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Interactive
Curated OER

Reading Test -- B1 Level

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this reading test worksheet, learners read about Nelson Mandela. Students read a biography of Nelson Mandela and answer questions about what they read.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: South African Apartheid

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "South African Apartheid" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Lesson Plan
Peace Corps

Peace Corps: A South African Storm

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Years after apartheid South Africa still faces racism. Help students see the struggles of racism and explore possible solutions to it with this lesson plan.
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Graphic
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: South African Heads of Government (1909 1993)

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictorial essay on the leadership during the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa from 1909 to 1993.
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Apartheid

For Teachers 10th
A learning module on how apartheid was ended in South Africa that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include what apartheid...
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Website
Other

Aljazeera: South Africa's Freedom Day: 18 Stories of Democracy

For Students 9th - 10th
South Africa's Freedom Day celebrates the nation's freedom from apartheid. Read personal stories of South Africans and how their lives have changed since April 27, 1997. Includes video
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: First Post Apartheid Elections

For Students 9th - 10th
In April 1994, South Africans, for the first time, were able to cast their vote in a national election. View this illustrated account of Nelson Mandela's landslide victory.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: The Story of Africa: Collapse of Apartheid

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the BBC's The Story of Africa, this page explores the collapse of apartheid with quotes, images, audio files, and speeches by Nelson Mandela. Click on the links on the left to learn more about South Africa, Apartheid, the Cold...
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Website
Other

Reliving South Africa's First Freedom Day

For Students 9th - 10th
South Africa's Freedom Day is celebrated on April 27th of each year. This day marks the first post-apartheid democratic presidential election for this nation. Learn about the first Freedom Day, the inauguration of Nelson Mandela.
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Archbishop Desmond Tutu

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of the life and work of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu who spoke out against Apartheid and has devoted his life to promoting peace in the world.
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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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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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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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Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: South Africa Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline provides insight into the long history of struggle of the black population of South Africa. Follow the centuries of European wars and colonial rule and the policies that led to apartheid.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: South Africa's Nelson Mandela Dies in Johannesburg

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Obituary for Nelson Mandela, who died on December 5, 2013. Page includes overview of Mandela's remarkable life and timeline of his political activities which led South Africa out of apartheid. Mandela's legacy and public reaction to his...
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Teaching Geography: South Africa and Kenya

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Media-rich site featuring sub Saharan Africa. Discover effects of apartheid on the region's land and understand the impact society, politics, and geography has on the area's resources. With AIDS, malaria, and other maladies running...
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Steve Biko: Final Days

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic exhibit explores the final days of Steve Biko, the South African black rights campaigner and anti-apartheid activist who died in 1977 at the age of 31.
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: 1913 Land Act

For Students 9th - 10th
View this pictorial essay to learn about the 1913 Land Act that prohibited "black" people from buying or renting land in areas designated as "white". This legislation was one of the cornerstones of apartheid and paved the way for further...
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Handout
Other

Challenges Facing Diaspora Africans Who Return to Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an examination of African-Americans who return to Africa and how they are accepted and accept African people and African life as well as how they cope with the challenges of adopting their ancestral homeland as foreign outsiders.
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Website
BBC

Bbc Audio Interviews: Desmond Tutu

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides audio clips from a 1986 interview with South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Additional content includes a brief biography, a list of key works, and links to further material on the BBC network.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Xhosa

For Students 9th - 10th
"Xhosa" is the generic name used for a number of related cultural groups in South Africa. Xhosa groups include the Mpondo, Bomvana, Bhaca, Thembu, Mpondomise, Xesibe, Mfengu, Hlubi, and the Xhosa proper. These Southern Nguni peoples, as...
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Handout
Other

Hall of Fame Biographies: Stephen Bantu Biko

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Stephen Biko (1946-1977 CE), a famous South African black activist. Learn about his struggles and political activities as he fought for the rights of blacks.
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Albie Sachs

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Albie Sachs a champion of justice in Apartheid South Africa who spent time as a political prisoner and was gravely injured by a car bomb planted by South African security forces, exiled, and was finely reunited with his...
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Nelson Mandela and the Rainbow Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed article from the Nobel e-museum on the life of Nelson Mandela is organized into the following sections: "Equality and Pluralism," "The Development of 'Colour-blindness,'" "The Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru,"...