TELL THE STORY OF THE SOWETO UPRISING

Have you ever heard about the Soweto uprising? If you haven’t, you should have. Make up for it by doing some research and writing a short essay.

The purposes of the activity:

·         To provide practice with past tenses and narrative structures

·         To provide the opportunity to improve command of the language and competency in writing

·         To provide an introduction to research based writing and all the skills it requires: notetaking annotating, paraphrasing and summarizing.

·         To provide brief insight into an important historical event

Reading material to annotate: Less challenging texts

·         “ 16 June 1976 Soweto student uprising” http://africanhistory.about.com/od/apartheid/a/Soweto-Uprising-Pt1.htm

·         “June 16 Soweto uprising” http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/june-16-soweto-youth-uprising  

Reading material to annotate: More challenging texts.

·         Soweto student uprising”   http://overcomingapartheid.msu.edu/sidebar.php?id=65-258-3  

Power point presentation:

·         “1976 Soweto uprising” http://prezi.com/jh1gjrhpm3il/1976-soweto-uprising/  

Watch the movie

·         “Cry the Beloved Country” http://www.movie4k.to/Cry-the-Beloved-Country-watch-movie-891838.html