Here are some examples of different levels of responses:
These were rated a 3 – It was a well stated lasting lesson, there was strong supporting evidence chosen, and it was explicitly quoted from the text, as well cited with correct paragraph numbers. Correct grammar and spelling and punctuation.
The lasting lesson is that nonviolence is quite an effective way of protest without needing to hurting anyone. Evidence 1 Paragraph 1:”He stressed repeatedly that his followers should never try to injure or kill anyone. Instead, they should always rely on peaceful protest.” Evidence 2 Paragraph 10:”For Gandhi, resistance meant placing one’s own body in harm’s way. Nonviolent protesters had to accept the possibility of injury, imprisonment or even death. And that is what made nonviolence such a powerful political tool.” Evidence 3 Paragraph 13:In the U.S. in 1963, Americans watched with horror as Birmingham police set dogs upon African-Americans during a peaceful civil rights protest. Outrage at this bloody attack pushed President John F. Kennedy to take action. In time, this led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
The lasting lessons that we can learn from studying this event is that violence should not be the initial approach. I presume that because in paragraph 1 it states “Gandhi strongly believed that those seeking independence for India should never turn to violence. He stressed repeatedly that his followers should never try to injure or kill anyone.” Further more in paragraph 9 it affirms “police rushed upon the advancing marchers and rained blows on their heads.… Not one of the marchers even raised an arm to fend off the blows.” Additionally in paragraph 16 it declares “The peaceful resistance the two pursued was very effective in exposing hard truths about injustices.” Within the information we have learned from this article like, Ghandiʻs thoughts on non-violence, what they did when met with violence, and the effect of non-violence, it proves that violence should not be the initial approach.
This was a 3 that could be better, because the lasting lesson was too broad. The evidence was limited to peaceful PROTEST.
The lasting lesson that we can learn from studying this event is to always be peaceful in all aspects no matter what the situation may be. The first piece of textual evidence that I found is from paragraph 1, where the text states, “Gandhi strongly believed that those seeking independence for India should never turn to violence.” The second piece of evidence is from paragraph 5 where the author says, “All this translated into Gandhi’s peaceful expression of protest.”The final piece of text is from paragraph 11 where the text says, “King used similar methods of non-violent resistance in his struggle for equal rights for African-Americans.”
This was a 2 – The lasting lesson was hard to understand, and missing capitalization. The evidence chosen was poor, and was not given in the correct format.
lasting lesson from this event we learn from is for ways for protesting are non-violent. E 1). We can look back and see how the non-violent protests Gandhi held, have inspired many other non-violence protests. For example the 14th and 11th paragraphs. ( In the blue ) E 2). Gandhi let his protests always without violence , even is violence was used against him. For instance, paragraph 9, one example was how they got”rained blows on their heads”. (In the red ) E3). And how the non-violence protests let people see the violence the protesters were met with. With textual evidence in paragraph 12. ( in the yellow )
This was also a 2 – There was a lasting lesson, with well chosen explicit textual evidence but the citation was incorrect.
My one long lasting lesson is to fight for whats right in a nonviolent way.Now for 3 reasons why. My first reason why I think this is because when it says in paragraph 1 line 3 “He stressed repeatedly that his followers should never try to injure or kill anyone. Instead, they should always rely on peaceful protest.” My second reason is in paragraph 10 it sates “Nonviolent protesters had to accept the possibility of injury, imprisonment or even death. And that is what made nonviolence such a powerful political tool.” Now for my last reason why this is an ever lasting lesson is because in paragraph 15 it says “Both have used nonviolent protests to raise their voice against racial and economic injustices.”
This was a 1 – I could not understand what the lasting lesson was, it was poorly stated and it had more than one idea. And the evidence chosen did not support what I thought the writer was saying.
The lesson that I learned was that everyone should have the independence to rule themselves with the things they have been educated and that nonviolent protests are frequently met in the presence of violence. In paragraph 3, it says “Gandhi believed that all people – rich and poor, male and female – should have the freedom to rule themselves.” This means that people should rule over themselves to know and do what they think is pono. In p4 it says “It provided a religious framework for his strong belief in the values of simplicity, duty and nonviolence.” This means that people should do what they have been educated and dedicate it to your life. In paragraph 16, it also states that “The peaceful resistance the two pursued was very effective in exposing hard truths about injustices. It won broad support for the protesters and brought about real change.” This piece of evidence indicates that you should still try to bring peace when there is violent and nonviolent protests and protesters.
