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Duration: 90 minutes

Assessments: Student discussions

 

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This should happen AFTER students have narrowed down their list of questions in World History (Questioning #3 - World History).

1. Students hold Socratic Seminar: Which questions are most important and why?


Then, teachers categorize students' final list of questions. They fell into 5 main categories, with sub questions:

Your Questions about Apartheid South Africa:

_____Rise of Apartheid (Social Studies)
1. How did Europe take control?
2. What kind of government was there before apartheid?
3. Why were the blacks so oppressed when they were the majority of the population?

_____Apartheid South Africa (Language Arts)
1. How bad is the poverty there?
2. How were their school systems and were they fair?
3. Why would the black people in South Africa join the police force and fight against their own kind?
4. Do you think the passbook law is fair? Can it be compared to another situation in history?
5. What was the lowest point for blacks in South Africa?

_____Where Does Racism Come From? (Language Arts, Science, Social Studies)
1. When did racial discrimination begin?
2. Why did the white Africans have so much against the black Africans? Why did the whites hate the blacks?
3. Why do the white people think they are superior to black people?
4. Who came up with the idea that one race is superior to another?
5. Of all races, why were blacks treated the worst?
6. Why did the whites think they know what's best for the blacks?
7. Does racism still exist?

_____Resistance Movements (Language Arts, Art, Social Studies)
1. Why didn't they overcome apartheid earlier?
2. Why didn't the blacks, coloreds, and Indians fight back against the whites?
3. Didn't black Africans defend themselves?
4. Why did whites and blacks in South Africa have their own flags?
5. How powerful would the country be if all South Africa came together?

_____South Africa Today: Coming Out of Apartheid (Language Arts, Social Studies)
1. Did people ever find a way around apartheid?
2. How does apartheid take part in our world today?
3. How do you teach people to love?
4. Even though apartheid is over, does segregation still exist?
5. What is the current situation in Africa now? How is it different from before? Why?

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