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A FORCE MORE POWERFUL
SUBJECTS --- World/India; Poland; Denmark; Chile;
South Africa; 1800s - the Present; U.S./1945 -
the Present; Civil Rights Movement; Tennessee;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING --- Peace/Peacemakers;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS --- Citizenship.
Age: 12+; No MPAA Rating; Documentary; 1999; six sections each between 20 and 30 minutes in length; Color.
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This documentary chronicles the rise of nonviolent action by large numbers of people as a force for political and social change. Beginning with Gandhi's campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience seeking better treatment for Indians in South Africa, the movie provides six examples in which nonviolent mass action changed the course of history during the 20th century.
A Force More Powerful comes in six separate sections of approximately 1/2 hour each. Teachers and parents can select the sections that they want to show to children. For example the first two sections, dealing with the Nashville sit-ins and the movement seeking independence in India, are an excellent supplement to a unit on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement or for a class in government/civics. The sections on the Indian independence movement, Solidarity's challenge to Poland's Communist government, and the defeat of Pinochet in Chile are an excellent capstone for a contemporary World History class. TeachWithMovies.com believes that no student will have a good grasp of modern world or U.S. history without an understanding of nonviolent mass action, its origins, and its uses.
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A Force More Powerful is a primer on the benefits of non-violence as a political force.
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To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below the Benefits section from the Learning Guide to A Force More Powerful.
Benefits of the Movie: The only constant is change. This documentary graphically demonstrates that as war has become more violent, people have adapted by developing a new political force of immense power: nonviolent action by masses of people. This film shows the origins of the movement with Gandhi in South Africa and India. It describes five other examples of nonviolent mass action at work. Nonviolent mass action continues to be a major source of political and social change throughout the world. TeachWithMovies.com believes that no student will have a good grasp of modern world or U.S. history without an understanding of nonviolent mass action, its history, and its uses.
A Force More Powerful is a documentary that provides its own historical background. Our independent research has confirmed many of the historical facts presented by the movie. This Learning Guide will provide additional background on the situations featured in the film and more examples of important political and social changes created by nonviolent mass action.
The story of the Nashville sit-ins and Reverend James Lawson is particularly relevant to U.S. students. ... Another important benefit of the film is that at least two of the major actors were relatively young when they served as leaders of nonviolent mass action. James Lawson was 30 years old and Mkhuseli Jack was 27.
The Learning Guide to A Force More Powerful contains sections on Benefits of the Movie, Possible Problems, Helpful Background, Discussion Questions, Links to the Internet, and Bridges to Reading. The Discussion Questions are divided into three categories: Subject Matter, Social-Emotional Learning, and Moral-Ethical Emphasis.
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