HWC Day 19 - Apartheid in South Africa

Objectives:  Identify and dispel misconceptions about Sub-Saharan Africa.  Examine the impact of imperialism on Africa.  Describe the implementation and collapse of apartheid in South Africa.

Task:   When you arrive to class, please get out a pen or pencil and your reading notes in preparation for your reading quiz.  You'll have the first 30 minutes of class to complete the quiz.  Then, we'll discuss part C of the regional study and consider the role of non-violent resistance in the collapse of the apartheid system.

Homework:

• TODAY  - Reading quiz on G&D pp. 163-183 (reading notes may be used)
• Friday, February 27 - Parts D-F of Africa Regional Study due IN CLASS
• Monday, March 2 - Unit 2 Test
• Monday, March 2 - Africa current events due in NoodleTools "HWC Africa Current Events" dropbox
• Monday, March 30 - Mid-Term Exam
• Friday, April 24 - Field trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC

Extending class discussion:

• Racial classifications in South Africa  (Newell Stultz, Brown University)
• Impact of colonization of South African societies (Jeff Guy, University of KwaZulu-Natal)
• Diamond & gold mining in South Africa (Jeff Guy, University of KwaZulu-Natal)
• Apartheid as a unique system (Newell Stultz, Brown University)
• Creation of the African National Congress  (Newell Stultz, Brown University)
• Sharpeville as a turning point (Newell Stultz, Brown University)
• The Soweto Uprising (Fatima Meer, University of KwaZulu-Natal)
• The Truth & Reconciliation Commission (Newell Stultz, Brown University)
• Union of South Africa (BBC, 1957)
• Apartheid in South Africa (BBC, 1985)
• Sharpeville as a turning point