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Curated OER

Nelson Mandela and His Wife Graca Michel

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of BBC news articles about Nelson Mandela.
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Curated OER

Nelson Mandela

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of BBC news articles about Nelson Mandela.
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Curated OER

Nelson Mandela

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of Nelson Mandela?s life accompanied by videos of significant events.
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Curated OER

Nelson Mandela 1992

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of Nelson Mandela?s life accompanied by videos of significant events.
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Article
Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: Mandela and the Masses: African Nationalism & Workers

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the rise of nationalism on South Africa as a background to the African National Congress and the restraints put on the black middle class.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A Rally Against Poverty

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes a world-wide social movement called "Make Poverty History," an idea that Nelson Mandela helped promote at an international meeting. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece...
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: F. W. De Klerk Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nobel site is a biography of Frederick Willem de Klerk, winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize along with Nelson Mandela.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Apartheid in South Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how apartheid came to be official policy in South Africa. Under apartheid, South Africans were divided into four racial groups: Whites, Asians, Coloreds, and Blacks. Discover what life was like for black South Africans and how...
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Curated OER

Time 100: Leaders and Revolutionaries/nelson Mandela

For Students 9th - 10th
A Time article on Nelson Mandela that summarizes his life.
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Curated OER

Npr Special Series: Nelson Mandela, 1918 2013

For Students 9th - 10th
Photograph of South African President Nelso Mandela and Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1999.
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Website
Other

South Africa: Robben Island Remembers

For Students 9th - 10th
Now a World Heritage site, Robben Island is asymbol of the brutality of South Africa?s apartheid past. It was prison to freedom activists such as Nelson Mandel. Read the legacy of this island from early Dutch colonizers to the present.
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Curated OER

A Supporter on the Day of Nelson Mandela's Release

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of BBC news articles about Nelson Mandela.
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Curated OER

Mandela Logo

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of radio programs on Nelson Mandela covering the years from the beginning of apartheid, the emergence of the African National Congress, his 27 years of imprisonment on Robben Island, up to his role as President of South...
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Website
Other

Robben Island Museum: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Robben Island Museum has information on the island and the prisoners who were held there. Nelson Mandela was held there for many years (1962 to 1982). Provides a general context for understanding the lives of political...
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Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: South Africa: History

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the history of South Africa beginning with its settlement by Zulus and progressing through apartheid to the current strong democracy. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Treason Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated report recounts the 1956 Treason Trial, a trial in which 156 people were arrested and accused of treason in South Africa.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: South Africa History and Timeline Overview

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of South Africa including early tribes, Dutch settlers, British rule, Boer Wars, apartheid, and Nelson Mandela.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Apartheid

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of apartheid in South Africa including the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, the Soweto Uprising, and bringing apartheid law to an end on this site.
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Article
Utah State University

Teacher Link: South Africa: The Day the Apartheid Ended: Background Information

For Students 4th
This article provides background information about the end of the South African Arpatheid in April of 1994. It mentions the book The Day Gogo Went to Vote: South Africa, April 1994 by Elinor Batezat Sisulu which is about a respected...
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Learn About South Africa [Pdf]

For Teachers 8th Standards
"Learn about South Africa" is a one page, nonfiction passage about South Africa and its fight to end the apartheid. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes underlining the most...
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Other

So just.net: Historic Speeches

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from EdChange.org gives the speeches of many American speakers on various topics related to social justice.
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Other

Leaders Speak on Peace | Voices Education Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Read excerpts from the writings and speeches of a number of individuals who have left their mark on history. Understand the take-away lessons from these influential leaders.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Power of Nonviolence

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Power of Nonviolence. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Poetry: Performing Poetry: "Touch" by Lewin

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This downloadable module contains a PowerPoint lesson about how to read and perform the poem "Touch" by Hugh Lewin. A worksheet is provided that will guide students to help them reflect on the poem,...

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