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The Rainbow Nation - Final Task

Here is the assessment grid for your final task. Good luck! - S1 the rainbow nation TF.odt And to help you prepare for your audio report, here is a list of useful vocabulary dealing with segregation. - S1 the rainbow nation vocab.odt

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Today's South Africa

Over our last sessions on South Africa, we watched and studied the South African national anthem video and then had a look at various documents on South Africa now. The first one was composed of two pictures of the same beach, one of the pictures had...

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Step 3 - South Africa after Apartheid

We finished our sequence by studying the end of Apartheid and life in South Africa afterwards. We first watched the 1990 BBC news report on the release of Mandela. The report is mostly based on extracts from Mandela's press conference when released and...

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The Color of Freedom

To finish the second part of our sequence on South Africa under Apartheid, we studied the poster and trailer of the film "The Color of Freedom". Based on a true story, the film relates the 27 years of Mandela's imprisonment and the bond which developped...

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Weeping

In the middle of our second part on South Africa under Apartheid, we watched and studied the lyrics and video of the song Weeping which was released by the white band Bright Blue in 1987, that is right in the middle of the State of Emergency years. Before...

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Step 2 - South Africa under Apartheid

Over our following sessions, which were the most important of our sequence, we spent some time studying South Africa under the Apartheid regime. First we worked on a few pictures and some figures from the Apartheid era. All of these documents shockingly...

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Step 1 - Introduction to South Africa

Over our first sessions, we did various activities to try and learn as much as possible on the history of South Africa. First, we worked on a map of the African continent and we were surprised to find out that there were so many Commonwealth countries...

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The Rainbow Nation

Our first sequence, which we've just finished, was entitled "The Rainbow Nation" and it dealt with South Africa and Apartheid. Here is the cartoon we've commented on to start our sequence.

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