“Nelson Mandela and Apartheid” Name: _________________________________________________
Period: ______
DAY ONE: 1) Read ALL of the provided Cornell notes on Nelson Mandela and/or apartheid. 2) Discuss the notes with your partner,
and cross out extraneous, redundant, and less significant information. 3) Highlight important details and pieces of information you
plan to use in your paragraph. 4) Complete “Graphic Organizer A” with your partner.
DAY TWO: 5) Assemble with group members to compare and discuss “Graphic Organizer A.” Share ideas and explain WHY you
eliminated/selected specific pieces of information. 6) Complete “Graphic Organizer B” with your partner (rough draft). 7) Revise
and edit the rough draft, and modify sentence structure (if necessary) to include examples of all sentence types. 8) Write and
“rainbow” a final draft copy of your paragraph (5-7 sentences) on the paper provided.
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Nelson Mandela: Free Man &
President of South Africa
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from 1988 to 1990 Mandela organized secret communications with former law
partner and leader of the African National Congress, Oliver Tambo
 became involved in anti-apartheid movement while in his 20s
 Mandela quote: "We stand here today as nothing more than a representative of
the millions of our people who dared to rise up against a social operation whose
very essence is war, violence, racism, oppression, repression and the
impoverishment of an entire people."
 graduated from University of South Africa in 1943
 In July 1989, Mandela was released from prison.
 de Klerk became Mandela’s first Deputy President and Thabo Mbeki was chosen as
second Deputy President
 Mandela served over 27 years in prison, initially on Robben Island, and later in
Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison.
 Mandela died on 5 December 2013 at his home at Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
from complications of a lung infection, aged 95.[
 April 1994 – Mandela was elected the first President of South Africa in a democratic
election
 At age 76, Mandela faced many illnesses,
 In 1962, Mandela was found guilty of attempting to overthrow the government,
and he was sentenced to life in prison.
 Mandela lived simply, donating a third of his $552,000 wealth to the Nelson
Mandela Children's Fund, which he had founded in 1995
 led the 1952 Defiance Campaign to defend free speech in Johannesburg
 He appeared at the Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South
Africa concert in Wembley Stadium in 1991
 Mandela admired Mahatma Gandhi for his non-violent ideas gaining equality
 Mandela gave his farewell speech on 29 March 1999, after which he retired.[
 Mandela moved into the presidential office at Tuynhuys in Cape Town after the
election
 1989 - conservative F. W. de Klerk became National Party leader, and he believed
apartheid was no longer an effective form of government for South Africa
 During 1990 and 1991, Mandela visited leaders of France, the UK, and the US to
encourage them to support his effort to make South Africa a democracy.
 won the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership for his anti-apartheid activism in 1993
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Nelson Mandela: Freedom
Fighter & Political Prisoner
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Apartheid