South Africa

South Africa Introduction A matching exercise giving key terms and their definitions
South Africa in the 1930s A series of worksheets covering the land, housing and job situation in South Africa in the 1930s
South Africa in the 1940s A series of worksheets looking at the impact of WW2 in South Africa as well as the Atlantic Charter and 'African Claims', also includes differentiated sheets for lower ability students
1930s and 1940s living timeline This is an activity that gives pupils an overview of life in South Africa in the 1930s and 1940s. The students first have to lay the card (either a description - whites believed that blacks were more suited to 'natural conditions' and should live in the countryside - or a law / attitude eg Urban Areas Act) in the correct chronological place. Then they have to decide if the card was positive (above the line) or negative (below the line). Then introduce some linking themes - White supremacy and Legal discrimination in the 1930s and Impact of WW2 and civil rights in the 1940s and ask them to group cards together under those themes.
Small scale living timeline A miniature version of the above that pupils can use on their desks to help them fill in the planning grids below
Planning grid Students can use this grid to plan an essay about life in the 1930s and 1940s
South Africa on thinkinghistory.co.uk This is a rationale for the above resouces on Ian Dawson's thinkinghistory.co.uk
The Grand Apartheid Laws An information sheet
Bantustans cards A set of cards showing the 9 tribes in South Africa and the Bantustans that they were 'given'. Students should start off all standing together and then be dispersed around the classroom
The Bantustans A series of worksheets that explain how the Bantustans were set up and the impact of the government's low level of funding (differentiated)
Bantustan sources A series of quotes from Steve Biko and Oliver Tambo about the bantustans with comprehension questions
Images of apartheid A few pictures to give an impression of life in the Soweto and Alexandra townships
The Defiance Campaign An activity that involves students planning and evaluating a campaign of non violent action
The PAC A summary of the ideas of the PAC and the events at Sharpeville with comprehension questions
Umkhonto We Sizwe A website showing the manifesto of Umkhonto We Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) the armed wing of the ANC
The Armed Struggle A worksheet based on sources from Umkhonto We Sizwe and POQO (the armed wing of the PAC) and questions
Planning grid for essay on Opposition to Apartheid This grid allows pupils to focus on the key areas of opposition to Apartheid and evaluate the success of different campaigns as well as the reasons for the growth in opposition
Sharpeville GCSE source questions and markscheme This is a GCSE coursework that was approved by Edexcel and includes a wide range of sources and source questions about the Sharpeville massacre