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Starter Questions. 1. What is a republic? 2. Why is there a kink in the road in Milton? 3. What is a coup? 4. Estimate the population of Stewart Island 5. What is one of the most photographed buildings in the Southern Hemishphere ?. Soweto and Steve Biko. Today’s Aim.
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Starter Questions • 1. What is a republic? • 2. Why is there a kink in the road in Milton? • 3. What is a coup? • 4. Estimate the population of Stewart Island • 5. What is one of the most photographed buildings in the Southern Hemishphere?
Today’s Aim • We are learning about the protests in Soweto and about Steve Biko. We are learning about the consequences of these events and how they impacted on the rest of the world.
Last Lesson… • Sharpeville Massacre 21 March 1960 • A non violent protest against passbooks • Led by the ANC and PAC (Pan Africanist Congress) • 5000 protestors, 300 police officers • 69 killed, around 200 injured. • A turning point for South African History
After Sharpeville… • Why did Apartheid continue until 1994? • How come the South African Government could continue to suppress Black South Africans? • How come no one else seemed to care about what was going on in South Africa?
White’s DOMINATED • South Africa was a strong country economically • USA and Europe relied on South Africa for vital mineral sources such as uranium • What was one thing that white South Africans did not dominate…?
3 plus points per question • 1. Why were young people protesting about education? • 2. Who was Steve Biko and why was he significant? • 3. Who were the NUSAS, the SASO, and the SASM? • 4. What happened in Soweto 16 June 1976
Biko by Peter Gabriel • 1980 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1G8nVMg6Io
At Nelson Mandela’s trial • “We were placed in a position in which we had either to accept a permanent state of inferiority or to defy the government. We chose to defy the government.”