Title: Apartheid means "Apartness" in Afrikaan.
"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another…" – Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address, Pretoria 9 May 1994.
Description: Have you ever been discriminated against? Has someone ever told you that you couldn't do something, or had to do something based on your skin color, gender ordisability? Do you know anyone who has been? This Web Quest is designed to help you familiarize yourself with how oppression by discrimination works. To do this we will take a look at South Africa, the apartheid system and other issues that you’ll encounter in your reading of Cry, the Beloved Country, one of the most famous pieces of literature in South African history.
Grade Level: 8
Curriculum: Language Arts
Keywords: Apartheid, South Africa, Segregation, Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, African National Congress, F.W. de Klerk, Zulu, Housa, Dutch, Afrikaner, Indian, White, Black.
Description: Have you ever been discriminated against? Has someone ever told you that you couldn't do something, or had to do something based on your skin color, gender ordisability? Do you know anyone who has been? This Web Quest is designed to help you familiarize yourself with how oppression by discrimination works. To do this we will take a look at South Africa, the apartheid system and other issues that you’ll encounter in your reading of Cry, the Beloved Country, one of the most famous pieces of literature in South African history.
Grade Level: 8
Curriculum: Language Arts
Keywords: Apartheid, South Africa, Segregation, Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, African National Congress, F.W. de Klerk, Zulu, Housa, Dutch, Afrikaner, Indian, White, Black.