Minecraft: Education Edition Lesson Template

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Title: South Africa and Apartheid Short Description One unified nation: South Africa and Apartheid Introduction (up to 150 Characters) ? Embark on a journey with Nelson Mandela into the Republic of South Africa and learn about the movement from Apartheid to a unified nation

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Student Ages 8-10, 11-13, 14-18 Subjects Politics & Civics, Social Justice, Leadership Skills Citizenship, Critical Thinking, Community Building

Lesson Plan

Learning Objectives

HISTORICAL CONTEXT: Students will develop an understanding of the Apartheid system of government and the movement to shift to a more democratic representational government

HEROIC CONTEXT: Students will conduct research on the many important people who were instrumental in the movement towards social justice in South Africa

HISTORICAL/POLITICAL AWARENESS: Students will develop a better understanding on how movements require a coalition, social justice movements are the accumulation of the efforts of many, and develop a deeper awareness of why equality should be ensured for everyone.

SOCIAL MOVEMENT: Students will develop a better understanding of why social movements begin, how they begin, what makes them sustainable, and how they can lead to meaningful change.

Guiding Ideas and Questions

Historical Context:

? Why was the Apartheid system of government established? By whom? What does Apartheid mean in the language of Afrikaans?

? Who were the more known and less known people involved in the movement towards dismantling Apartheid in South Africa?

? What are the reasons and events that led to the dismantling of the Apartheid government and the formation of a new democratically elected government?

Heroic Context: ? What actions and characteristics make Nelson Mandela a hero to so many? Who else in the movement might be considered heroic? Why?

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? Why do we know so much about a few key figures but not others that were instrumental in the movement? Whose stories are not being told?

Historical Awareness: ? How has the movement in South Africa possibly inspired others around the world? ? What may have inspired the movement in South Africa? ? How does the belief in equality influence people's actions and words?

Social Movement: ? Why does equality matter to you? ? Why is it important when everybody is ensured the ability to use their "voice?" ? How does limited access to resources serve as a catalyst for social movements? ? How does inequality hurt society?

Student Activities

Teacher Preparation for Lesson:

? Share a Fishbone diagram (Anchor Chart) template with the class. Have students make connections between the key terminology and Apartheid

? Option 1: organize lesson delivery of content from this hyperdoc template here o Template may also be downloaded

? Option 2: organize lesson delivery of content from this hyperdoc slide template here o Template may also be downloaded

? Key Terms to consider: o Segregation o Reconciliation o Prejudices o Slum o Discrimination o Cooperation

? Bonus: Create a Flipgrid Topic for a summative assessment to the whole class activity with students providing responses to the following prompts: o What are your initial thoughts about Apartheid? o Depending upon perspective why was Mandela considered a hero to some and not to others?

? Bonus: Create a class Padlet or other collaborative platform that students will contribute to and answer the following question: "If you had access to all the necessary resources to initiate a big change, how would that start with You? Then what would you do within your inner circle (friends,

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family, etc.? Then what would you do within your immediate community (school and neighborhood)? Then what would you do beyond your inner circle and your immediate community?"

Whole Class Discussion: (~5 minutes)

Introductory Questions: Begin by facilitating a discussion about equality and representation. Once a foundational understanding has been established shift the conversation to how Apartheid was structured (Minority rule over the majority). Within this discussion consider the following questions:

? How does minority rule over a majority create the potential conditions for inequality?

? Why in a democratic society is representation important?

? How might one's perspective shape their beliefs within a social context?

Whole Class Activity: (~45 minutes)

? Begin by providing both a historical and contemporary (culturally relevant) working definition of the key terms for this lesson. The fishbone diagram for each term would be useful here.

? Pose the following question: How did colonialism influence the establishment of Apartheid? What does Apartheid mean and how does this word play a role in South African history?

1. For all grade levels the following graphic stories can be referenced for reading. In lower grades/years consider having groups of students read individual titles together. a. Soweto In Flames b. The Golden Curse c. Forward To Freedom

2. Depending upon time and grade level after reading the graphic stories show From Prison to President (Apartheid Documentary)

3. For additional context (Grades/Years 8-12) have students download and review The Origins of Apartheid here

Student Activities: (~45 minutes)

1. Students may work individually or in small groups. a. Students will analyze their anchor charts and work through the hyperdoc lessons b. Students will connect the class discussions to their learning c. Students may represent their learning in any of the following ways: i. Design a slide presentation ii. Create a visual story iii. Create a journal from the perspective of a South African child documenting their experiences iv. Create a time period artifact (poster, image, graphic design, etc.) that you would likely find on display in public. This artifact should be specific to a geographical location.

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2. Minecraft EE: One Unified Nation (~30 minutes) a. Students will enter the Good Trouble World and, from the lobby, click on Nelson Mandela to go to South Africa street lined with Jacaranda trees. There they will join NPCs Congressman John Lewis and the former South African President, Nelson Mandela (Mandiba).

b. Students will explore this area of South Africa and make note of how segregation is represented

i. What do you notice?

ii. What do you wonder?

c. Students will walk over to the monument of Steven Biko leader of the Black Consciousness Movement. Click on the activity to learn more about Steven Biko and many others who were critical in the Anti-Apartheid movement.

i. Why is it important to understand the role of each person?

d. Students will conduct additional research on other important people and their contributions to the dismantling of the Apartheid system of government. They will then choose a figure who's "Good Trouble" most resonates with them and build a monument in the blank space next to the chests of materials. The monument can be a representation of that individual or represent the Anti-Apartheid movement.

i. Bonus: Create student groups for the final project build. Limit the use of the building materials for certain groups. For example, one group may only use materials out of one chest.

3. Writing Prompt (~10 minutes) a. Students will provide either a written or video response to the following quote from the book "Long Walk To Freedom"- I learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

4. Reflection (~10 minutes) Students will create a very short biography of a classmate in which they share their response to the writing prompt. This can be an audio interview, short write-up, slide presentation, or video. All biographies to be posted on a multimedia platform to be shared with classmates.

Extension Activities:

? Building upon the time period artifact, students can use a media platform to design artistic representations of cultural power structures around political or social currency.

? Students will create 60 second documentaries on how segregation appears in their everyday lives

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? Students will identify a local organization whose mission and purpose is to ensure equality for a marginalized group and create a short story about the organization to share with their classmates. o Why does the organization exist? o What challenges are they addressing?

Performance Expectations At the end of this lesson: ? Students will understand how institutionalized prejudice and segregation can affect entire groups of people. ? Students will understand different perspectives when it comes to social movements. ? Students will understand that social movements are rarely the acts of one singular individual. ? Students will understand the importance of social movements for change.

External References

External Reference (recommend no more than five, for each external reference you need a URL and a description under 50 characters)

Apartheid Museum Strangers In Their Own Country Apartheid Museum Workbooks Grade 6 & 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Supporting Files

Supporting File (recommend no more than five, file formats supported are DOC/DOCX, GIF, JPG, MP3, PDF, PNG, PPT, PPTX, TXT, WMA, XLS/XLSX, XPS, and ZIP)

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