Peace Presentation

What does peace mean to you?

Loving everyone Don't fight Respecting everybody Don't call eachother names Smile, laugh, and love

Ned Flanders

Why does Ned Flanders represent peace?

Symbols of Peace

Miley Cyrus gives Peace sign.

Peace symbol.

A white dove.

Woodstock 1969

Peaceful Representatives

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Gandhi

Martin Luther King Jr

MLK was the father of the civil

rights movement in the United

States.

Led the movement to end racial segregation.

Wanted to end racial discrimination between black people and white people.

Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK is most famous for his “I have a dream...” speech.

Famous quotes

“Let freedom ring from every hill and

molehill of Mississippi.”

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”

Awards

MLK received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January in the United States.

After his death, he won the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States President Jimmy Carter.

Mahatma Gandhi

Famous for leading India to

independence through peaceful,

non-violent action.

Responsible for expanding women's rights, freedom of religion, and ending discrimination.

Civil Disobedience

Gandhi was famous for using two methods to achieve his goals of freedom.

Non-violent protests

Fasting, which means refusing to eat

until a conflict was solved.

Non-violence

Gandhi used large groups of people to stand and protest without fighting.

He promised to always “speak the truth.”

He used “non-cooperation”

as a way to fight against the British.

Fasting

Gandhi went on a hunger strike many times in his life to protest war.

He didn't eat for... Three weeks (21 days), to help claim

independence from the British.

MLK and Gandhi

Both are famous for using peaceful ways to achieve their goals.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s words, and Gandhi's fasting were very effective.

Both wanted to use

PEACE in order to stop

violence.