martes, 13 de noviembre de 2012

Nelson Mandela

Watch this video and answer these questions. Then read the newspaper article about Nelson Mandela

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqoYmx_L-Xs

1. When and where was he born?




2. What did his father do?



3. What kind of education did he have?



4. Who gave him the name “Nelson”?



5. What happened to him when his father died?



6. Why did he run away from home?



7. What did he come face to face with?



8. What 2 languages did he have?

A deep ……………………language, from his …………………… background

The language of the ………………………….., a completely contemporary language



9. What did the African National Congress want to establish?





10. What did the ANC adopt as a policy?





11. What campaign did the ANC launch in 1952?





12. What did Nelson do?



13. What did the National Party government do?





14. What did Mandela and Oliver Tambo set up? What for?





15. What kind of firm was it? What kind of clients did they have? Who did they defend their clients against?

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16. When was Mandela arrested? What was he charged with?





17. When did he marry his second wife, Winny?





18. What did the S African government do in 1960?





19. What happened during a peaceful demonstration?

………………….. people were killed, …………………… were wounded



20 What did Mandela realise?





21. What was Mandela charged with while he was in prison?



22. Why did he stand trial but refuse to defend himself? What happened?



23. Where is Robben Island?



24. When was the ANC declared legal and Mandela released?



25. When did he win the Nobel Peace prize?



24. What happened in 1994?

KEY






1. When and where was he born?

July 18th 1918 in a small S African village



2. What did his father do?

He was a tribal chief



3. What kind of education did he have?

British



4. Who gave him the name “Nelson”?

His teacher



5. What happened to him when his father died?

He went to live with the leader of the Fendu people, who educated him for leadership and sent him to the finest schools



6. Why did he run away from home?

In order to avoid a pre arranged marriage



7. What did he come face to face with?

The brutal reality of racially divided S Africa



8. What 2 languages did he have?

A deep ……historical……language, from his tribal background

The language of the law, a completely contemporary language



9. What did the African National Congress want to establish?

A democratic government



10. What did the ANC adopt as official policy?

Non violent civil disobedience



11. What campaign did the ANC launch in 1952?

A campaign for the defiance of unjust laws



12. What did Nelson do?

He travelled S Africa and supported that effort



13. What did the National Party government do?

They took steps to restrain Nelson’s movements, banning him to attend any gatherings and confining him to Johannesburg



14. What did Mandela and Oliver Tambo set up? What for?

A law firm specialised in serving the black population.



15. What kind of firm was it? What kind of clients did they have? Who did they defend their clients against?

*Low price, accessible.

*Black clients

*Defending them against apartheid laws



16. When was Mandela arrested? What was he charged with?

In 1956. Treason



17. When did he marry his second wife, Winny?

In 1958



18. What did the S African government do in 1960?

Outlaw the ANC



19. What happened during a peaceful demonstration?

67 people were killed, 180 were wounded



20 What did Mandela realise?

That non-violent resistance was not enough



21. What was Mandela charged with while he was in prison?

Sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government



22. Why did he stand trial but refuse to defend himself? What happened?

So as not to legitimise the state’s case. He was sentenced to life imprisonment



23. Where is Robben Island?

A desolate rock island 7 miles of the coast of Cape Town



24. When was the ANC declared legal and Mandela released?

In 1990



25. When did he win the Nobel Peace prize?

In 1993



24. What happened in 1994?

Black people were allowed to vote for the first time in 300 years. Mandela was elected president in a landslide.

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