The document provides an incomplete timeline about Nelson Mandela's life and asks the reader to fill in missing information after watching a bio video about Mandela. The timeline tracks Mandela from his birth in 1918 up until he became President of South Africa in 1994. It notes important events like when he began traveling across South Africa to fight unjust laws, his arrest for treason in 1956, his imprisonment for 27 years, and his release and presidency.

1. : Watch Mandela’s Bio video to complete the following chart with the missing information.
1 Nelson Mandela’s dream To achieve equality 9 Time when the “Spirit of the 1960
for all South Nation” was born 1
Africans
2 Mandela’s date of birth July 18, 1918 Penal charges made while being in a) sabotage
prison for 5 years b) conspiracy
Age when his British education 7 10 Result of accusations: Life Sentence
3 began
Name given to him by his Nelson 11 Decade when the government 1980s
teacher offered to release Mandela
Type of schools he attended The finest schools 12 Implications of the ANC’s Nelson had to be
released
legalization in 1990
4 Reason to run away to A pre-arranged 13 Year in which blacks can elect 1994
Johannesburg marriage their government
5 Nelson’s discovery in 1941 Apartheid or racial 14 Mandela’s age when became 75
social division South Africa’s president
Year when Mandela traveled across 1952 15 Time spent in prison 27 years
6 his country to fight unjust laws Political projects he’s part of a) Mediate on the
Civil War in Burundi
Reason why the government To oppose his ideas
restricted Mandela to Johannesburg and political
7
gatherings b) Civil Right
16 movements
8 Year when Nelson got arrested for 1956
c) AIDS awareness
treason
Reading Exercises for ENIS Level 2

2. : In the space provided, complete the Mandela’s timeline with the most important information provided in
the video.
Mandela Mandela begins The “Spirit of the Nation” Mandela comes Nelson Mandela 2
is born. to travel across movement is born. out of prison. becomes president.
South Africa.
1918 1941 1952 1956 1960 1980s 1990 1993 1994
Nelson discovers Mandela is arrested The government offered Nelson Mandela
apartheid. for treason. Mandela to be released. wins the Nobel Peace
Prize.
Reading Exercises for ENIS Level 2