Posted by jsloan on April 8, 2011
Today we thought about how it must have felt to be released from prison after 27 years. We used hotseating and other drama techniques to explore the emotions, hopes, and fears that Nelson Mandela might have felt as he walked free from jail and walked towards a South Africa free from apartheid. What would his [...]
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Tags: ANC, Nelson Mandela, persuasion, South Africa, speech, topic
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Posted by aycan1 on April 6, 2011
South Africa Nelson Mandela lives in South Africa, South Africa is full of passion, sweet and tender passion, if you visit it will be a land full of wonder, Peace and beauty will fill your eyes, tears would drop with joy, just come and visit South Africa, your heart will skip a beat, the land [...]
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| Tags: atifa, Aycan, poem, poet, poetry, South Africa
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Posted by jessjess on April 5, 2011
Dear Diary It was the day I was going to be set free. To see my family my children and my Wife. They kept me prisoned for twenty seven years and this was the day of freedom.The bitter,painful,deceiving feelings ran though my mind but I had let go of them, like a child letting go [...]
Categories: General News, History, topic
| Tags: homework, Jessica, South Africa
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Posted by sharon on April 4, 2011
Dear Diary, All I can hear at the moment is my heart pounding so ferociously that I think it might be exploding out of my body. The clock is ticking motionlessly as dawn approaches and says it’s morning greetings. The sky is muted, a feint grayish colour that blends in with my emotions. This is the day. The day that I have [...]
Categories: General News, History, topic
| Tags: apartheid, English, Nelson Mandela, Sharon, South Africa
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Posted by Atz on April 4, 2011
Finally, finally the day has come! I am to be freed from prison. I know this is no good for all you racist people, but it is a symbol. You might know what symbol. But it is a symbol for apartheid to end… This could change our lives. Will you join me in a quest, for [...]
Categories: General News, Literacy, topic
| Tags: atifa, mandela, nelson, Nelson Mandela, South Africa
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Posted by amina on April 4, 2011
Dear dairy, I’m extremely excited to leave this junk yard, I’m treated like rubbish! The day has come, for I shall be released. Thousands of ANC membersare cheering just for the sake of me! I need to sniff the air of freedom,even though an apartheid hasn’t ended. My children are now not babies anymore and I [...]
Categories: General News, Literacy, science
| Tags: Amina, apartheid, Nelson Mandela, South Africa
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Posted by cheyenne on April 3, 2011
Dear Diary, I can’t wait until I can get out of this box of terror,until I can smell the fresh air and the sweet smell of freedom. This place is like a dump full of misery, its like there’s not even enough room for me to speak. I’m not just excited about coming out of [...]
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| Tags: Cheyenne, Nelson Mandela, prison, South Africa
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Posted by cheyenne on March 30, 2011
Blacks and whites. It all started along time ago, in a place called South Africa.This is my speech to say what was fair and what wasn’t fair in life for black South Africans during apartheid. Blacks shouldn’t be treated worse than white people! They shouldn’t have to suffer from what the whites have done to them. [...]
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| Tags: apartheid, Cheyenne, history, South Africa
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Posted by amina on March 30, 2011
In year 5 we have been learning about South Africa and this is me pretending to be a black person during the apartheid. I am going to be writing a diary entry. Dear diary, My life has been so tough and hard that I can’t really describe it. Since 1948 the shimmering, shiny sun stopped being [...]
Categories: Literacy, topic
| Tags: Amina, apartheid, diary, literacy, South Africa
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Posted by daniel on March 28, 2011
Have you ever been to the country of the father of freedom? Have you ever been to the exotic rainbow nation South Africa? In south Africa adventure is just around the Conner.This place is full of fun and adventure. Here you will be gobsmacked with the things you can do here.You can fly like a [...]
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| Tags: Daniel, South Africa
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