1. Apartheid
South Africa

2. Top of page 103- SS7H1c
SS7H1c.
Explain the creation and end of apartheid in South Africa and the roles of Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk.

3. Making the Connection How did you feel during this activity?
In what ways was this game fair? Unfair?
What made you want to work hard? What made you decide not to work hard?
How were the group work areas similar to or different from the workstations?
How did you feel about the members of your group? About the members of the other groups? About members of the Blue Group? About the teacher?
How did your attitude or feelings change as the activity progressed? When students received candy?

4. Classroom Activity Historical Reality
Students in the Green, Pink, and Yellow groups
Students in the Blue group
Small work areas for the Green, Pink, and Yellow groups
Workstations A and B
Specified group work areas
Historical Reality
Africans (blacks), Asian, & Colored (mixed)
Europeans (whites)
Homelands took up 13% of the land even though Blacks made up 68% of the population
Mines & factories in white areas
Homelands

5. Classroom Activity Historical Reality
Greens, Pinks, and Yellows were required to show handouts in order to move about the classroom
Blues received more candy than the Greens, Pinks, and Yellows
Greens, Pinks, and Yellows complained that the game is unfair
Historical Reality
Blacks could not leave their Homeland without showing their passbook to whites
Blues were white Europeans who ruled South Africa
Apartheid was very unfair to Black Africans, Asians, and Coloreds

6. Apartheid Timeline – page 103
Began in 1948 in South Africa
People were divided into 4 groups:
Europeans (Whites)
Africans (Blacks)
Asian
Colored (Mixed)
Whites were 17% of the population, but owned 87% of the land and controlled the government.

7. Apartheid Timeline – page 103
Asians and Coloreds were 13% of the population. They were treated better than blacks but worse than whites.
1989 Apartheid ended
1994 the first open elections were held in South Africa
Nelson Mandela was elected. He was the first, black South African President.

8. Nelson Mandela – page 103 Fought against apartheid
Jailed for 27 years for protesting apartheid
F.W. de Klerk freed Mandela in Feb. 1990
Leader of ANC (African National Congress)
Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993
Elected as the 1st Black South African President in 1994

9. F.W. de Klerk – page 103 Elected President of South Africa in 1989
He lifted the ban on the ANC and released Nelson Mandela.
He brought apartheid to an end and opened the way for writing a new constitution for the country based on the principle of one person, one vote.
Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 with Mandela

10. Write Lyrics to your Apartheid Protest Song page 105
The song should be 6 to 8 lines long
The lyrics do not have to rhyme
The lyrics can explain some of the injustices of the apartheid system and/or describe the emotions of people living under apartheid
The lyrics can be sung to the tune of a commonly known song

11. Sung to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Apartheid Is Not Right
Sung to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
‘Partheid, ‘partheid is not right
Makes me angry, want to fight
I work so hard every day
But I get so little pay
‘Partheid, ‘partheid is not right
Pray some day we’ll see the light