Apartheid
This inquiry leads students through an investigation of the efforts made by individuals, organizations, and institutions that eventually resulted in the end of apartheid in 1994. By investigating the compelling question “What ended apartheid?” students focus on the policies of apartheid and consider the various endeavors to end this system of racial separation and constitutional prejudice in South Africa. In investigating the work of Nelson Mandela, South African organizations, and international institutions, students create an illustrated timeline that showcases the breadth of the struggle to end apartheid and begin to evaluate the reasons that apartheid officially ended. Students’ illustrated timelines could take any form and might include photographs, quotes, textual evidence, and/or personal annotations.
Modernization
This inquiry leads students through an investigation of modernization and development in three African countries: Kenya, Botswana, and Algeria. By investigating the compelling question “Does development mean progress?” students focus on the characteristics of development in these countries and respond to the challenges that each country faces in light of modernization. The inquiry is designed to be a series of research case studies in which students work in groups to research one of the three countries and write a one-page research summary on their assigned country. Teachers could assign and form groups in any number of ways, including having multiple groups of students researching the same country. Students then present their research to the class in the last formative performance task. Students will respond to the compelling question based on the perspective of their respective country or could choose to compare all three countries. In the extension activity, students work collaboratively to discuss commonalities and differences in development across these countries in Africa.
www.c3teachers.org/inquiries/modernization/
www.c3teachers.org/inquiries/modernization/
Sub-Saharan Africa - Health Ratings for Sub-Saharan Africa
Research and consolidate demographic data, calculate health ratings and discuss conclusions.
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Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya: The AIDS Epidemic
Through a role-playing exercise, understand the dissemination, causes, and effects of the AIDS epidemic in Kenya.
www.learner.org/workshops/geography/workshop5/wkp5less.html
www.learner.org/workshops/geography/workshop5/wkp5less.html
Can we overcome Racism?
Students generated their own questions about the history of South Africa. These questions guided the activities and smaller projects leading up to the culminating exhibition, where students researched and presented their answer to their question in a powerpoint presentation.
www.envisionprojects.org/pub/env_p/29.html
www.envisionprojects.org/pub/env_p/29.html