FOCUS ON SOUTH AFRICA 2012

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SOUTH AFRICA

THURSDAY, MARCH 29

What first attracted Europeans to South Africa?
Which European countries settled in South Africa?
Why did conflict erupt between the Europeans in South Africa?
What resources were available in South Africa?
Create a timeline of events depicting European influence in South Africa from 1652 until 1910.

KEY VOCABULARY:

Boers

Afrikaners

Afrikaans

Rooinek

Kaffir

FRIDAY, MARCH 30

TOPIC: Apartheid

To what extent was apartheid poltically motivated?
To what extent was apartheid economically motivated?
To what extent was apartehid racially motivated?

QUIZ: Vocabulary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPCln9czoys&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po5vy0vbYpg&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-C2igvyFIs&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

BELOW IS A MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF "BANTUSTANS"

CONSIDER HOW THE CHART BELOW MIGHT SUGGEST ECONOMIC MOTIVATION FOR APARTHEID

Handouts:

1. Reading: Apartheid

2. Apartheid Legislation in South Africa(1).doc

TUESDAY, APRIL 10

TOPIC: Review of Apartheid from before spring break

Define apartheid.
To what extent was apartheid poltically motivated?
To what extent was apartheid economically motivated?
To what extent was apartehid racially motivated?
Describe how South Africans resisted apartheid by explaining key events in South African history.

HANDOUT: Timeline of South Africa and Apartheid

Goal 1: Review the creation of Apartheid and the National Party.

To what extent was apartheid ....

1) politically motivated

2) economically motivated

3) racially motivated

GOAL 2: DIRECTIONS: READ PAGES 62-66 IN THE RED TEXT. The reading focuses on events or people that represented resistance to apartheid. As you read, consider how and why blacks resisted apartheid. Focus on the vocabulary terms listed below. For each term, write a definition that 1) RENAMES THE TERM WITH AN APPROPRIATE NOUN 2) DESCRIBES THE IMPACT THE TERM HAD ON APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Example: Apartheid: a legal system in South Africa from 1948-1994 that sought to separate racial groups in order to maintain economic and political power for whites while oppressing blacks

African National Congress (ANC)
Sharpeville Massacre
Soweto Uprising
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Steve Biko
Black Consciousness
F.W. deKlerk
Nelson Mandela

HW: Finish textbook reading and vocabulary

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11

TOPIC: Resistance to Apartheid

What were some of the ways people resisted apartheid in South Africa?
What forces helped to bring down apartheid in South Africa?
Identify key people or events that lead to the end of Apartheid and explain the impact each had.

OPENING ACTIVITY: HANDOUT: TIMELINE

The students will use their vocabulary terms and readings to summarize how each of the events/people helped bring about the end of apartheid.

Focus on Soweto: HANDOUT: Soweto Student Uprising

Identify the causes, course, effect of the Soweto Uprising.

DISCUSSION: Steve Biko and Black Consciousness

CLOSING: Analysis of Invictus

THURSDAY, APRIL 12

TOPIC: The problems of post-Apartheid South Africa: Invictus

Though apartheid came to an end in 1994 and Mandela was elected as the first black president, the social and economic problems of aparteid continue to trouble South Africa. The film Invicuts uses the story of the South African Rugby team to illustrate the race issues that remained after the legal segration and oppression ended.

Race issues persist in South Africa

White poverty in South Africa

The "K word" in South Africa