2-21/22 Amandla!

Lesson:
We had a lecture on the history of Apartheid. and viewed the film Amandla!
If absent, rent the movie Amandla. View it and answer the following questions. If you can't rent it, check out these websites to find the answers (The movie is a much more engaging way to answer these).
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html
http://www.africanaencyclopedia.com/apartheid/apartheid.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid

1. Who was Verwoerd?
1960 Sharpeville:
2. Why did the people protest at Sharpeville?
3. How many people died? What was significant about how they died?
4. Who was Nelson Mandela? What happened to Nelson Mandela?
June 19, 1976 Soweto Uprising
5. Why did the children rise up?
6. Why is this uprising so significant in the history of South Africa?
7. How did the fight against Apartheid chnage in the 1980's?
8. What was the global response to the crisis in South Africa?
9. Describe the final transition to democracy in South Africa.

HMWK:
Vocab Day 3&4
Study for vocab test
Vocab Test next class