Unit 2: Revolutions and The Cold War

Section 2.3: Paths to Independence & National Revolutions

Learning Goal & Standard

 Learning Goal: Students

will be able to describe
Apartheid in their own
words.

 CA Standard: 10.6.Analyze instances of nation-

building in the contemporary world in at least
two of the following regions or countries.
A Close Reading *Extra credit for reading aloud on the mic!

What do you
think brought
about an
independence
movement in
Africa?

What are some

challenges of
independence?
 True or False
Many African colonies sent soldiers and
resources to aid western nations, such
as France and Great Britain, during
WWII and expected independence in
return for their sacrifice.

TRUE FALSE
Compare both images
What do you notice?
 South Africa’s Apartheid
 1948-1994: Apartheid: “apartness” – system of
segregation – legal racism
 White Afrikaner minority (5.2% of population) of South
Africa controlled all the politics (They were the
descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa in 17th
century.)
 Apartheid meant: No interracial marriage, blacks
forced to live in specified areas, whites got the best jobs
and highest paying, blacks had to have a special ID at all
times or would be arrested without it, blacks could not
vote and they were not allowed to be citizens of their
own native land and more.
 South Africa’s Apartheid…Cont’d
 Fightersfor Freedom, Equality and Justice:
Steven Biko & Nelson Mandela
 Steven Biko: anti-apartheid activist, killed by
police brutality
 Nelson Mandela: anti-apartheid activist, jailed
many times, eventually became 1st
democratically elected president of South
Africa in 1994
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f2k6iDFC
L4
–Introduction: 1:30mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hcHjF_utOY&t=10s –
color of friendship 2:30mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TbVzS_Bhy0 learning
about slavery 2mins
 LET’S DISCUSS
 How do you think this system became legal in the first place?

 Why did apartheid last so long?

 What are some similarities between apartheid and Jim Crow?

 How can we be a force of change in our communities to make sure

everyone is treated with equality and justice?

 What are some ways we can get involved by just being at home?
 Exit Ticket: Flipgrid!

1. To gain attendance points for today,

complete the exit ticket at
https://flipgrid.com/464c43e3

2. You will 1) describe what apartheid

was in your own words 2) what we can
learn from it.

3. Once you are done with the Exit

Ticket, press the “raise hand” button.