Apartheid, Robben Island and Nelson Mandela: The Eddie Daniels Story
Lesson Plans and Resources Available for South Africa
Boston University’s African Studies Center: “Resources for Teaching on South Africa”
This link leads to a list of books for children, young adults, and adults, as well as references to curriculum guides, films, and organizations that focus on South Africa. The African Studies Center also has a lending library with resources they can mail out of state.
South Africa: The Day the Apartheid Ended
This lesson plan targets early elementary classrooms, using the book The Day Gogo Went to Vote, by Elinor Batezat Sisulu and includes an activity to illustrate voting under apartheid. It includes guidelines for class discussion and a writing activity.
Appreciating Freedom: An End to Apartheid in South Africa
This lesson plan, written for the second grade, is a variation of the previous lesson plan. It also uses The Day Gogo Went to Vote, by Elinor Batezat Sisulu, but offers a different activity to illustrate voting under apartheid. Discussion of Nelson Mandela is encouraged, but no writing activity is included.
Discovery Channel Education: Slavery, Society, and Apartheid
This lesson plan for junior high school students links the history of the Atlantic slave trade with the institution of apartheid in South Africa. It relies heavily on the Discovery DVD/Video Slavery, Society, and Apartheid, and includes discussion, evaluation, and vocabulary guidelines.
PBS NewsHour: South Africa after Ten Years of Freedom
This thorough lesson plan for high school students includes multiple links to additional resources such as: news articles, example laws under apartheid, and information on international economic sanction policies. There are also a number of links to official UN and government websites. The lesson plan provides guidelines for class discussion, key words and concepts, and timeline/essay projects helping students analyze the challenges South Africa continues to face post apartheid.
Traveling Trunks of Africa and Latin America
K-12 teachers can find a “treasure chest” of appropriate materials for helping students learn about the diverse cultures of Africa and Latin America through the Traveling Trunks of Latin America and the newly established Traveling Trunks of Africa. These trunks are provided to teachers free of charge by the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame and give students a hands-on experience of Africa and Latin American music, artifacts and traditions.
Videos available through the Kellogg Institute
See http://kellogg.nd.edu/outreach/video.shtml for details.
Notre Dame Faculty who work on South Africa
Rev. Robert Dowd, CSC
Rev. Paul V. Kollman, CSC
Naunihal Singh
Peter Walshe
