Previous knowledge activities (before reading activities) + Test previous ideas + Encourage oral expression

Initial questions 1.Physical features: Climate: Natural resources: Industrial & agricultural activities: page 2 on pack - southernmost region of Africa - long coastline 2,500 km - the 25th-largest country in the world - The interior of South Africa is a vast, flat, and not very populated. - drier towards the northwest along the Namib desert. - In contrast, the eastern coastline is well-watered, which produces a climate similar to the tropics. -Flora and fauna- gold (& other minerals) - export farming products and sugar, grapes, citrus, nectarines,grapescitrusnectarines - It is the eighth largest wine producer in the world, and the eleventh largest producer of sunflower seed. - subsistence agriculture in rural areassubsistence agriculture - metal products and engineering sector -only African state to produce pulp and paper clothing and textiles sector, electronics sector, construction sector, fertilizer production, synthetic fuels production industry: oil and petrochemicals from coal, serve 40% of the nation's motor fuels demand.

Initial questions What’s the flag? page 2 on pack How is SA usually called? a.The Diamond Land. b.The Rainbow Warrior. c.The Rainbow Nation. d.Mandela’s Land.

Initial questions 2. Peoples of South Africa: Spoken languages: page 2 on pack MID-YEAR POPULATION ESTIMATES 2010 Population groupNumber% of total African % White % Coloured % Indian/Asian % TOTAL % The African population is made up of four broad groupings: The Nguni, comprising the Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Swazi people. The Sotho-Tswana, who include the Southern, Northern and Western Sotho (Tswana people). The Tsonga. The Venda. White South Africans include: The Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch, German and French Huguenot who came to the country from the 17th century onwards. English-speakers, descendants of settlers from the British Isles who came to the country from the late 18th century onwards. Immigrants and descendents of immigrants from the rest of Europe, including Greeks, Portuguese, Eastern European Jews, Hungarians and Germans.

Initial questions 3. What is apartheid? page 2 on pack Apartheid (Afrikaans apartness) was a system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party government of South Africa between 1948 and 1994.racial segregationNational PartySouth Africa The rights of the majority 'non-white' inhabitants of South Africa were curtailed and the minority, the white people, ruled the country.white people Racial segregation in South Africa began in colonial times. However, apartheid as an official policy was introduced following the general election of New legislation classified inhabitants into racial groups ("black", "white", "coloured", and "Indian"),[1] and residential areas were segregated, sometimes by means of forced removals. From 1970, black people were deprived of their citizenship, legally becoming citizens of one of ten tribally based self-governing homelands called bantustans, four of which became nominally independent states. The government segregated education, medical care, beaches, and other public services, and provided black people with services inferior to those of white people.[2]general election of 1948racial groupscolouredIndian[1] black peoplecitizenshipself-governingbantustans education[2] Apartheid sparked significant internal resistance and violence as well as a long trade embargo against South Africa.[3] Since the 1950s, a series of popular uprisings and protests were met with the banning of opposition and imprisoning of anti-apartheid leaders. As unrest spread and became more violent, state organizations responded with increasing repression and state-sponsored violence.internal resistancetrade embargo[3] Reforms to apartheid in the 1980s failed to quell the mounting opposition, and in 1990 President Frederik Willem de Klerk began negotiations to end apartheid, culminating in multi-racial democratic elections in 1994, which were won by the African National Congress under Nelson Mandela. The vestiges of apartheid still shape South African politics and society.[4]Frederik Willem de Klerknegotiations to end apartheid African National CongressNelson Mandela[4]

Initial questions 4. What is Freedom Day? When does it take place? page 2 on pack Freedom Day is a South African public holiday.South African It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994.freedomapartheidelections They were the first national elections in South Africa in which the right to vote did not depend upon race. It is celebrated on April 27.

Initial questions 5. Examples of racial segregation: page 2 on pack Classification of residents in South Africa into four racial groups: "black", "white", "colored", and "Indian" Different regions according to different races: People were forced to live in their corresponding regions and the action of passing the boundaries without a permit was noted as illegal. In public area, like hospitals, universities and parks, people were separated according to particular races. Also segregated national education.

Initial questions 6. First black SA president? Current president? page 2 on pack Jacob Zuma

MAP QUIZ 1.Capital: 2.Ocean to the west: 3.Ocean to the south-east: 4.Bordering countries to the north: 5.Country within SA? 6. Country (almost) surrounded by SA? page 3 on pack Johannesburg Atlantic ocean Indian ocean Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique Lesotho Swaziland

MAP QUIZ Locate towns and cities on the map : page 3 on pack