South Africa

Open Source E-Book: Confronting Apartheid

A free, open access textbook on the history of struggle against apartheid developed jointly by the African Studies Center and Facing History and Ourselves. Access the E-Book Confronting Apartheid here.

Videos

To introduce apartheid

An excellent 10-min video that reviews the history of colonization and apartheid and their consequences on spatial segregation and economic opportunity today.

Films

• Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony: Highlighting Music in the Fight against Apartheid
  Created by high school teacher Byrce Mattie, this film guide is a perfect supplement to add context and nuance to a discussion about apartheid and recent South African history while viewing Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony. 
• Diamonds, Gold and Greed
  A full length (45 min) BBC documentary with Zeineb Badawi

Lessons

• South African Short Stories: Apartheid, Civil Rights, and You
  Created by high school teacher Carol Marshall, these lesson plans will not only introduce students to a diverse group of South African writers and literature, but also help students to begin to understand how apartheid created discriminatory and despicable laws, boundaries, and limitations for those who lived in South Africa during this time period. Additionally, students will explore how race in America impacted citizens here in a profound way through a lesson plan on the Little Rock Nine.
• Engage your students in thinking about the moral dilemmas faced by activists resisting apartheid: 3 Moral Dilemmas in resisting apartheid, an activity designed by Barbara Brown, Ph.D.
• The US Responds to Apartheid
  A teaching resource looking into the responsibility of both corporations and individual Americans towards apartheid.

Languages of South Africa

• Tswana Proverbs
  A short list of Tswana proverbs. Proverbs are vital to understanding the values and beliefs that a culture holds important.

Additional Resources

• On Nelson Mandela
  A list of mixed media teaching resources for K-12 about Nelson Mandela, apartheid and the struggle for freedom and independence in South Africa.
• A Man of Rain, Thunder and Lightning: Freedom Required More than Reconciliation; A Tribute to Nelson Mandela
  A brief article exploring the way Americans remember Nelson Mandela and how people should not forget the struggles Mandela faced throughout his life, fighting for freedom and equal rights in South Africa.
• Learn about the inspirational life of Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube