Explore South Africa’s tumultuous history from the early interactions between white European settlers and native African tribes to the implementation of apartheid and the long struggle for democracy.
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News Article Analysis
Help students identify and analyze the key characteristics of the three most common types of news articles.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Is It a Crime for Women to Vote?
Read the speech Susan B. Anthony delivered after being arrested for voting in a presidential election before women had gained the right to vote.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Quotations on Democracy in South Africa (set 2)
Consider quotes from South Africans about the nature of democracy and what makes it work.
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"Expansion Was Everything"
Read about eighteenth-century Imperialism, the Congress of Berlin, and W. E. B. Du Bois’ analysis of the profound consequences of Europe's colonization of Africa.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
"I Will Never Forget": Voices of Survivors
Three testimonies from survivors of the Nanjing Atrocities are included here. They are only three of many and each has been translated from Mandarin Chinese. All include memories of extreme acts of violence and trauma. Gender violence is prominent in each testimony and great care and sensitivity should be considered in any use with students.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
"More in Common Than We Thought" – Chicago, Parkland Youth Stand in Solidarity
Read about the meeting of student activists from committed to ending gun violence from Parkland and Chicago.
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Holocaust
"Proving Oneself" in the East
Read a German woman's account of her decision to murder several Jews under Nazi orders while living in occupied Poland.
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Holocaust
"The George Washington of Germany"
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George describes his admiration for Hitler's leadership in a 1936 newspaper article.
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Holocaust
"Unworthy to Live"
Learn about the Nazis’ medical killing program that was responsible for the murder of mentally and physically disabled people during World War II.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
#Ferguson Brought National Attention
A New York Times article addresses the role that social media played in rapidly bringing the events in Ferguson to national attention.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
1911: An End of Two Millenia
Revolutionary writings and efforts by leaders such as Sun Yat-sen and Zou Rong played a key role in the end of Qing rule in China. By the early twentieth century, feudalism was on the verge of collapse. Years of humiliation and defeat at the hands of Western colonial powers and the Japanese, and a series of failed uprisings, set the stage for the end of the Qing dynasty. Two key events were seminal in this process.
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