Glog Activity
In this activity, you will be investigating different aspects of Nelson Mandela's life. When you are done, you will be answering one of the questions listed on the glog. You need to read about all of the topics, but you will write a summary of only one.
Your options are: Who was Nelson Mandela? What was Apartheid? What is South Africa Like? and What's the ANC?
After you write your summary, post it on the blog. You might want to put your summary on paper first just because Google and our internet connection have been a little iffy lately, and you don't want to lose all of your hard work!
The Apartheid was a horrible system of unfair segregation between races in South Africa. It started slowly, but got worse and worse. First, racial discrimination started. In 1948, there were no black and non-black weddings. The people were split into 3 basic categories, white, black, and colored. Next, It got worse in 1951. The Bantu Authorities Act starts, which sends people to places depending on their origin, and that was wrong a lot of the time. Last, it continues to get worse. The law is passed that protests may be punished severely. Even non-violent protests may result in death sentence, being banished, of going to prison for life. As you can see, the Apartheid in South Africa was horrible and gradually became worse.
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ReplyDeleteNelson Mandela was born on July 18,1918 in Mveso,Transkie,South Africa.In 1942 he became congress.Mandela and south african Presendent F.W. De Klerk were awarded the nobel peace prize for their effort to dismantle the countries apartheid in 1942! As mandela was growing up his father was a cheif.Sadly when Mandela was 9 his father passed away of lung disease and his whole life turned upside down.But luckly he was adopted by Cheif Jongintba Dalinyebo.So pretty much Mandela had a rough life it must have been hard and to go through all this now I get why he's a Hero.
The apartheid is when they didn't let blacks do thing that whites could do.They did not let them go to schools or doctors.They also killed blacks.
ReplyDeleteIn the 1980 the cold war toke actions aginst south africa. The blacks fought with out vilens then after they foute with vilens a lot of them went to jail inclouding nelson mandel.
Nelson Mandela played a huge part in society. When he was in his 20's he started becoming very active in the anti-apartheid movement. In 1961,Mandela set up a "Three Day National Workers Strike". Which he was arrested for because he leaded it. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Nelson joined the ANC (African National Congress). For 20 years he directed peaceful and non-violent acts. July, 18th 2009 it was "Mandela's Day" to promote global peace and celebrate Nelson's legacy. There are many things Nelson Mandela did that impacted society.
ReplyDeleteNelson Mandela was a very influential man in history. Starting with, when he was involved in apartheid for when in his 20s, then he joined the AFC (African National Congress) and directed a campaign of peaceful nonviolent defiance against the south African government and it racist policies for 20 years. 1993 he was given the Nobel Peace Prize for attempting to dismantle Apartheid. In 1994 he was inaugerated to be South Africa's first black president.Obviously, Nelson Mandela is a very influential man in history.
ReplyDeleteNelson Mandela was and still is a VERY important person in our history. Just like everyone else, Mandela had an early life. Mandela was born on July 18th, 1918. He became the first in his family to go to school. He joined the ANC in 1942. What made him memorable was THE thing that made him a big part in history! Mandela and 150 others were arrested and charged in 1956 for treason for their political advocacy. Mandela and the South African President were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their tries to dismantle the country's apartheid system in 1993. Nelson Mandela became the President of South Africa in 1994. Clearly, Nelson Mandela played a BIG role in our history!!
ReplyDeleteWhat Is South Africa Like?
ReplyDeleteSouth Africa is located on the continents southern tip. I'm not quite sure if South Africa was republic back then but it is republic now a days. The history behind Africa is the San people where the first settlers, then the Khoikhoi and Bantu speaking tribes followed.Then after that The Dutch East India Company had the first Europeian settlers in 1652, makeing a colonywith over 15,000 people in it
Life in South Africa
ReplyDeleteIn 1652, The san people first settled in South Africa . Then the khoikhoi were following them to South africa. Later on in 1867 they discovered gold and diamonds. The san people discovered it frist until the khoikhoi came and discovered they found it.
It started as a peaceful protest against racist policies in South Africa. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for the effort to take down the countries a parted system. In 1994 Nelson was the first black president. He died at his home in Johannesburg on December 5,2013 at the age 95. In his childhood Nelson ha to move from his home village to a new smaller village north of his old village. They lived in huts and ate local harvested food like sorghum, pumpkin and beans, which they could only afford. They cooked outside and got their water from streams and springs. Nelson made his own toys using things he found outside. One of his friends dad suggested for him to get baptized at the Methodist Church. When he was only 9 his father died of a lung disease, there for he was adopted by Joginstaba Dalidyebo. Nelson moved again with is adopted dad to Mqhekezwen. When Nelson was 16 he excelled at track and boxing. He was initially mocked as "Country Boy" by his Wesleyan classmates, but had eventually became friends with several other students, including Mathona his first female friend. In 1939 Nelson was enrolled at the University of Fort Hare. He was kicked out of the collage and a few weeks after that his adopted father arranged a wedding. Nelson ran away from home to Johannesburg and started a new life.
ReplyDeleteNelson was a very important person in our history. He faught against apertheid. This means that he brought equality among the people of South Africa. Black people in South Africa are free and equal to all other citizens because of Nelson Mendela's contribution. He spent 27 years in prison to bring racial equality. He became the president of South Africa in 1994. His leadership in human rights won him the Nobel Peace Prize.
ReplyDeleteNelson Mandela: Nelson was born on July 18th, 1918. Nelson had joined the AFC in 1942 in his 20s. For 20 years he was doing a campaign about peace and non-violence. Nelson and the president of Africa were awarded the noble peace prize for protesting against the Apartheid System. On July 18th, 2009 it was declared "Mandela Day." It was declared that because it was his birthday. When Nelson was a newborn he was baptized at Methodist Church. Nelson was the only one in his family who got to go to school. At age 9 he was adopted by Cheif Jongintaba Dalindyebo leader of a village, his father had died of lung diesease.
ReplyDeleteWho was Nelson Mandela? He was the person who lead the campaign of peaceful, nonviolent defiance against the South African government & it's racist polticies. Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Mveso, Transkei, South Africa. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1942 who was also fighting against apartheid. Mandela was awarded the nobel peace prize as well as President F.W. de Klerk for their efforts to stop apartheid. His father died of lung disease when he was 9 years old. His deaf changed his life dramatically & was adopted by one of his father friends: Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo. Clearly Nelson Mandela must have been an important man in South Africa
ReplyDeleteNelson Mandela was born on July 18 1918 in muse Transient south Africa in a tiny village Mandela was a trouble maker he want to jail for 20 years
ReplyDeleteNelson Mandela was born July 18, 1918 in a small town named Meveso Trankei. HIs dad was a chife and his dad died when Nelson was 9 years old. Nelson Mandela was so smart that he had to go to the best collage there for black people at the time in South America. Nelson went to jail for 20 years and then after that he became a president. Nelson Mandela died December 5, 2013
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