Apartheid in South Africa

1. Apartheid in South Africa

2. History of South Africa *The Dutch East India Company establishes the Cape Colony in southern Africa in 1652 *The British gain control of the colony in 1814 after the Battle of Blaauwerg *Gains independence and becomes the Union of South Africa in 1910 - Afrikaners (Dutch and British descendents) control the government and enforce the policy of Apartheid

3. British Cape Colony 1814-1872 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/south-africas-boer-fighters-in-the-anglo-boer-war-1899-1902-part-i.htm

4. Objectives and assignment • To describe the South African system of Apartheid and to analyze its impact on the South African people through the synthesis of documents and a short essay. • Using all three documents as sources write a short informative essay about the South African government system of Apartheid. • Be sure to include: Topic sentence Thesis statement Support from all three texts Concluding statement

6. Group discussion questions 1. What was the Apartheid? • How did the South African government treat their people during the apartheid era? • How did Apartheid affect the people of South Africa? • How did South Africans react to the Apartheid

7. Argumentative essay • Using all three documents as sources write a short informative essay about the South African government system of Apartheid. • Be sure to include: Topic sentence Thesis statement Support from all three texts Concluding statement