Kanthapura Lesson Plan

Meditation

Kind of Activity:

Mixed Media

Objective:

To connect with and better understand a central tenet of Gandhian philosophy through meditation.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9

Structure:

Begin the activity by displaying the following passage from Kanthpura on the whiteboard.

“And she sat herself down to meditate, but the gayathri muttered itself out soft and fast, and now and again when she opened her eyes and looked towards the main entrance through the kitchen door, her eyes fell on the royal sacred flame and the breathful flowers and the gods, and the walls looked angry and empty”...