Central Question: Is Post-Apartheid South Africa living up to its promises?
Nelson Mandela at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. From the Library of Congress.
World Geography Investigation 3
Students consider change over time as they explore the past and present political, economic, and social reality for different groups of people in South Africa. After reading and analyzing a collection of modified sources, students will use evidence and reasoning to argue whether South Africa is living up to Post-Apartheid promises of racial justice.
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Note: The Spanish investigations are from earlier work and do not match other versions of this investigation at this time.
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Literacy in History/Social Studies
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1-6-8.2, 6-8.4-6-8.9.
ELA Reading: Information Text
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1-6.2, 6.7-6.10.
ELA Writing
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1, .4-6.5, 6.7-6.10.
ELA Speaking & Listening
CSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1-6.3
