Introduction to South Africa's Apartheid

The steps below are meant to prepare you for a socratic seminar about South Africa's apartheid system. Remember, you should be able to transfer your understanding of power dynamics to anywhere on the globe and any time in history or in the present.



Step 1: Read through the following website (there are 4 pages). Do not take notes! Just read it!

http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html



Step 2: Answer the following questions in your notebook.

-What are some of the important resources in South Africa?
-Why was the apartheid system invented?
-What were some of the laws that kept the races separated?
-List some tactics used to enforce the apartheid system.
-How did technology support apartheid?
-What were some tactics used to end apartheid?



Step 3: Read about the Soweto Uprising and listen to the interviews on this site:
http://overcomingapartheid.msu.edu/sidebar.php?id=65-258-3

Tip: All of the interviews are embedded in the reading. Just click on them as you read.

Step 4: Take notes on the following topics:

1. What led to the Soweto Uprising?

2. Tactics used by youth

3. Consequences of the Uprising

4. Reaction to the Uprising

Step 5: Watch this video: Soweto Uprising

Step 6: Apartheid Images