Jensen HL2: Apartheid: Primary Source Explore

1) Intro to Apartheid

2) CLAIM-SUPPORT-QUESTION

3) Explore primary sources (and secondary if time permits).

• Look at Images
• Listen to Music
• Read a print article

4) Complete reflection. 

5) Be ready to share your primary source and textual connection with your peers.

6) Briefly share the most surprising or interesting thing you've learned with your classmates.

Major Events in South Africa during Apartheid

• Adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People, June 26, 1955

• Women’s March against the Pass Law August 9, 1956

• The Sharpeville Massacre, March 21, 1960

• The Durban strike, January – March, 1973

• The Student uprising in Soweto, June 16, 1976

• The killing of Steven Biko by the South African police, September 12, 1977

• The release of Nelson Mandela from prison, February 11, 1990

• The first democratic election, April 26, 1994

Smithsonian Folkways Anti-Apartheid Songs Playlist

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Apartheid Images and Video

"Black activist Steve Biko dies in a prison cell; FROM THE ARCHIVE; September 18, 1977: Denis Herbstein reports on a born leader - and the dangers he faced." Sunday Times [London, England], 25 Oct. 2009, p. 25.

Cowell, Alan. "TUTU DRAWS CROWD IN JOHANNESBURG." New York Times, 1 Jan. 1985.

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