BUNDLE: Apartheid (SS7H1)

Nelson Mandela

This assignment will increase students' understanding of the influential leader, Nelson Mandela. The reading passage covers his life from the beginning of his life to his efforts in ending apartheid and becoming South Africa's first black president.

This product includes:

• Reading Passage
• Comprehending Questions
• Acrostic Poem Template
• Political Cartoon Analysis
• Nelson Mandela Quote Analysis

Sharpeville Massacre and Soweto Uprising: Apartheid in South Africa

This resource was created to help students to understand the struggles of apartheid. The reading explains the causes for both protests and the outcome. The reading is concise and highlights key detail. Students will be able to show their understanding by answering comprehension questions, filling out a cause and effect graphic organizer, and a timeline chart. There is two image analysis included in this product for each protest. Lastly, there is a poster activity and a writing assignment that students can complete as a concluding activity.

This product can be used in various ways:

• Jigsaw Assignment
• Group Work
• Homework
• Enrichment/Extended Activity

Apartheid in South Africa Image Analysis: Vocabulary Practice

After students learned about Apartheid, I had them complete this activity. It was a great way to help them to practice those key vocabulary, but also to help them understand what people were going through during Apartheid in South Africa. All learners were able to complete this assignment and the pictures vary in difficulty, so if a student was stuck they could look at another one. No prep work needed to teach this assignment.

Part 1- Have students complete the vocabulary introduction sheet to familiarize themselves with the vocabulary for this lesson. Ask students to share out their simplified definition and what they drew for the image. 

Part 2- Print out the images that you want to use and number them on the back. Have students go through the images and complete the chart. There are a total of 20 images, but you can decide how many you want students to analyze. On the chart students must: 

• Describe the image. 
• Describe what you think the people in the pictures are thinking or feeling OR Describe how people might have felt if they saw one of those signs. There are no right or wrong answers.
• What new vocabulary word(s) from the standard do you think describes this picture? WHY? (Oppression, Discrimination, Segregation, Racism, Civil Rights, and Prejudice) 

Apartheid in South Africa: Reading and Activities

This product is designed to help students understand apartheid in South Africa and build their understanding of the content. The product includes various activities to guide all learners. There is No Prep needed.

The reading is concise and delivers information from the start of Apartheid to the election of Nelson Mandela.

Information Covered:

• National Party
• Population Registration Act
• Group Areas Act
• Paws Laws Act
• Anti-Apartheid Movement Around the World
• F.W. de Klerk
• Nelson Mandela

This Product Includes:

1. Apartheid Vocabulary
2. Apartheid Passage
3. Comprehension Questions
4. Comprehension Questions- Answer Key
5. Short Answers
6. Apartheid and Jim Crow
7. Image Analysis
8. Story in History

EDITABLE Apartheid in South Africa: Google Slides for Notes

When I taught Apartheid, this was the presentation that I created. I love mixing in image analysis and videos in my slides.

What is in the presentation?

• Impacts of colonization
• The meaning of Apartheid
• Image analysis on the discrimination in South Africa
• Overview video of Apartheid
• What do you think is happening in the images (passbooks and homelands)
• Life under Apartheid
• Apartheid Laws
• Passbooks and Homelands
• The African National Congress
• The World Against Apartheid
• Sharpeville Massacre Photo Analysis
• Sharpeville Massacre- two videos
• Nelson Mandela
• Biography video or Nelson Mandela
• F.W. de Klerk
• Democracy in South Africa
• South Africa Today