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Describe a time when you had to follow someone or follow a rule that was unfair to you. Why did you think it was unfair? How could you have (or did you) respond( ed )? HW: Biography WS. 10/21/10 DO NOW: PAGE 26. OBJECTIVES Describe South Africa’s system of apartheid
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Describe a time when you had to follow someone or follow a rule that was unfair to you. • Why did you think it was unfair? • How could you have (or did you) respond(ed)? HW: Biography WS 10/21/10 DO NOW: PAGE 26
OBJECTIVES • Describe South Africa’s system of apartheid • Recognize the effects of apartheid • Apply skills of selective highlighting to identify the main idea of a passage • AGENDA • DN Share • Mini-lecture: Apartheid • Reading Biographies
Definition Images of Apartheid • Policy of racial segregation formerly followed in South Africa • 1948-1990 • 4 groups of people • White • Bantu, or black Africans • Coloured, or people of mixed descent • Asians Apartheid
Road Sign • Where people could live (blacks were separated into different “townships”) • Jobs they could hold • Education they could receive The Laws of Apartheid Determined…
Pass laws: All blacks had to carry pass books that were used to control their employment and free movement • Laws authorized segregated public facilities • Denied any representation of nonwhites in the national government Laws also determined….
Sharpeville Massacre The ANC • 1960 • Peaceful demonstration vs. pass laws • 200 people shot (most in the back) • Turned the ANC to violence (not peaceful protest) • African National Congress • S.A.’s main black political organization • Banned until 1990, the primary goal through the years has been the end of the apartheid system and the establishment of a democratic, nonracial South Africa. Events and Groups Against Apartheid
Steve Biko: • Leader of the Black Consciousness movement • F.W. DeKlerk: • President of S.A. 1989-1994 • Brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end • Transition to majority rule Steve Biko F.W. DeKlerk Important People Involved in Ending Apartheid
Mandela & DeKlerk Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 • Imprisoned for 27 years for going against the white government • Led S.A. from apartheid to democracy • S.A. president from 1994-1999 Nelson Mandela
Before you begin reading the passage: • Read the questions on the right side of the WS • While you read the passage: • Underline the parts that address the questions • After you are done reading: • Write the answers to the questions in your own words Biographies Reading Instructions
"Apartheid and Strife in South Africa (Overview)." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 7 Oct. 2010. http://worldhistory.abc-clio.com/ • "apartheid." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 7 Oct. 2010. <http://worldhistory.abc-clio.com/> • "Nelson Mandela and Frederik de Klerk win Nobel Prize." Image. Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images. World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 7 Oct. 2010. <http://worldhistory.abc-clio.com/> • "Racist road sign in South Africa." Image. Hulton Archive. World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 7 Oct. 2010. http://worldhistory.abc-clio.com/ • "Segregated stands in a South African sports arena." Image. Corel. World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 7 Oct. 2010. <http://worldhistory.abc-clio.com/> • "Sharpeville massacre." Image. Hulton Archive. World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 7 Oct. 2010. http://worldhistory.abc-clio.com/ • "Sharpeville massacre." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 7 Oct. 2010. <http://worldhistory.abc-clio.com/> Resources