background information on Gandhi and British rule
“It is not enough to be good. We must also be over India.
brave and at the same time have wisdom.”
Key points:
Alice McGinty shows that Gandhi’s march to the sea
• Colonial rule vs. self-rule in a representative
was powerful and inspiring, and she lets the reader
democracy
walk with Gandhi and his followers. By using verse,
your child will be able to experience the rhythm of a • Compare the Declaration of Independence
march. Gandhi: A March to the Sea allows children to and the US Revolutionary War to Indian
explore modern-day heroism and examine what it independence. Much like the US, India
means to be a true hero. gained independence from British rule.
Link to a transcript of the Declaration:
Gandhi: A March to the Sea covers an assortment of
topics from government and morality to science and http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/
geography. Nonviolent protest is a heroic and declaration_transcript.html
effective way for everyday men, women, and even
• Methods of independence: India achieved
children to stand up for their beliefs. In this guide
independence by following the nonviolent
you will find a variety of lessons that you can use to
approach of Gandhi as opposed to a war of
expand your child’s understanding of India, Gandhi,
independence.
and nonviolent protesting.
• Nonviolent protest: Compare Gandhi to
These lessons can be used to give your child a
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used as part of a larger home schooling educational
concept. Feel free to use as many or as few of the http://www.thekingcenter.org/king-
lessons as needed to help your child enjoy their philosophy
learning experience.
• Discuss the Indian groups discussed in Gandhi:
The following questions will set the stage for A March to the Sea; the Hindus, Muslims,
reading Gandhi: A March to the Sea and introduce Christians, and Untouchables. Gandhi’s
your child to some of the concepts in the book. leadership helped bring these groups together
to overcome British oppression.
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Pre-reading Geography Lesson: 4. Writing exercise:

Let your child familiarize themselves with India a. Have your child write three journal entries
and the intensity of the march with a map lesson. about the march.
b. The first will be at the beginning of the march.
1. Use a world map to lead your child in finding
the location of: c. The second will be in the middle of the march.
a. Your home d. The final entry will be at the end of the march.
b. The United Kingdom
c. India
Post-reading Writing Activity
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2. Discuss the concept of
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MARCH A MARCH tO tHE SEA Heroic Figures and Freedom: O tHE SEA

colonies and explain how Have your child compare three

India was controlled by groups of heroic figures by
the British despite the creating a foldable. They will
great distance between compare Gandhi and his
them. marchers with either the
3. Have them complete a founding fathers of the US or
blank physical map of Martin Luther King Jr., and a
India with the following: superhero of their choice.

a. Bodies of Water Creating the Foldable:

b. Mountains 1. Fold one standard piece of
c. Neighboring paper horizontally in half
Countries and crease it down.
d. Cities – Capital and 2. Use a pair of scissors and a
start and stop point of ruler to measure and cut 3
the March (Ashram/ equal folds across the
Ahmedabad, Dandi) foldable. This will give
your child one tab for each
There are many useful sites on of the groups.
the Internet to find blank
3. On the front of the foldable,
maps, here is one:
label the tabs with one
http://geography.about.com/ group each.
library/blank/blxindia.htm
4. Open the tabs, then measure and mark four
columns, two per side (the crease will be the
Post-reading
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1. Discuss the length of the March (200 miles in 5. With the book open, label each column:
24 days). Location, What they fought for, Enemy/
2. Use a modern map to show possible locations Opponent, Methods of fighting.
200 miles away from your home. 6. You can help by creating columns on a sheet of
3. Discuss some of the physical barriers that paper and brainstorming before your child puts
would affect traveling that distance on foot. the information into the foldable.

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You will help your child in creating an outline for a a. Introduction Paragraph
compare and contrast essay. Your child will b. Body Paragraph 1 – Topic 1 (one of
compare and contrast Gandhi to one of the other the columns)
groups on their foldable.
c. Body Paragraph 2 – Topic 2
Essay Question: Compare and contrast Gandhi, the (one of the columns)
hero of the Indian independence movement, with d. Body Paragraph 3 – Topic 3
another hero or group of heroes. (one of the columns)
Outline Models: e. Conclusion
Paragraph
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a. Introduction Paragraph
b. Body Paragraph 1 – Comparisons (using
columns from foldable)
c. Body Paragraph 2 – Contrasts (using
columns from foldable)
d. Conclusion Paragraph

Free Verse Activity

You will help your child create a free verse poem of This activity is a post-reading assignment to help
their own. PBS kids is an excellent resource for children understand free verse poetry. Answer the
definitions of poems and free verse in particular. questions below about Gandhi: A March to the Sea
Read some of the examples found here: with your child, feel free to re-read it with them if
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/free_verse. that helps. You and your child should then make a
html poem of your own about the march by using the
key words they come up with as guides. Try
answering the questions about something else you
enjoy doing and make a poem about that as well!

Questions about the March Answers Key Words

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What did you HEAR?

What did you SMELL?

What did you TASTE?

How did you FEEL?

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Where Does Salt Come From? Part of Gandhi’s goal of Indian independence
This is an excellent science experiment to explain focused on the Indians becoming economically
where salt comes from. For background information free of the British. Part of this self-sufficiency was
on salt you can check out this website: not relying on British textile imports, and instead
weaving their own clothing. In this lesson your
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child will learn the basics of weaving by making a
history
simple paper-weave. Prior to the lesson, discuss
http://www.mortonsalt.com/salt-facts/salt- how weaving clothing was part of Gandhi’s strategy
production-and-processing of independence. For further reading on Gandhi’s
nonviolent techniques visit:
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1 edged baking sheet
Materials:
2 tablespoons of table salt
2 sheets of colored thick paper
2 sheets of black construction paper
Scissors
1 cup of tap water, in a container
Glue
Instructions: Ruler
1. Place the paper along the bottom of the baking
sheet. Directions:
2. Add the salt to the water and stir until most of 1. Fold one sheet of paper horizontally.
the salt has dissolved. 2. Starting in the center (across the fold), each
3. Pour the salt water over the paper. Let any child will make 7 to 8 cuts down to one
undissolved salt remain in the cup. inch from the edge of the paper.
4. Place the baking sheet in a sunny place where 3. Unfold and lay it flat and explain that this
it will not be disturbed for several days. paper is the loom. Cut one-inch wide by
nine-inch strips from the other piece of paper.
5. Observe the paper daily until it is dry.
4. Start weaving the strips under and over the
Initially white crystals will form on the paper like a
cuts in the loom.
tiny film. As the experiment continues, a few small,
5. Continue until the strip is woven all the
separate, white cubic crystals will form. As the
way across the loom. Repeat with the rest
experiment ends, let your child gently scrape of the strips.
together the crystals with their spoons
Discuss how long your child thinks it would take to
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to the Sea Activity Guide:

As a post-reading activity ask your child to define the following vocabulary in their own words:

1. Freedom – the power to act without restraint. 7. Law – collection of rules laid down and
2. Protest – an act of objection, disapproval, or enforced by the governing authority of a
dissent. community or country.

3. Salt – a crystal compound used for seasoning 8. Hero – a person of distinguished courage or
or preserving food and in industry. ability, admired for achievements and
A MARCH SEA tO tHE SEA
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A MARCH tO tHE SEA O tHE SEA
4. March – to walk in a steady, deliberate
manner. 9. Arrest – to catch and hold a person based on
legal authority.
5. Forbid – to command something not to be
done. 10. Verse – a piece of poetry where words are
arranged in a rhythmic pattern.
6. Tax - money demanded by a government for
its support or services, levied upon incomes,
property, sales, etc.

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2. To catch and hold a person based on legal authority.

5. Money demanded by a government for its support or services, levied upon incomes,
property, sales, etc.

6. The power to act without restraint.

7. A person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for achievements and qualities.

8. A crystal compound used for seasoning or preserving food and in industry.

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1. A piece of poetry where words are arranged in a rhythmic pattern.

3. To walk in a steady, deliberate manner.

4. An act of objection, disapproval, or dissent.

6. To command something not to be done.

9. Collection of rules laid down and enforced by the governing authority of a community
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Gandhi: A March to the Sea Cryptogram
In this puzzle, you must find the letter that matches each number, then write the matching letter in the
space above each number.

After all the spaces are filled in, you will find out what inspiring words Gandhi gave to the villagers
along his march to the sea.

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MARCH A MARCH tO tHE SEA O tHE SEA

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Crossword Puzzle Key

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