What can we learn from Nelson Mandela to make a difference? - Official WizIQ Teach Blog 539 Flares Twitter 1 Facebook 532 Google+ 3 LinkedIn 3 inShare3 539 Flares × We teach language to help people communicate. Why do people want to communicate? To express the human story through myth, inspiration and powerful transformation. Let’s dig deeper into the story of Nelson Mandela and helps our students think, communicate and become active narrators in the search for peace and what makes us human. Image credit: Paul Don Smith What can we teach students about Nelson Mandela through the power of video and multi-media? Let’s dig a little deeper to find out;) 1) The Video: I chose this BBC video as a modern day look at Mandela’s legacy beyond South Africa. Then we ask questions and dig a lot deeper. Beyond politics, what other dark forces in our human nature perpetuate the kinds of violence and prejudice that can seem to be so innate in humanity as to be chilling to the core. Our better natures. Where are they when we need them? 2) Watch, think, and dig deeper. 3) WHO is Nelson Mandela?
Nelson Mandela - Biography - President (non-U.S.), Writer, Civil Rights Activist Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa in 1994, serving until 1999. A symbol of global peacemaking, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Synopsis Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in Mveso, Transkei, South Africa. Early Life Nelson Mandela was born Rolihlahla Mandela on July 18, 1918, in the tiny village of Mvezo, on the banks of the Mbashe River in Transkei, South Africa. Nelson Mandela's father, who was destined to be a chief, served as a counselor to tribal chiefs for several years, but lost both his title and fortune over a dispute with the local colonial magistrate. At the suggestion of one of his father's friends, Mandela was baptized in the Methodist Church. When Mandela was 9 years old, his father died of lung disease, causing his life to change dramatically. Mandela was given the same status and responsibilities as the regent's two other children, his son and oldest child, Justice, and daughter Nomafu. Mandela's Imprisonment In Recent Years Videos
Nelson Mandela Ända sedan början av 1900-talet fram till 1948 fanns det många afrikaner som ansåg att engelsmännen, som utgjorde ungefär 60% av Sydafrikas vita befolkning, diskriminerade den övriga befolkning och då främst den svarta ursprungsbefolkningen. Sydafrika upptäcktes av européerna 1488 och under 1600-talet började området koloniseras av holländarna och senare i början av 1800-talet av Storbritannien. Liksom i många andra afrikanska länder behandlades ursprungsbefolkningen mycket illa och många stridigheter ägde rum om vem som skulle ha rätten till olika områden. Även om Sydafrika blev självständigt 1910 var det fortfarande den engelska folkgruppen som styrde och hade makten i landet. Ursprungsbefolkningen hade inte samma rättigheter som de vita. I valet 1948 ställdes det regerande partiet United Party mot en koalition med Nationalistpartiet och Afrikanderpartiet. Den vita befolkningen utgjorde 1948 ungefär 20% av befolkningen. De olika folkgrupper skulle inte blandas.