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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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Stanford University

Stanford University: The History of Apartheid in South Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a history of apartheid in South Africa as part of a university course project.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Israel Is Not an Apartheid State

For Students 9th - 10th
The author analyzes the treatment of Palestinians by attempting to identify and discuss democratic practice which provides equality, and would serve to make Israel unlike an apartheid state.
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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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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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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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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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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Steve Biko: Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic exhibit commemorates the legacy of the late anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko.
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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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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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California Digital Library

E Scholarship Editions: The Opening of the Apartheid Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this entire book online, through this link. Site includes a suggested citation for the work, as well as links to individual chapters. Clickable footnotes are also a nice touch.
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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,"...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Nelson Mandela Turns 85

For Students 9th - 10th
As Nelson Mandela turned 85 in 2003, NPR looks back on his life of the anti-Apartheid leader who became president of South Africa. Audio segment included.
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Peace Corps

Peace Corps: A South African Storm

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Years after apartheid South Africa still faces racism. Help learners see the struggles of racism and explore possible solutions to it with this lesson plan.
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: South Africa: Government

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the current governmental system in South Africa in the post-apartheid period. You can see how the election process works and find a list of the current governmental officials. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background...
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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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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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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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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Robben Island Prison Tour

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic slideshow provides a guided street view tour of Robben Island prison by a former political prisoner. This is the same prison where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years during his fight to end apartheid.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: The Rivonia Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
In this pictorial narrative, learn about the landmark Rivonia Trial in which leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for sabotage. Often referred to as "the trial that changed South Africa."
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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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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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PBS

Pbs News Hour: South Africa After Ten Years of Freedom (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for exploring the history of South Africa, the system of apartheid, and the changes that have come about since the end of the apartheid era. Lesson has broad applicability to learning about unique methods that can be used...
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Nelson Mandela

For Students 6th - 8th
Use this resource to learn about Nelson Mandela's freedom, which marked the end of Apartheid. This article includes images and an excerpt from his book, "Long Walk to Freedom."

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