LIVES THAT CHANGED OUR WORLD EXAMPLES OF INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE

In this session we are going to have a look at the lives of some people that tried to improve their lives and the lives of the people in their communities and societies as they could not accept that people’s rights were being denied. We are going to focus on 3 men: MARTIN LUTHER KING, NELSON MANDELA and MOHANDAS GANDHI. But we should also mention the names of other people that wanted to change some aspects of the world like Mother Theresa, John Lennon, Dalai Lama, Rigoberta Menchú, etc.

Martin Luther King (Atlanta USA 15 January 1929)
6 decades ago, in the southern USA, a young black boy called Martin Luther King was growing up. Martin saw how badly black Americans were treated by white Americans. Blacks could not attend the same schools, eat in the same restaurants or travel on the same buses as whites.
All over the south, Martin Luther King led peaceful protests, calling for equal rights for black people. In 1963 he led thousands of people, both black and white, on a march to Washington, the capital of the USA. In a speech he said: “Ï have a dream, that my four little children will be judged not by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character”.

Martin Luther King had many enemies. In 1968 he was shot and killed by a white man. Although life for many black Americans has improved, they have still not gained complete equality, for which Martin Luther King fought so hard.

Nelson Mandela (Umtata, South-Africa, 18 July 1918)

Mohandas Ghandi (Porbandar India, 2 October 1869)

Mother Theresa (India, 26 August 1910)

Jhon Lenon (Liverpool, England, 9 October 1940)

Dalai Lama (Taktser, Qinghai, China 1935)

Rigoberta Menchu (Chimel, Guatemala 1959)

1. Luther King, Mandela and Gandhi took action in different ways because they saw some human rights were being denied to some groups of people. Describe the denial of human rights in their 3 cases. Martin Luther King: Black Americans were badly treated by White Americans.            Nelson Mandela: protested against the new “apartheid” laws in South Africa, which separated people because of the colour of their skin.                                                   Mohandas Ghandi:There were terrible fights between Hindu and Maslem people.
2. How did they protest against what they thought was not right? (marches, demonstrations, etc) They protested pecefully.
3. Did any of them go to prison? If so, how long were they there? Nelson Mandela was in prision for 28 years and Gandhi stayed in prison for 6 years or more. 
4. Are they all 3 still alive? If not, how did they die? Martin Luther King and Ghandi were murder abd Mandela is still alive.
5. Do the problems that they wanted to solve still exist in society nowadays? Complete equality doesn't exist for everybody.
6. Do you think they contributed to improving their communities? If so, in which way? Yes, because human rights were improved.  

Inspiration of women

2. Cleopatra 69 -30 BC

The last Ptolemic ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra sought to defend Egypt from the expanding Roman Empire. In doing so she formed relationships with 2 of Rome’s most powerful leaders Marc Anthony and Julius Ceaser. These relationships have been depicted in Romantic terms, although in reality they may have been political alliances.
http://www.biographyonline.net/people/women-who-changed-world.html